SHROUD
1800 Granville Street, Halifax, Nova Scotia
Ink on fabric, 45’ x 40’ | April 2012
Shroud is a large-scale, site-specific print recording the historic facade of the 185 year old Macara-Barnstead building. This print records the textural surface of the buildings facade through the use of frottage- a direct rubbing technique akin to taking a rubbing from a coin. This process uses the buildings facade as a found printmaking matrices which is then printed slowly, by hand onto fabric using ink and a brayer.
Shortly after this public printing, the interior of the building was demolished to make room for the expansion of building behind it. The facade was dismantled and in part salvaged.
Acknowledgements
Thank you to Arts Nova Scotia for generously supporting this project.
Deep appreciation to Carmen Zinck at Coastal Restoration and Masonry for his skill and enthusiasm.
Thank you Sarah Haydon Roy, Julie Rosvall, Alyssa and Bryanna Chapeskie and Peter Smith for their help with printing.
Documentation thanks to the incredible Steve Farmer Photography