Oracle

Oracle is a mokuhanga collage on wood panel, a format that allows Hudak to build imagery from assembled printed fragments into a unified, object-scale composition. The title invokes divination and hidden knowledge — themes consistent with Hudak's documented interest in the supernatural and imagination. Collaged washi layers, each carrying water-based pigment printed through carved blocks, produce surface depth through the accumulation of translucent planes. The oracle subject likely involves symbolic or figural elements obscured within abstraction, where legibility is partial or withheld. Mounting on panel rather than framing flat on paper emphasizes the physical, almost talismanic quality of the work, reinforcing the idea of the print as an object that holds meaning rather than merely illustrates it.