Recto Verso (2024)
Duotypes
Recto Verso (2024)
In this color poem series, I explore color using a unique printing process I developed that produces two prints simultaneously from a double-sided printing plate. Plates are constructed with paper coated on both sides with ink, cut into strips of varying widths and lengths and woven into a geometric composition. The color strips on the front side are woven in search of a balanced and unified composition. It’s only when its printed, the back side is revealed.
Each a pair of prints is a duality: order and chance, chaos and control, conventions and invention. Each pair represents impressions from both sides of the same plate. One side of the plate is a harmonious interplay of colors, carefully composed through the lens of color theory and the dynamics of color interaction. The other side unfolds as a serendipitous result—a chance composition that embraces the dual nature of artistic creation: the intentional and the spontaneous.