Back Into Earth, 2023

In enorê’s practice, projects often begin as both 2D drawings and 3D digital sketches before evolving into 3D printed ceramic sculptures. Back into Earth originates from one such sketch, later developed into a physical ceramic work presented in a group exhibition at Somerset House. The print captures this transitional stage—where image, code and material begin to converge.

All visual elements in Back into Earth were constructed using 3D software before being translated into layered Risograph print. The process mirrors the artist’s broader methodology: forms move from digital modelling into physical substance, and then return again to image. No single state is definitive.

Conceptually, the work emerged from reflections on digital devices and objects carried close to the body: phones, wearables, interfaces that mediate intimacy. Through this lens, Back into Earth considers care within technologically entangled environments, asking how we attend to bodies, and to disembodied presences, in increasingly digital spaces.

In risograph printing, each colour is printed as a separate pass through a risograph machine — a stencil-based duplicator that presses organic soy inks into the paper. Risograph inks are naturally vibrant — they are renowned for their vivid colours and evident textures. The inks are transparent so layers build to create more colours. Slight shifts in registration and a soft grain make every impression subtly unique.

Back Into Earth is printed on Munken Lynx natural white 170gsm, an uncoated, FSC-certified stock whose gentle warmth lets the colours glow. The edition is strictly limited to 100 and will never be reprinted. All prints were produced at the London Centre for Book Arts.