Friday, December 24, 2010

An old magic trick

Today an old memory came to me:
when I was a child, one of my games,
was to take one small piece of  flat ceramic
-the one that people use as kitchen floors-
place some carbon dust on its surface,
add drops of water to the carbon, 
then cover the mix with another small piece of flat ceramic.
Then, the magic trick:
holding both pieces together with the wet carbon sandwiched between them,
twist the two plates and separate the two pieces from each other.
This creates abstract patterns that I still remember with joy.

Could I do such a thing with photography?
I think so.
My abstract photo work attempt
to recreate that childhood feeling.

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