Mackenzie Benato, Hand carved sandstone stamps with gouache and acrylic on paper A4 & A3

Artist: Mackenzie Mario Benato
Year: 2024
Materials: Hand carved sandstone stamps with gouache and acrylic on paper

Size: 297mm high x 210mm wide & 420mm high x 297mm wide

Titles:

1. lady of the lake/brown
   
2. gi's stamp white/brown
3. flower white/brown
   
4. heart white&brown
5. wave white/brown
   
6. cycle ( banksia inferriata pattern)
   
7. snake b&w
8. body (self portrait, bigger hips) b&w

Stones taken from a rubble bin, over 2 years.

Flat faces made by bridge saw. 

Sprays water, catches sand, makes mud. Protects lungs.

(sandstone) (dust) (silica)

Carved into stamps. (hammer)

(chisel) As motifs.

They feel good in the hand, heavy, rough.

Your fingers find veins and grooves your eyes can’t. The stone absorbs,

water, paint, shock wave and then,

breaks, transforms, remembers.

Each stamp is a long story.