Silverpoint, or more generally metalpoint, is a medieval drawing medium rarely practiced by artists today. Metalpoint drawing can be done with any soft metal – silver, gold, and copper are common, and exotic metals like platinum and bismuth can also be used. Metals are too hard to mark on plain paper, so a prepared surface, such as paper or board coated with a ground made of paint, must be used. In my work I raise questions of contemporary society: how technology and consumption affect our daily lives, impacting our environment, mediating our experiences, and alienating our instincts. By personifying inanimate forms with agency and creating fictional spaces, I hope to surprise my viewers with their own internal worlds and see their community through a new lens.
