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TRACES OF BLOOMS
Traces of Blooms
Series of work
This work employs the natural pigments of fresh flowers, transferred onto paper through an act of hammering—a visceral gesture that merges violence and creation. The process, while extracting color, simultaneously enacts the destruction of fragile life. The hammer strike becomes a cathartic release, a physical expression of force and loss.
As time passes, the imprinted pigments begin to fade through oxidation, echoing the transient nature of existence. The ephemeral bloom of a flower becomes a metaphor for the cyclical rhythm of life and death. Through the act of destruction, traces are left behind—residues of a once-vibrant life—that paradoxically outlast the original form. Yet even these marks are not immune to time; their gradual disappearance speaks to the inevitability of decay, memory, and impermanence.