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Smoke Fox giclee print on hannemulle etching paper, Artist’s Proof 80x85cm, unframed Footnote: Maria Pavledis is an artist and printmaker who works with the dreamlike world of fairy tale and narrative, drawing upon the relationships between animals, humans and nature, including the darker and uncanny elements. Starting from a very strong commitment to drawing, she develop images using a mixture of traditional and non -traditional methods, including etching, drypoint, monoprint, projection installation, and more particularly, smoke drawing. The unusual smoke drawing method is developed from a process used in etching called ‘smoking the plate’ where the copper plate is blackened with a lighted wax taper before the image is drawn on. Maria always took great pleasure in creating rhythms and patterns on the plate with the smoke, and started to experiment with smoke on paper and from that began working on larger scale drawings. The work in this show creates an iconic animal presence which connects the viewer with a sense of reverie. Maria studied painting at Norwich School of Art and did an MA in printmaking at Camberwell College of Art.

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