ELIZA GWYNNE, Return, 2021, woodblock print on Wenzhou rice paper
Paper size: 24.7 cm x 31.5 cm | Image size: 15.4 cm x 22.5 cm
An extension of themes explored in earlier woodblock works, Return is a hand-pressed study of an environment familiar to Sydney commuters, depicting the inner architecture of the bridge from the train route.
Despite its familiar imagery, thematically, my work is quite personal and plays with the idea of processing experience. Despite my love for it, woodblock printmaking remains physically draining and painful for my chronically ill body; I find this process of translation reinforces my sense of place through something almost akin to a grounding-like process.
// Australia //
Image courtesy of the artist