Prudence Ainslie – IRORI – SHINRIN (sunken hearth forest)‬‬‬

ABOUT THIS ARTWORK

The two prints ‘IRORI – SHINRIN’ and ‘IRORI – SORA’ were made when Prudence Ainslie studied in Japan on the Mokuhanga Innovation Laboratory (MI-LAB) Artist-in-Residence Program in April 2022.

“Each body of work I create is typically underpinned by the exploration of a new place—creating imagery that interprets the experience of being in an unfamiliar environment. So, it made sense that during the residency, I would be influenced by more than just the technique I was learning. During my time in Lake tranquillity Kawaguchi, I was struck by the of the landscape and wanted to capture the stillness it brought to my life at the time. In the IRORI series, I reimagine a traditional Japanese living space, creating enclosed environments where the area typically reserved for the hearth becomes a window into the outside world”

ABOUT THE ARTIST

Prudence Ainslie is primarily a printmaker. She documents places with the intention of re-analysing the act of seeing. For her the viewing experience is absorbed through process and the re-working of multiple media – By folding, layering, and abstracting to create subtle illusions and construct tangible worlds that allude to the original space. There is an interrogation of the fluctuation between the reading of the two-dimensional and three-dimensional.

Her images often bring together the traditional 20th century woodcut and contemporary digital printing methods, exploiting the subtle layering of contrasting print media.

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