Sol Drawings

Sol Drawings fumage, flame, metal marker, glass marker, acid and gas burner on copper leaf, 6 x 6 inches (each), image credit Glen Chriton, 2023

Copper has perhaps a longer history than most realise. Most metals on Earth have an extra-terrestrial origin and astronomers now believe that much of the copper on Earth was forged in very massive stars. Four and a half billion years ago, Earth inherited some of this copper. Shadow Portraits, Sol Drawings and Skywatch offer a counterpoint to the film One Hundred Thousand Suns which is thick with history, research and time.

The Sol Drawings look closer and more deeply. Inspired by images of sun spots and other solar phenomena, Devasher transforms the surface of these paper-thin copper sheets through interventions like acid washing, embossing, and fumage.

Sol Drawings, Installation view PalaisPopulaire by Deutsche Bank, Berlin 2024 Photo Mathias Schormann

Borrowed Light, Installation view Dr Bhai Daji Lad Museum (SPS), Mumbai 2024 Photo Mathias Ashish

Sol Drawings fumage, flame, metal marker, glass marker, acid and gas burner on copper leaf, 6 x 6 inches (each), image credit Glen Chriton, 2023