Encountering Place: Investigating the Materiality of Place Through Printmaking Practice

Abstract

Through creative practice and an exegesis, this research seeks to understand the ways in which the materiality of place can inform art practice. I compare the experience of place in my hometown, Katowice, Poland, to my current home in Perth, Australia. The creative research encompasses a series of artworks through which I explore printmaking methods that can elucidate my experience of place while providing an insight into the relationship between place, materiality, and art practice.