The Making
Mother Moon
Graphite & wash · 2025
Filming nowA study of light held gently in the dark: the quiet before a bloom.
The chapters
Filmed step by step
The making is underway. New chapters land here as each stage is filmed.
- 01
Sketch
The first wash
- 02
Detail
Graphite, gathering
The making in full
Stills and film, chapter by chapter
01 · Sketch
The first wash
A pale ground of wash, tilted and left to pool, marking where the light would eventually rest.
02 · Detail
Graphite, gathering
Fine graphite worked into the edges of the light until the form emerged of its own accord.
Materials and tools
What it is made from
A1 cotton rag paper
Heavyweight and archival, cut down and prepared by hand.
Transparent gesso and grey acrylic
Mixed and laid as a ground with just enough tooth to hold graphite.
Graphite and gouache
Built up mark by mark, from first gesture to full rendering.
Gold leaf and airbrush
Pressed and breathed in at the last, where the light needs to catch.
Kept together
What arrives with the finished piece
Numbered certificate of authenticity
Hand-finished, matching the number carried by your piece.
An A5 print of the original
An archival print of the finished drawing the edition grew from.
A story card
The making of the dress and the art behind it, in brief.
A hand-filled scent bag
A small, quiet scent to open the piece with.
Follow the making
Each week, in short film
Every stage is filmed as it happens and shared as it goes, under one handle: @le_mudelie.
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