Fault Lines and Fragments

A fragment of memory and landscape where structure meets trace.
Collage and acrylic paint on #khadipaper
This collage is 30x30cm, made with acrylic and collage on Indian handmade paper with deckle edges.
I wanted the rough texture of the handmade paper to play a part in the atmosphere it gives a weathered, earthy quality, like old parchment. At the centre, I placed strong vertical shapes in black and red. The black carries white circular and linear markings, almost like coded symbols, while the red is more raw and painterly, adding energy. A smaller strip below anchors the forms, like a fragment of architecture.

At the centre, I placed strong vertical shapes in black and red. The black carries white circular and linear markings, almost like coded symbols, while the red is more raw and painterly, adding energy. A smaller strip below anchors the forms, like a fragment of architecture. Across the surface, I used fine pencil lines that stretch like horizons or seismograph traces. They give a sense of fragility and movement, balancing the heavy blocks. The pale ochre patches above drift like clouds or worn fragments, softening the composition.

For me, it’s about contrasts solidity and openness, structure and spontaneity, permanence and erosion. It feels like a fragment of a larger record, part landscape, part language.

The horizon cracks under black weight
Ghost wires hum across dust
Symbols erode into silence
Memory shatters nothing remains

Cut up poetry Generator by Danial Sanjrani

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