Jojo Aqua reflects Elise Ferguson’s meticulous and tactile approach to abstraction. Built from multiple layers of pigmented Venetian plaster applied by hand, the surface is smooth and fresco-like, but carries the subtle irregularities of a labor-intensive process. Within this field, looping geometric forms emerge—precise yet softened, grounded in mathematical logic but activated by visual rhythm.
Ferguson draws her initial compositions digitally, but the final work is shaped entirely through analog methods: plaster is applied, masked, and incised through a method she’s refined over years. Using custom tools and techniques—including hand-pulled linework made with plaster rather than ink—she constructs visual patterns that seem to move and shift across the surface, creating a sense of motion within structure.
Jojo Aqua exemplifies Ferguson’s interest in repetition that allows for variation, in order that accommodates imperfection. The result is both optical and meditative—a composition that hums with quiet energy, inviting prolonged looking and revealing its complexity slowly over time.