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Hoisan Black Tea Chromatogram Giclée Print

Hoisan Black Tea Chromatogram Giclée Print

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Soil chromatography is like taking a photo of the compounds and bacteria that make up soil and plants.

This listing is for a giclee print (aka a digitally printed copy) of a chromatogram I made for my body of work titled The Land Loves Us. You will receive an 8.5" x 17" unframed reproduction print. Note that while I have uploaded photos that match the prints' colors as closely as I can, colors may vary among different computer monitors. What appears on your monitor may not reflect the exact shades of color in the print.


Black Tea from Hoisan 台山

Hoisan, also called Toisan and Taishan, is my ancestral family home. I made the original chromatogram this print is based on using tea grown in Hoisan. When I think about the stories my grandmother told me about her childhood, I imagine that the creek she grew up by looked something like this on a foggy day at sunset. 

What is Soil Chromatography?

Soil chromatography is often used by farmers to qualitatively assess soil health. I’ve spent the past two and a half years widening the creative possibilities of this lesser known soil science test.

I use soil chromatography to extract the normally invisible compounds and bacteria in plants and soil, then illuminate them using silver nitrate, a classic photography chemical. Each color and striation signifies a separate compound or bacteria present in the tea, fruit, or plant I used to make the chromatograms (one-of-a-kind prints made using chromatography).

Giving Back

My work with chromatography is intrinsically related to the land, and some of my chromatograms are made using food and plants grown on stolen land. Indigenous communities are the land's strongest defenders, so 10% of each chromatogram sale gets donated to Indigenous communities. 

Free Postcard

Every purchase of a physical item receives a free postcard. One per order. The current postcards include a picture of one of my favorite chromatograms, Chinese Chive Roots and Stems, that I grew in my community garden plot in Chicago.

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