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.

Collection Overview

In Vitro (Black), U.T.S. 2015 In Vitro (Black), U.T.S. 2015 InVitro (Magaenta), U.T.S. 2015 InVitro (Magaenta), U.T.S. 2015 Magenta, G.R.H.R. 2017 Magenta & Blobs, G.R.H.R 2017 In Vitro (Yellow), U.T.S. 2015 In Vitro (Yellow), U.T.S. 2015 Confetti, U.T.S. 2015 Confetti, U.T.S. 2015 Paper Pixels, U.T.S. 2015 Paper Pixels, U.T.S. 2015 Triangles, G.R.H.R.. 2017 Triangles, G.R.H.R.. 2017 Trough the Lens, U.T.S. 2015 Trough the Lens, U.T.S. 2015 Brush (Magenta), U.T.S. 2015 Brush (Magenta), U.T.S. 2015 Brush (Yellow), G.R.H.R. 2017 Brush (Yellow), G.R.H.R. 2017 Halos, U.T.S. 2015 Halos, U.T.S. 2015 Blobs, G.R.H.R. 2017 Terrazzo, U.T.S. 2015 Terrazzo, U.T.S. 2015 Stripes (Small), U.T.S. 2015 Stripes (Small), U.T.S. 2015 Stripes (Big), G.R.H.R.2017 Stripes (Big), G.R.H.R.2017 Fluid, U.T.S. 2015
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.
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.
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.
  FRANCESCO ZORZI (Italy) Francesco Zorzi is a multidisciplinary artist based in Amsterdam working with a wide variety of mediums, informed by his background in design, his love for the world of Color and his fascinations into the mechanics of vision, perception and interpretation of reality. His works are united by the quest for the qualities of what makes us ‘human’, reflecting on how we interact with what’s in front of our eyes, how we make sense of it and how we explore the inner-worlds we create with it. His explorations - whether dissecting Colors or Shapes - can be seen as an ongoing study on the structure of their inner components and the interaction between each other. These abstract configurations are like fragments of a kaleidoscope in perpetual movement without a beginning or an end, offering the viewers a moment of reflection, new playgrounds for exploration and wonder. His visually ambiguous wax-crayons works, are an investigation on Color in itself: its visual perception as well as the duality of Color as both lightwave and matter. Each artwork is the result of a complex layering of various wax-crayons sticks of different tones, applied next to and on top of each other, creating an ever evolving, ever pulsating flux of constant dynamic movement. The appearance of their colors and the structure of their wax influence directly the ways they interact and ‘talk’ with each other, mutually attracting or repelling one another. They can create harmony or tension. Sometimes they blend and dance together at different speed, in an homogenous flow or in multiple streams and directions. Sometimes they clash and come into conflict with one another. These brightly-hued abstract artworks are as much about color as they are of about emotions altogether: on one side they explore the phenomenological impact color has on human perception (seen from the point of view of the viewer being in front of the artworks); on the other they interact with the ineffable emotions and sensations guiding the process of mixing the crayons (seen from the point of view of the artist producing the artworks). The colors of each artwork are immersive, physical and tactile, just like the process of its creation: Ethereal and vibrating but also palpable and present at once.