Temperamental

Temperamental is an ongoing series of drawings made with ink on thin layout paper. The work began with an interest in the linear structures visible in raw images of Saturn’s rings, where apparent continuity dissolves into countless particles, interactions and forces. Over time, however, the series has moved away from its astronomical point of departure and towards a closer engagement with the behaviour of materials themselves.

Drawn freehand in ink, the works develop through simple repeated actions. The thin paper wrinkles and shifts as it dries, pulling the ink with it and altering the original gestures. The drawings are records of negotiation between intention and material response.

Repetition generates variation, producing forms that evoke circulation, growth, weather systems, bodily structures or topographies without settling into fixed representation.