PROJECT:
THERMAL PAPER /
2012 - 2017
In his earlier works (2012-2017) FZ explored thermal paper (receipt paper) as a material for visual expression.
Fascinated by this material because developed for the industry, seen as a byproduct and a scrap material, often trashed immediately after a short lifespan, FZ focused on exploring the expressive potential of this medium, pushing the boundaries and its qualities while interacting with it in a ‘human’ way.
In FZ’s explorations the qualities that made thermal paper ‘fragile’ also made it special and somehow ‘human’, transcending its ‘volatile’ inner nature.
The traces on it will eventually fade due to UV-light, just like any other material, but the ways we interact with the paper have a more immediate and visible impact on the way the paper reacts, preserves its qualities, or ultimately decays.
Fascinated by this material because developed for the industry, seen as a byproduct and a scrap material, often trashed immediately after a short lifespan, FZ focused on exploring the expressive potential of this medium, pushing the boundaries and its qualities while interacting with it in a ‘human’ way.
In FZ’s explorations the qualities that made thermal paper ‘fragile’ also made it special and somehow ‘human’, transcending its ‘volatile’ inner nature.
The traces on it will eventually fade due to UV-light, just like any other material, but the ways we interact with the paper have a more immediate and visible impact on the way the paper reacts, preserves its qualities, or ultimately decays.
Collection Overview
Collection Overview
Collection Overview
Thermal paper has been the focus of FZ work for many years.
He developed his own methods of creating artwork using exlusively
thermal paper without using any paint, ink or pigments.
By juxtaposing textures and isolating best shapes one next to each other, thermal paper is perceived as a completely different material, it’s very nature of ‘industrial by-product’ is elevated to semi-precious material, a contemporary veneer.
The delicate and specific ways of dealing with the material follow a methodology often used by skilled inlayers when dealing with semi-precious stones and woods.
These artworks will age and the same way precious material age through time: Despite the artificial nature of this material, the images will eventually fade and decay and change due to UV-light just like any other precious material.
He developed his own methods of creating artwork using exlusively
thermal paper without using any paint, ink or pigments.
Each brushstroke, graphic, shade of color, gradient, is achieved following the artist’s own technique, using exlusively the inner properties of the material.
Inner pigments and dies are revealed by rubbing, heat, clear chemicals brush, vapourizing to obtain different textures and effects.
In his artworks FZ uses four different kindsof thermal paper, used by the industry for different purposes: white paper white coating-black inner dye / white paper white coating black dye / white paper white coating black and magenta dyes / white paper yellow coating black dye.
The inner properties of the material are studied and mastered to be revealed end become the very core of the work.
Inner pigments and dies are revealed by rubbing, heat, clear chemicals brush, vapourizing to obtain different textures and effects.
In his artworks FZ uses four different kindsof thermal paper, used by the industry for different purposes: white paper white coating-black inner dye / white paper white coating black dye / white paper white coating black and magenta dyes / white paper yellow coating black dye.
The inner properties of the material are studied and mastered to be revealed end become the very core of the work.
The delicate and specific ways of dealing with the material follow a methodology often used by skilled inlayers when dealing with semi-precious stones and woods.
These artworks will age and the same way precious material age through time: Despite the artificial nature of this material, the images will eventually fade and decay and change due to UV-light just like any other precious material.