Iana KochuAll studies

Tidal Silk

A painting
learning to flow.

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Move to turn the ribbons. Press to let them unfold.

Preparing the ribbons.

Colour, given
room to move.

Ochre, blue and rose slip out of the frame. A central crop of Tidal Oval becomes long, connected ribbons, each still carrying the painting’s real brushwork.

Bring Opening to zero to see the image come together. The ribbons are tessellated 3D geometry, bent with analytic curves and lit from the side. Their movement is an artistic interpretation, rather than a measurement of fabric or paint.

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Tidal Oval by Iana Kochu, an oval painting with flowing ochre, rose, green and blue forms, photographed on a wooden easel in front of pale cloth.
Tidal Oval, 2025
Iana Kochu · Acrylic on oval wood · 45 × 60 cm
Full source photograph, unchanged