This is my first experiment to burn a real coal to explore how the stored energy release to our environment again . I burned a piece of coal size around 1.5 x 1.5 x 1.5 on the gas stove. The energy from coal moved air and soot up to above. These three drawings are created by using papers to capture how the energy released and interacted to a medium. This process is one of a painting technique call 'Fumage', which was first practiced in the 1930'S by the surrealist artist Wolfgang Paalen. He created images using oil paint and smoke from burning candles and a kerosine lamp. Later Salvador Dali used the technique and called it 'Sfumato'.The American artist John Cage also used it as part of his printmaking process.
In each drawing, I let coal smoke drew on the paper for three minutes and after that I removed a new one for the next three minutes until a flame has gone.
The last three minutes
The next three minutes
The first three minutes
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