TRACE / SURFACE

A study of how texture shapes our perception and how easily we misread what we touch.

tactile study / frottage / risograph / 2025

Natural or artificial?
Without context, our certaincy disappears.
This project explores the space
between recognition and doubt.

CAN YOU TELL WHAT THIS SURFACE IS?

The process removes scale, context, and function - leaving only texture.
What remains is open to interpretation.

Each print is a trace of a surface captured through friction.

PROCESS

05 / printed result

04 / revealing the trace

03 / capturing pressure

02 / applying pressure

01 / selecting surfaces

REVEAL

The same surfaces, now in context.

REFLECTION

Perception relies less on texture itself and more on what we expect to see.
Once context is removed,
certainty collapses.

TRACE / SURFACE is an invitation
to slow down and look again.