Artist Max Marshall repurposes his Grandmothers old crystal glassware into intricate photographic mandalas by using the camera-less darkroom technique called photograms. By placing the dishes onto photosensitive paper, light refracts through the glass leaving unique mandalic impressions of light.
By combining these impressions with the 19th Century printing process, Gum Dichromate, each print is handmade by mixing a light sensitive chemical with watercolor paint. Once dried, the enlarged photographic mandalas are exposed into the colorful fields of emulsion. Inspirations from Abstract Expressionism, Color Field Painting, and Neo-Tantrism are instilled in this unique and historical photographic technique.
