The Napping Wizard Sessions - Rachel Bacon: Graphite and Diamonds

Brooklyn Free Speech Radio · May 1, 2019 · 49m

Episode 1: Have you ever crumpled paper just right, or covered a sheet from edge to edge with graphite, or,

otherwise, protected a clean page from damage at all costs? Rachel Bacon has, and from the sound of it, she'll

continue doing so. She's been experimenting with materials for decades, and she's gotten it down to a science – the

science of paper and pencil, trees and graphite, wood and carbon, pulp and powder. Just like diamonds and coal

both come from carbon, and folklore spins yarns of devils shitting gold or turning gold into shit, Rachel's drawings act

out allotropic roles. They're…