Saskia Carrington- BA (Hons) Fine Art
Caught between fear and fascination, the work inhabits the tension of encountering nature’s vast scale. Rock formations, shaped over millions of years, hold the weight of deep time, where human presence is fleeting, and what is seen is only a momentary pause within an ongoing process of erosion and change.
Etching becomes both medium and metaphor. Zinc plates are scratched, disrupted, and submerged in acid, where surfaces are gradually eaten away. This deliberate act of reduction echoes geological processes, translating the incomprehensible duration of natural formations into a human timescale. Each print is hand pulled, the repetition embedding time into the work itself, an accumulation that mirrors the slow construction of landscapes.
An initial feeling of overwhelm gradually settles into steady observation. Density evolves into detail and unease softens into fascination. The surface draws the viewer closer, encouraging them to linger within its textures rather than remain at a distance.
Fragments of exposed zinc plates intermittently reflect the viewer, folding them back into the work. Here, distinctions between body and landscape begin to dissolve. Scale loses its authority, and the encounter shifts, from confrontation to quiet coexistence within the same unfolding rhythm of erosion and time.
