About me
back to my artistic roots
The making of
Charcoal
An ode to “materiality”
Collecting
Categorizing
Testing
Labeling
Flame
treated
Frame
Fire priming
Texture highlighting
Varnishing
Frame Assembling
About me
back to my artistic roots
The making of
Charcoal
An ode to “materiality”
Collecting
Categorizing
Testing
Labeling
Flame
treated
Frame
Fire priming
Texture highlighting
Varnishing
Frame Assembling
The Charcoal Project
Charcoal as a raw, humble material, outlast empires. The first marks humans ever made, drawn in charcoal and ochre, still breathe on cave walls after 30,000 years. Real pigment never fades.
sara0125@hotmail.com
@sara.tian (instagram.com/sara.tian)
+32 456 153 418
mssara
About me
back to my artistic roots
Sara Tian is a Chinese artist and designer, living in Belgium, Antwerp with a Master's in Visual Communication Design from the Hubei Institute of Fine Arts.
Sara collects various wood branches and pyrolizes them to craft her own charcoal pencils, each one embodying the unique textures and qualities of the wood.
Her work is a celebration of natural raw materials, a gentle reminder to pause, feel, and reconnect with the organic essence of art and the profound joy of creation.
The making of
Charcoal
An ode to “materiality”
Charcoal as a raw, humble material, outlast empires. The first marks humans ever made, drawn in charcoal and ochre, still breathe on cave walls after 30,000 years. Real pigment never fades.
I spent years studying art and design, yet never knew how charcoal was made, until one evening by the bonfire.I blew out the flame, pressed its blackened tip to wood, and suddenly understood: this is how art begins. Not with perfect tools, but with what the earth offers.
discover the charcoal art
Collecting
Categorizing
Testing
Labeling
Flame
treated
Frame
Fire priming
Texture highlighting
Varnishing
Frame Assembling
The Charcoal Project
Charcoal as a raw, humble material, outlast empires. The first marks humans ever made, drawn in charcoal and ochre, still breathe on cave walls after 30,000 years. Real pigment never fades.
sara0125@hotmail.com
@sara.tian (instagram.com/sara.tian)
+32 456 153 418
mssara