Tea-bags take very interesting colours after they are dipped in boiling water. Depending on the flavour of the tea the colour ranges from pale burgundy to all shades of the sand; like decayed paper left forgotten in old wooden desks…
Being the scavenger that I am, I started collecting tea-bags. I didn’t know what I would do with them but I liked the colours when they were squeezed together. One day I looked at them closely and realized what they reminded me of: all the public offices’ selves filled with stacked files as was the case before the computer era. The particular project is inspired by these somewhat nostalgic instances of things past.
Archived Memory #01 8”x10”x2” - 20.3x25.4x5 cm, tea-bags and beeswax medium in wooden frame.
Archived Memory #02 8”x10”x2” - 20.3x25.4x5 cm, tea-bags, etching print and beeswax medium in wooden frame.
Archived Memory #03 9”x12”x2” - 22.6x30.4x5 cm, tea-bags, etching print and beeswax medium in wooden frame.
Archived Memory #04 5”x5”x1” - 12.7x12.7x2.5 cm, tea-bags, paper and beeswax medium in wooden frame.
Archived Memory #05 5”x5”x1” - 12.7x12.7x2.5 cm, tea-bags, paper and beeswax medium in wooden frame.
Archived Memory #06 9”x9”x2” - 22.8x22.8x5 cm, tea-bags, etching print and beeswax medium in wooden frame.
Archived Memory #07 7”x9”x2” - 17.7x22.8x5 cm, tea-bags, etching print and beeswax medium in wooden frame.
Archived Memory #08 5”x7”x2” - 21.7x17.7x5 cm, tea-bags, paper and beeswax medium in wooden frame.
Archived Memory #09 12”x12”x2” - 30.4x30.4x5 cm, tea-bags, etching print and beeswax medium in wooden frame.
Archived Memory #10 10”x8”x2” - 25.4x20.3x5 cm, tea-bags, paper and beeswax medium in wooden frame.
Archived Memory #011 8”x6”x2” - 20.3x15.2x5 cm, tea-bags and beeswax medium in wooden frame.
Archived Memory #12 16”x16”x1” - 40.6x40.6x2.5 cm, tea-bags, etching print and beeswax medium in wooden frame.
Archived Memory #13 16”x20”x2” - 40.6x50.8x5 cm, tea-bags, etching print and beeswax medium in wooden frame.