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Project Statement
In the project I have explored the subtle traces left behind by my routines. Focusing on coffee rings staining my morning coffee cup, burnt incense, and dust. Using cyanotype printing, I document the subtle imprints of objects like glass coffee cups onto coffee filters, capturing the residue of time through a medium that itself relies on light and exposure. By working with materials linked to my personal rituals, I aim to showcase the passing of time and the often overlooked moments that shape our everyday lives.
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Creating Rings
Using the glass coffee cup in various ways during exposure I was able to create a visual representation of the rings left behind in my morning coffee.
The coffee cup with its rings left behind is a natural symbol of routine and time passing. In my work, I’ve used cyanotype to capture this very concept. Much like the rings of coffee, cyanotype prints are created through an exposure process that leaves a mark and a trace of time passed. By printing cyanotype on coffee filters I’m using the process to reflect the residue left by the coffee cup.
The connection between the coffee cup and cyanotype is in their shared ability to capture time passing. The coffee cup leaves behind a mark of time spent, just as cyanotype uses time to create imprints of my routine.
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Printing On Coffee Filters
By printing cyanotype on coffee filters, I’m exploring the idea of time passing and the subtle traces left behind by routine. Coffee filters in their everyday use, are temporary. Used for a short time and then discarded. They’re lightweight, fragile, and carry the marks of a daily ritual.
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Cyanotype and Glass
Exploring glass using cyanotype. Glass is transparent, reflective, and refracts light in ways that create interesting distortions. By placing the cups jars and glasses on photosensitive paper and exposing them to UV light, I’m trying to capture the subtle traces left by both the form of the glass and the light that passes through it.
I’m particularly interested in how the reflections and shadows from the glass cups interact with the paper, creating abstract shapes and blurred outlines. Rather than a clear, defined print, the result is a more fragmented image.
Some of these prints came out more literal due to extended exposure time and using the sun instead of artificial light.
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London Trip - Anthony McCall
In exploring glass coffee cups through cyanotype, I began to notice that some of the prints resembled the works of Anthony McCall, particularly his Solid Light pieces. McCall’s use of light to create forms and shapes that are not fully solid but still tangible echoed the way the glass refracted light and created ghostly shapes on the photosensitive paper. Some prints became less about the literal shape of the cup and more about the abstract interplay between light, shadow, and form.
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My favourite results came from the more abstract prints, especially those created from the reflections on glass. The way light bounced off the surface and interacted with the objects produced forms that were less literal and more ethereal.
These prints felt more in tune with what I had been aiming for, abstract traces rather than direct representations. The glass added a layer of distortion, making the outlines less clear and more fragmented.
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Cyanotype Experiments
I also experimented with cyanotype, a photographic process that involves exposing objects to light on prepared photosensitive paper. This was my first time trying this medium. I loved the idea of creating an imprint, of capturing something’s presence without directly recording it. The process itself was simple. I mixed equal parts of the chemicals used for this process and painted on some paper. I then arranged the objects and exposed the paper to UV light. The paper was then rinsed with cold water and the print emerges from the blue hues. The results were unpredictable, which was part of the appeal. Each print was a kind of one-off with varying levels of exposure and contrast.
I used objects relating to my own theme to start with, this included coffee cups, coffee glasses, milk jars, incense and candles.
Due to unpredictable weather I was using artificial light instead of sunlight. I want to experiment more with different exposure times to see what produces the best results.
As a medium this connects with my own theme of traces and time. I want to explore this further.
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Paper cups
After the bone china workshop i wanted to look at paper as a material. I experimented with making paper cups by layering tissue paper and glue. I used my own coffee cup as inspiration. The process was simple, but personal. It was repetitive almost meditative. There was intention when stacking each layer. Thinking about the stacking of the rings my coffee leaves behind.
The process of creating these paper cups involved repetition and time. Each layer of tissue paper had to dry before the next could be added. But when I stepped back and looked at the finished pieces, something about them felt too literal. The cups were too on the nose. I had hoped the outcome would feel more abstract. Something that hinted at the idea of the coffee cup or its marks without being so literal. In the end while I enjoyed the process the final result didn’t quite capture the subtlety I was aiming for.
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Bone China Workshop
To start this workshop I began by quillling the paper, this is a delicate and intricate practice that involves rolling and shaping thin strips of paper into various designs. Once I had made several long paper quills I attached them all together, while tightly rolling the pieces together. Once the paper was secured I was left with a circular form. I Began to slowly push and pull the different paper layers creating a small cup like vessel.
Once the paper cup was made it was then dipped several times into the bone china slip, after a few days it was fired. My own vessel made it out in one piece. I do like the textures and unusual dust that has been left exposed from the collapsing work of others.
During this process i couldn't help notice the quilling of the paper created rings reminiscent of the coffee stained rings on my coffee cup. The rings from the quilling stayed, now solid and permanent, just like those coffee stains.
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Documents of Contemporary Art/Time edited by Amelia Groom
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Documents of Contemporary Art/The Object edited by Anthony Hudek
The Object edited by Antony looks at how objects have been used and understood in contemporary art. It brings together different voices from various artists, thinkers and critics. Each exploring how objects can hold meaning, memory, and material presence beyond their everyday use. It touches on things like found objects, conceptual art, and how artists reframe ordinary items to question value, identity, and time.
In relation to my own project, this book helped me think more deeply about the everyday objects I use. Seeing them as more than just as things, but as containers of memory, ritual, and emotional residue. Like many of the texts in the book suggest, these objects aren’t neutral. They carry traces of life, repetition, and presence. It’s not about the object as art, but the life lived around it.
One quote that really stood out to me is from artist Marcel Broodthaers, who said
“The object, in its material presence, can be more than itself—it can speak of systems, symbols, and histories.”
This idea ties closely to how I’ve been thinking about the objects in my own project—like the coffee cup, the sage, the incense jars. They’re small parts of my routine, but they carry emotional weight and memory. They're not just objects, they’re silent witnesses to moments and repetition in my life.
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