Material Residue

Rust, char, lichen and bone — surfaces that record what happened to them.

Most brand photography is about condition: new, clean, resolved. This study is about the opposite — surfaces that carry evidence.

Collected as reference for texture, print stock and finish decisions. Several of these directly informed the material palette of the leather and packaging work.

The pale radial gills of a fungus, split by one thin red line.

Charred timber split open to reveal a glowing red core.

Broken charcoal, dry and faceted, in near-darkness.

Lichen and mineral crust spreading across dark stone.

Fine black grit scattered across a pale ground, dense at one edge and thinning to nothing.

Paint peeling from rusted steel, exposing deep red beneath.

Thresholds

Process

Why the red is used once

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