{"product_id":"stripes-out-of-silence","title":"Stripes Out of Silence","description":"\u003cp\u003eStripes Out of Silence begins in darkness. Out of a deep, unbroken black, a zebra turns its head toward the viewer, and for a moment the void itself seems to organize into pattern, into presence, into something alive.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe image is not painted or printed onto the surface. It is revealed through controlled scratches on acrylic glass, a field of marks that catches and bends the light until stripes emerge where there was only emptiness. No paint. No print. No ink. Only removal, and what removal uncovers.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThere is something quietly symbolic in choosing a zebra for this process. Each animal carries a pattern entirely its own, a kind of identity hidden inside what looks, from a distance, like pure repetition. The work mirrors that idea. Up close it is a field of controlled surface damage, individual and unrepeatable. From afar, it resolves into a single, monumental face looking back at you.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAs the light shifts and the viewer moves, the zebra drifts between clarity and absence, never fully fixed, never fully gone. It feels less like a portrait captured than a presence allowed to surface, briefly, out of silence.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThis work continues the Art with Scratch series by Tijs Dragtsma, in which imagery is constructed through controlled surface damage rather than pigment or print, a visual language where damage is not destruction, but structure.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"Even in total darkness, a pattern finds a way to be seen.\"\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eMore about the artist, process and materials can be found on the About page.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eQuestions about this work, availability or shipping can be sent through the contact page.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"TD Fine Art Studio","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":58671507931461,"sku":null,"price":4500.0,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0904\/0724\/0005\/files\/Stripes_Out_of_Silence_thumbnail.jpg?v=1784924941","url":"https:\/\/tdfineartstudio.com\/products\/stripes-out-of-silence","provider":"TD Fine Art Studio","version":"1.0","type":"link"}