Rachel Wegrzyn^[1]

VOLCANIC SERIES

Rachel Wegrzyn is a multidisciplinary designer, in the fields of art, architecture, and design. She is currently living in Tamaki Makaurau and graduated from The University of Auckland in 2018 with a Masters of Architecture.

Rachel’s work is a necessary form of art therapy, reflecting the various states of her mental health. In particular,

the dark and chasmic forms of depression that she lives with and has visualised as black volcanic masses.

Her ‘Dormant’ series was created by blending plasters, ground lava stone (basalt), Japanese ink, and calligraphy paper; which is then applied to canvas by hand. As the medium begins to dry she uses volcanic stones and tools to manipulate and sculpt the surface.

Dormant 29

$1,200.00

Volcanic series

Multi-disciplinary designer, Rachel Wegrzyn's artwork.

Rachel is currently living in Tamaki Makaurau and graduated from The University of Auckland in 2018 with a Masters of Architecture (Hons). Rachel’s work is a necessary form of art therapy, her work is sculptural and atmospheric, with a heavy use of black. She manipulates wet mixed media to create emotive landscapes.

Her ‘Dormant’ series was created by blending plasters, ground lava stone (basalt), Japanese ink, and calligraphy paper; which is then applied to canvas in portrait format by hand. As the medium begins to dry she uses her fingers, volcanic stones, and heat to manipulate, sculpt, and texture the surface.

Size 460 x 610mm

Mixed Media

Handcrafted in Auckland, New Zealand, 2022

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Rachel Wegrzyn[1]

Dormant 29

Rachel Wegrzyn^[1]