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Based on a 1998 holographic monoprint, Centre Column.<\/span><\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n

A celebration, exactly 20 years on from the production of the original, the 2009 piece takes the same column-like gestural ‘scribble’ and uses a micro-focused beam of laser light to ‘excise’ the drawing from traditional watercolour paper.<\/p>\n

The resulting ‘image’ is made up of three ‘holes’ in the paper, spaces where the drawings should have been. The absence of drawing.<\/p>\n

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Title:\u00a0Cut Column<\/span><\/p>\n

Date:\u00a02009<\/p>\n

Dimensions: Watercolour paper. 25.5 x 25.5 cm. Frame size 50.5 x 50.5 x 4.5 cm (19 3\/4 x 19 3\/4 inches)<\/p>\n

Materials: 350gms\/150lb medium cold press watercolour paper.\u00a0 pH neutral, laser cut spaces<\/p>\n

Edition:\u00a030 with 5 artist proofs<\/p>\n

Produced at Nottingham Trent University laser cutting studio, Nottingham<\/p>\n

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Each work, separated by 20 years, displays the absence of the original hand-made marks through the interaction of light on a surface: the holographic version captures photonic diffraction onto silver halide photographic emulsion, while the paper version uses photons as a \u2018knife\u2019 to cut away paper fibre and reveal the space behind.<\/p>\n

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The results, in both cases, are small, insignificant, marks made significant by their absence.<\/p>\n

Part of an ongoing series: The Absence of Drawing<\/span><\/strong>.<\/p>\n

Special thanks to Sue Turton at Nottingham Trent University’s laser cutting studio, who helped coach this work into existence.<\/p>\n

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