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Of Common Clay

This series of portraits is being made in the textile towns of South Carolina and printed with pigment ground from bricks that came from the cotton mills of those same towns. The process is known as 'single transfer carbon printing'. Each print is unique. The color of the prints is completely determined by the color of the bricks I found on site.

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3. Dewey Edwards.jpg

Dewey Edwards, single transfer carbon print with pigment from Manetta Mills, Lando, 15"x15", 2024

2. Billy Roach.jpg

Billy Roach with prize tumbler, carbon print with pigment from Newry Mill, 15"x15", 2024

6. Laurens copy.jpg

Wesley Crowe, carbon print with pigment from Laurens Cotton Mill, 15"x15", 2024

Beckee Garris copy.jpg

Beckee Garris, Catawba Indian, carbon print with pigment from the Lancaster Cotton Mill, 15"x15", 2024

4. Jack and Carol.jpg

Carol and Jack Funderburk, carbon print with pigment from Aragon Mill, Rock Hill, 15"x15", 2024

5. Jodi Howe copy.jpg

Jodi Howe, carbon print with pigment from York Oil Mill, 15"x15", 2024

8. Mrs. Jett, Glendale.jpg

Mr. & Mrs. Jett, carbon print with pigment from Glendale Mill, 15"x15", 2024

7. Mary Ann copy.jpg

MaryAnna Richburg, carbon print with pigment from Republic Mill, York, 15"x15", 2024

Keith Funderburk copy.jpg

Keith Funderburk, carbon print with pigment from Manetta Mills, Lando, 15"x15", 2024

9. Rolf + 2 Erics.jpg

Rolf PaPaw, carbon print with pigment from Buffalo Mill, 15"x15", 2024

10. Sisters.jpg

Kelly and Bridget Shropshire, carbon print with pigment from Saxon Mill, Spartanburg, 15"x15", 2024

12. Helen, Lockhart.jpg

Helen,McFalls, Lockhart town clerk, carbon print with pigment from Lockhart Mill, 15"x15", 2024

11. Sarahs, Chester.jpg

Sarah Caldwell and Sarah Lee, carbon print with pigment from Eureka Mill, Chester, 15"x15", 2024

Andre copy.jpg

Andre Walden II, carbon print with pigment from The Duck Mill, Columbia, 15"x15", 2024

14. Connie Porter, Lockhart.jpg

Connie Porter, Lockhart mayor, carbon print with pigment from Lockhart Mill, 15"x15", 2024

Paul Matheny.jpg

Paul Matheny, carbon print with pigment from SC State Museum (formerly The Duck Mill), Columbia, 15"x15", 2024

James White.jpg

James White, carbon print with pigment from White Mill #2, Fort Mill, 15"x15", 2024

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