Ink Aiding Texture

Inks can produce visual texture like any painting medium can. But ink can also aid in emphasizing tactile textures without changing the form or surface properties in ways acrylics and oils cannot. With ink you can add that visual texture to the tactile elements without altering the physical texture due to the fact that they stain rather than covering the clay. Ink doesn’t build a physical layer of its own or in any way changes the physical texture of what its applied to so it has the advantage of adding complexity in texture as well as color.

Sylvie Peraud‘s series of rings she did this year absolutely fascinate me. Each element looks very organic and natural but collectively these little scenes appear a bit alien. This adds to their intrigue. The coloring of these little pieces that make up the beautifully strange miniature landscapes look to be primarily ink stained as are the bands which gain their primary texture from the application of ink.

I can’t tell you how hard it was to choose which ring to share today so do jump over to her blog or Flickr photostream to see more of these unique pieces. Sylvie turns to alcohol inks quite a bit as you’ll see if you look through her webpages there and even has classes on Craft Art Edu to teach you some of her techniques with the inks including a fine crackle technique and stained glass approach.