my little stone_lily #2

This print is part of Kinukawa's ongoing 'my little stone' (Pebble Lithograph) series, begun in 2018. The 'lily' designation refers to a specific limestone source site that the artist has identified and from which he has collected a small fragment to serve as his printing matrix; the numbering (#2) indicates a second variation drawn from the same site. Unlike conventional stone lithography on uniform limestone slabs, Kinukawa's process inverts the relationship between plate and image: the geological character of the collected fragment — its grain, surface irregularity, and edge profile — directly conditions what can be drawn and printed. The resulting impression typically registers the irregular outline of the small stone against the rectangular sheet, with a landscape image, often referencing the site of collection itself, drawn onto the limestone fragment using traditional lithographic techniques. The work belongs to Kinukawa's broader investigation, developed during and after his MFA at Kyoto Seika University, into the indexical relationship between geological place and printed image.