In the I-Ching series, Hazel has created an edition of sixty-four unique prints that each consist of multiple printmaking processes that are chine-collé in the formation of the sixty-four hexagrams belonging to the Daoist book, I-Ching also known as the Book of Changes in English.
The work draws inspiration from elements of cultural hybridity combined with Hazel’s every day experiences through the arrangement of six stacked horizontal lines, where each line is either a solid line or a broken line. The result is a layout that represents a particular fortune that provides cosmological divination and philosophical narration. In addition to printmaking processes the artist also uses small photographs from the internet and Hazel’s own collection, along with magazine cut outs and reclaimed imagery.
While the works are born from personal experiences and reflections they frequently make commentary about current Western and Eastern social and political issues. Themes of family, identity, time and space, people’s aspirations, violence, fragility, and consumerism are all touched upon throughout the series. In many faceted ways the prints illustrate how it is possible that practices and values from one culture may connect to attitudes and approaches from another thereby creating a cross cultural practice or adaptation.
By presenting a more humanistic dialogue, there no longer exists a need for polarities of race, sex, culture, or ideas. What remains is an openness to represent people’s lives through true understanding and communication on a meaningful and compassionate level.
The work draws inspiration from elements of cultural hybridity combined with Hazel’s every day experiences through the arrangement of six stacked horizontal lines, where each line is either a solid line or a broken line. The result is a layout that represents a particular fortune that provides cosmological divination and philosophical narration. In addition to printmaking processes the artist also uses small photographs from the internet and Hazel’s own collection, along with magazine cut outs and reclaimed imagery.
While the works are born from personal experiences and reflections they frequently make commentary about current Western and Eastern social and political issues. Themes of family, identity, time and space, people’s aspirations, violence, fragility, and consumerism are all touched upon throughout the series. In many faceted ways the prints illustrate how it is possible that practices and values from one culture may connect to attitudes and approaches from another thereby creating a cross cultural practice or adaptation.
By presenting a more humanistic dialogue, there no longer exists a need for polarities of race, sex, culture, or ideas. What remains is an openness to represent people’s lives through true understanding and communication on a meaningful and compassionate level.
