Roots Beneath the Snow, ebru (somakî/pebble battal with gelgit and biz pulls), pigments and ox gall on paper
Large, pale celadon–white cells float across the surface while taupe, umber, and flashes of cinnabar red vein through them like branching root systems. The artist nudges the battal field with subtle gelgit drifts, then draws out dendritic fans using fine biz pulls; the result is a terrain that reads at once as coral, river delta, and winter orchard. Clear rings around the “stones,” elastic veining, and even buoyancy signal a finely tuned balance of size and ox gall—nothing sinks, edges stay crisp. Tradition’s controlled chance becomes cartography here: a mapped breath of water where structure emerges from drift and time feels embedded like sediment in the sheet.
