Initially, my approach to the natural world involved recording natural patterns. I discovered cymatics, which studies and records the shapes produced by sound on water. This was represented in my first-semester project: a series of musical patterns created using the drypoint technique on acetate and printed with vegan ink on handmade paper.
My first tests were portraits and photographs fused with images created by cymatics machines. When printing these images on leaves, they became confusing and unrecognizable, as tree leaves have their own intricate designs formed by venules and veins. The resulting image was too complex and abstract for the public.
I also explored the photosensitization of flower petals, which require a lot of control, as they are very moist. I also used cyanotype to print leaves and parts of collection objects, as well as printing round stones that I found on one of my walks on the beach. Some of these elements were attached to the final project as a kind of cabinet of objects, collections or objects of ritual use.
