Amazonia II (Drawing Meditations), 2023.

Homemade inks of edible plants on paper: beetroot (Beta vulgaris), coffee (Coffea), turmeric (Curcuma longa),

dragon fruit / pitaya (Selenicereus costaricensis), and urucum (Bixa orellana). 60 drawings, 30 x 21cm each.

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Drawing Meditations is the name I give for the practice of drawing as a form of meditation, in which there is no search for an outcome. In this practice, instead of looking for “what” to draw, I am just looking “to draw”, and to enjoy this activity in the present. In order to do that, I create methods, tools, and materials that will make the act of drawing by itself an interesting activity, instead of what of its subject, or what the drawing represents. For the example above, I needed to demonstrate to my art students in the Brazilian Amazon that it is possible to make affordable and sustainable inks directly from local edible plants. 

 

© Frederico Câmara 2023.