Mayumi Enoki’s ‘‘Binding and String’’ series is inspired by a Japanese dyeing method, in which string prevents corrosion on a metal plate.

Enoki’s metal-binding technique shows how a plate is corroded over time. A plate treated by this approach is so fragile, and each one has slightly different details thus generating a Variable Edition. The transformation of materials only happens once and cannot be reversed. Enoki has become very interested in this unpredictability.

In Enoki’s recent prints, she also uses the chine-collé technique with metal leaf, inspired by the Japanese tradition of visible mending of pottery with gold. Enoki explores the concept of accepting and caring for the irreversible scars of our everyday existence and how these scars transform us in some way. She views this as a natural process, that we are imperfect and that our lives are full of chance elements.

Enoki holds a MA (RCA) in printmaking from Royal College of Art in 1988.

Her exhibition highlights include, the Megalo Intaglio Online Exhibition 2021, 2020, the Yozo Hamaguchi 100th Anniversary International Print Competition and Exhibition 2009.

Her artworks can be found in public and company collections, including The Osaka Contemporary Art Center, Japan.