Strata of Departure is an ongoing series of cast paper pulp reliefs that explore the tension between accumulation and erasure, control and entropy. Built through a recursive process of carving, painting, and recasting, each piece exists as a layered record of its own making. Traces of past decisions remain embedded in the surface, yet no single mark holds primacy.

Balancing digital precision and material unpredictability, these works incorporate CNC-cut gestures alongside hand-carved interventions, resisting both total control and complete spontaneity. The result is a physical excavation, where structure emerges and dissolves in tandem, much like the shifting landscapes of post-industrial ruins.

While these works borrow from the language of sculpture, printmaking, and painting, they are fundamentally rooted in drawing, where each incision, imprint, and residue acts as both a mark and a disruption. The series title suggests a point of transition: layers of past form give way to something unknown, as built environments and fabricated surfaces erode into new possibilities. Strata of Departure presents material memory as an open system shaped by process, fragmentation, and the traces left behind.