Erik Michael Waterkotte | Untitled Memento Mori III, 2023
handmade paper with screenprinted pigmented pulp
Media Dimensions: 26 x 35 cm
Image Dimensions: 26 x 25 cm
Unique Work
Framed only
Inspired and haunted by the extremes of his Catholic upbringing (as well as his attraction to the esoteric and obscure), Erik Waterkotte deliberates a variety of spiritual structures to create artworks that are the relics, tapestries, and tabernacles of his own, hypothetical cathedral. As a printmaker Waterkotte integrates photography and drawing using screen printing, intaglio, relief, and papermaking. For him print is not a technique of reproduction but a means of generating layers and histories. In his current practice printing becomes an act of transference and transformation as he combines papermaking with screen printing non-traditional materials like rust, pollen, and paper pulp. Waterkotte believes that the narratives and rituals of human spirituality (like those of burial and memorial) provide insight into our collective consciousness by illuminating the archetypes we hold dear. From his reading of Carl Jung Waterkotte is inspired by the similarities found in disparate systems of belief across human history. Although not initiated in any particular practice, Waterkotte pursues an individual course of spiritual study, mining Western, Non-Western, Eastern, and esoteric practices. He is currently researching sustainable and carbon neutral practices in printmaking, exploring the use of natural pigments and recycled papermaking.
handmade paper with screenprinted pigmented pulp
Media Dimensions: 26 x 35 cm
Image Dimensions: 26 x 25 cm
Unique Work
Framed only
Inspired and haunted by the extremes of his Catholic upbringing (as well as his attraction to the esoteric and obscure), Erik Waterkotte deliberates a variety of spiritual structures to create artworks that are the relics, tapestries, and tabernacles of his own, hypothetical cathedral. As a printmaker Waterkotte integrates photography and drawing using screen printing, intaglio, relief, and papermaking. For him print is not a technique of reproduction but a means of generating layers and histories. In his current practice printing becomes an act of transference and transformation as he combines papermaking with screen printing non-traditional materials like rust, pollen, and paper pulp. Waterkotte believes that the narratives and rituals of human spirituality (like those of burial and memorial) provide insight into our collective consciousness by illuminating the archetypes we hold dear. From his reading of Carl Jung Waterkotte is inspired by the similarities found in disparate systems of belief across human history. Although not initiated in any particular practice, Waterkotte pursues an individual course of spiritual study, mining Western, Non-Western, Eastern, and esoteric practices. He is currently researching sustainable and carbon neutral practices in printmaking, exploring the use of natural pigments and recycled papermaking.
handmade paper with screenprinted pigmented pulp
Media Dimensions: 26 x 35 cm
Image Dimensions: 26 x 25 cm
Unique Work
Framed only
Inspired and haunted by the extremes of his Catholic upbringing (as well as his attraction to the esoteric and obscure), Erik Waterkotte deliberates a variety of spiritual structures to create artworks that are the relics, tapestries, and tabernacles of his own, hypothetical cathedral. As a printmaker Waterkotte integrates photography and drawing using screen printing, intaglio, relief, and papermaking. For him print is not a technique of reproduction but a means of generating layers and histories. In his current practice printing becomes an act of transference and transformation as he combines papermaking with screen printing non-traditional materials like rust, pollen, and paper pulp. Waterkotte believes that the narratives and rituals of human spirituality (like those of burial and memorial) provide insight into our collective consciousness by illuminating the archetypes we hold dear. From his reading of Carl Jung Waterkotte is inspired by the similarities found in disparate systems of belief across human history. Although not initiated in any particular practice, Waterkotte pursues an individual course of spiritual study, mining Western, Non-Western, Eastern, and esoteric practices. He is currently researching sustainable and carbon neutral practices in printmaking, exploring the use of natural pigments and recycled papermaking.
