SHROUD
1800 Granville Street, Halifax, Nova Scotia
Ink on fabric, 45’ x 40’ | April 2012

Shroud is a large-scale, site-specific print that records the historic façade of the 185-year-old Macara-Barnstead Building. Using frottage—a direct rubbing technique akin to taking a coin rubbing—the print captures the textural surface of the building's exterior. In this process, the façade becomes a found printmaking matrix, printed slowly by hand onto fabric using ink and a brayer.

Shortly after this public printing, the interior of the building was demolished to allow for the expansion of the structure behind it. The façade was dismantled and partially salvaged.

Thank you to:

Arts Nova Scotia for generously supporting this project
Carmen Zinck at Coastal Restoration and Masonry for his skill and enthusiasm
Sarah Haydon Roy, Julie Rosvall, Alyssa and Bryanna Chapeskie, and Peter Smith for their help with printing
Steve Farmer Photography for photographic documentation

Shroud: Macara- Barnstead Building, 2013
Image Transfers, ink, thread, mylar and watercolour on Somerset Satin, 30” x 22”

In the Collection of the Art Gallery of Nova Scotia