Eden Gard | Alembic
CYMK Photopolymer Etching
Image size: 24 × 35cm
Paper size: 34 × 45cm
Edition of 10
£250 unframed or £25 per month via Own Art. Contact rebecca@woolwichprintfair.com to request an application or more information.
Inspired by the concept of material transmutation and refinement used in alchemical practice to create a philosopher's stone. The different colour channels used to build the image represent the fundamental materials of mercury, sulfur and lead - which were thought to be the source metals that all others were derived from. The act of breaking apart the original imagery into its core components and rebuilding it in a new form mirrors the practice of refinement, and brings into question whether something entirely new can be drawn out - and where this might have come from - as a wider question.
Eden Gard’s practice focuses on the intersections of science, magic, and occultism; She has a passion for exploring soft sciences and how they interact with societal or cultural beliefs. She often works with motifs of alchemy and witchcraft to deconstruct and reimagine concepts like chaos theory and human psychology. Doing this she aims to create a commentary on how the mind, body and soul interact with the wider universe as we understand it, and the rituals we use to try and define our place in what is undefinable. Her personal experience as a transgender woman also ties deeply into the philosophical side of her work - how the mind and soul connect to the physical form, how in turn this connects to the natural world, and at what point our being and sense of self becomes supernatural.
CYMK Photopolymer Etching
Image size: 24 × 35cm
Paper size: 34 × 45cm
Edition of 10
£250 unframed or £25 per month via Own Art. Contact rebecca@woolwichprintfair.com to request an application or more information.
Inspired by the concept of material transmutation and refinement used in alchemical practice to create a philosopher's stone. The different colour channels used to build the image represent the fundamental materials of mercury, sulfur and lead - which were thought to be the source metals that all others were derived from. The act of breaking apart the original imagery into its core components and rebuilding it in a new form mirrors the practice of refinement, and brings into question whether something entirely new can be drawn out - and where this might have come from - as a wider question.
Eden Gard’s practice focuses on the intersections of science, magic, and occultism; She has a passion for exploring soft sciences and how they interact with societal or cultural beliefs. She often works with motifs of alchemy and witchcraft to deconstruct and reimagine concepts like chaos theory and human psychology. Doing this she aims to create a commentary on how the mind, body and soul interact with the wider universe as we understand it, and the rituals we use to try and define our place in what is undefinable. Her personal experience as a transgender woman also ties deeply into the philosophical side of her work - how the mind and soul connect to the physical form, how in turn this connects to the natural world, and at what point our being and sense of self becomes supernatural.
CYMK Photopolymer Etching
Image size: 24 × 35cm
Paper size: 34 × 45cm
Edition of 10
£250 unframed or £25 per month via Own Art. Contact rebecca@woolwichprintfair.com to request an application or more information.
Inspired by the concept of material transmutation and refinement used in alchemical practice to create a philosopher's stone. The different colour channels used to build the image represent the fundamental materials of mercury, sulfur and lead - which were thought to be the source metals that all others were derived from. The act of breaking apart the original imagery into its core components and rebuilding it in a new form mirrors the practice of refinement, and brings into question whether something entirely new can be drawn out - and where this might have come from - as a wider question.
Eden Gard’s practice focuses on the intersections of science, magic, and occultism; She has a passion for exploring soft sciences and how they interact with societal or cultural beliefs. She often works with motifs of alchemy and witchcraft to deconstruct and reimagine concepts like chaos theory and human psychology. Doing this she aims to create a commentary on how the mind, body and soul interact with the wider universe as we understand it, and the rituals we use to try and define our place in what is undefinable. Her personal experience as a transgender woman also ties deeply into the philosophical side of her work - how the mind and soul connect to the physical form, how in turn this connects to the natural world, and at what point our being and sense of self becomes supernatural.
