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English: I see my work as an extension of my being, and myself I view as a modern day print-maker using my body as a plate and smoke as Ink. I etch my body onto paper to make unique large scale monotypes. My work distorts the figures and bends the preconceived notions of our physical selves. I see a definitive link between fossils and the work I produce. The work represents to me a moment trapped in time beneath a thin layer of fixative. My experience as a miniature artist allows me to look at my work quite closely and through the traditional techniques of Siah Qalam and Neem Rang. I weave even more intricacies into the visual. To understand the violence I see, and the mental anguish I experience and deliver it into a viable productive response is my penultimate goal.