Topographies is an ongoing ink series, planned as twenty panels, drawn while waiting at outdoor tables, on public benches, and during brief pauses at home. Rather than depicting actual landscapes, the drawings record the physical conditions of how they were made. Outside disruptions, broken concentration, and the snag of the cotton paper register in the lines.
The series started when the travel sketchbooks and pigment pens I normally use in transit proved too easy to keep my mind occupied during stressful periods of waiting. To demand my full attention, I began bringing studio materials (open bottles of India ink, steel dip pens, and handmade cotton paper) into temporary spaces, starting at an outdoor cafe table beside a railway line.
Selected completed panels (Series in progress, 2026–present).
Fragment No.01, 2026
Ink on handmade cotton paper
ca. 28 x 21.5 cm
