A Dedication to Meditation, 2023
Upriver Downriver
Maitland Regional Art Gallery 2023
I was invited to take part in Upriver Downriver, an exhibition curated by Maitland Regional Art Gallery showcasing the work of over 40 artists from and living in the Hunter Region.
Images courtesy Maitland Regional Art Gallery
A Dedication to Meditation embodies many notions but its essence is a tribute to ritual and transformation.
Each of these 108 leaves of paper are individually handmade with the paper from a previous installation Unravelling to Recognition, exhibited in Maitland Regional Art Gallery, 2020. All 108 woodcut prints are hand burnished from a block carved over 10 years ago, but had never been printed, a delicately placed copper leaf highlight applied by hand features on the centre of each flower.
In meditation, chanting mantra 108 times is believed to create harmony with the vibrations of the universe, each chant representing the journey from our material self towards our higher spiritual self. The sanskrit mantra Om mani padme hum can be translated to ‘the jewel is in the lotus’ with the belief that like the lotus flower, we have the ability to emerge and awaken in beauty from the mud.
Lotus, 2023
Woodcut printed in black ink, copper leaf on handmade paper.
Print size 21cm x 15cm. Frame size 32.7cm x 22.5cm.
These prints are now available to purchase either framed or unframed.