Here at My Modern Met. we love to showcase unique mediums used for creating magnificent art. Now, do we have a treat for you! American artist Paul Chojnowski uses fire, water, paper and wood to create photograph-like narrative images. How? He selectively burns and chars the surface. Chojnowski developed this unusual technique in the early '90s while working with raw pigments on wooden panels. He began his fire drawings when he discovered that he could burn marks into the wood’s surface using handheld torches.
His present technique involves the use of a water dropper, which he uses to soak watercolor paper to give a different level of wetness. He then burns an image by taking a torch to the surface with the wettest areas being the slowest to burn. Chojnowski must control the flame because even the smallest miscalculation can cause the entire work to catch fire!
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