Breathe

"Breathe" is an abstract etching printed on washi, the soft, fibrous Japanese paper whose irregular texture absorbs ink differently than Western cotton rag, lending the composition an organic, almost atmospheric quality. The title suggests an engagement with rhythm, air, and bodily presence — themes that in abstract printmaking often manifest through open space, tonal gradation, and the tactile interplay between bitten line and ground. Perzynska's training in drypoint and linocut would inform her handling of the etching needle here: where drypoint raises a burr that holds ink richly before wearing down, etching through acid bath allows finer, more controlled mark-making. On washi, such lines soften at the edges, blurring the boundary between drawn form and bare paper. For an artist rooted in Gdansk's coastal geography, "Breathe" may invoke the expansive quality of Baltic light or shoreline air, translated into non-representational form — a reduction of landscape into pure sensation rather than legible place.