In Search of Isatica

Article and images published in the online journal of The Dark Mountain Project on 5th October 2022

Woad Ball

Woad grown and processed using traditional techniques by Ian Howard in Norfolk, UK.

Woad plants

Liquorice Park, Lincoln, UK.

Beneath

Woad in gum arabic on Fabriano paper
40 x 135 cm

Sacred Darkness (detail)

Bodypainting
Woad in gum arabic on Fabriano paper
205 x 145 cm

Fleeting I

Photographic image.
Woad on Fabriano paper with body shadow

Fleeting II

Photographic image.
Woad on Fabriano paper with body shadow

Oceanic Agency

Photographic image.
Woad on Fabriano paper, washed by ocean waves, with found shell.

Fluidity

Woad in gum arabic on Two Rivers paper
44 x 54 cm