Afdrukken Stones Former Mercury Mine
What if an artwork could be shaped by the stones themselves?
A collaboration with nature through the anthotype process. Using turmeric, ginger, and cinnamon, stones from a former mercury mine in Idrija became co-creators, shaping the final images and revealing the silent dialogue between artist and earth.
This work was shaped by the place where it was made. Surrounded by traces of human labor and the slow return of nature, I created using only the materials that were already there.
I gathered stones, pigments, and left-behind tools, letting their material histories guide me. Instead of bringing new equipment or industrial precision, I worked with limitation. With what the space itself offered.
This process led me to new insights and alternative ways of creating. It reminded me that you don’t need new tools to make something meaningful, that by working with what is already there, creation becomes a dialogue.
This project reminds me that creation is not a solitary act. Each impression is shaped by dialogue, between myself, the materials, and the hidden stories within the stones. What appears on paper is only part of the conversation.
Created during my residency with If Paradise Is Half As Nice (IPIHAN 15) in Idrija, Slovenia
A collective that transforms abandoned spaces into site specific works in dialogue with place.
