Fervour
Ignition
Explosive interior energy pushing outward. Fervour is the state before the act, when the decision has been made in the body but not yet in the world. Anger needs an obstacle and joy needs no release. Fervour carries neither condition.
The word
From the Latin fervere, to boil. Fervor in Latin was literal heat before it was feeling, and the same root survives in ferment and effervescence. English took it through Old French in the Middle Ages, mostly to describe religious devotion running hot.
The feeling
Heat in the chest and hands with a direction attached. Time compresses: the next act feels already underway, and waiting registers as physical restraint. Attention narrows to the thing it wants to do. It is a pleasure, but a pressurized one, closer to a held sprint than to happiness.
Against its neighbours
Anger needs an obstacle and burns at it; fervour needs an outlet and burns toward it. Joy is complete in itself and asks nothing; fervour is incomplete by design, energy that only makes sense as the start of an act.
In the work
Heat with a direction. Light that leaves without illuminating. Where it dominates, the frame cannot contain the event and the edges give way first.
15 works composed with Fervour
-

SCARCE, 10 editions. Open the tier key.$350- Ig2
- Tm
- Sg
- Pr
- Nm
IGNITION - Light Me Up
-

INFINITE, uncapped. Open the tier key.$75- Nt2
- Ig
- Pr
- Su
At Dawn Before Dusk
-

INFINITE, uncapped. Open the tier key.$75- Vd2
- Sl
- Ig
- Su
No Colder Place
-

INFINITE, uncapped. Open the tier key.$75- Cg2
- Pr
- Ig
- Dt
So Rose the One Wrapped in Flame
-

INFINITE, uncapped. Open the tier key.$75- Sg2
- Dt
- Ig
- Hs
- Ws
Lord Knows
-

INFINITE, uncapped. Open the tier key.$75- Ln2
- Ig
- Fr
- Wt
- Du
So Sick of Feeling
-

INFINITE, uncapped. Open the tier key.$75- Pc2
- Tm
- Ig
- Rt
- Nm
The Truth Is So Clear
-

INFINITE, uncapped. Open the tier key.$75- Jo2
- Ig
- Wn
- Cm
- Ws
Signs of the Solstice
-
APEX, 1 edition. Open the tier key.
$565SOLD- Pr2
- Cg
- Ig
- Ac
Dead Eye
-
APEX, 1 edition. Open the tier key.
$450SOLD- Ig2
- Cg
- Su
- Pr
- Ws
Thermogenesis
-
APEX, 1 edition. Open the tier key.
$381SOLD- Ig2
- Hs
- Ac
- Wn
- Hr
Coming To My Senses
-
APEX, 1 edition. Open the tier key.
$185SOLD- Sg2
- Cg
- Ig
- Ac
- Sh
I'm Reinventing Myself
-
APEX, 1 edition. Open the tier key.
$185SOLD- Ig2
- Sg
- Hs
- Ac
- Sh
In My Glow
-
APEX, 1 edition. Open the tier key.
$288SOLD- Ig2
- Cm
- Cr
- Sh
Calm Ignition
-
LIMITED, 25 editions. Open the tier key.
$111SOLD- Cg2
- Wt
- Ig
BEYOND MAXIMUM
How big, actually.
Drawn to scale against a person of average height. Every size is a 4:5 rectangle, the same proportion as the work itself, so nothing is cropped to fit.
Sizes are the printed image. Framed works add the moulding around that. Standard US shipping is free at every size.
Paper, or canvas.
Same image, same inks. What changes is the surface it is printed on. Tap either one.
-
PRINT
Hahnemühle Photo Rag
The paper itself. A heavy 100% cotton matte sheet with a smooth surface, printed edge to edge with no border. Ships flat, or rolled in a tube at large sizes.
- Every size, up to 40 × 50
- You pick the frame
- Just paper and ink
- Needs framing to hang
-
CANVAS
Satin poly-cotton, gallery wrap
Printed on canvas, then stretched by hand over solid wood. The image continues around the sides, so there is no border and no glass.
- Hang it the day it lands
- No glass, no glazing
- Real depth off the wall
- Up to 36 × 45
Series 001 numbers are shared across every size and material, and the certificate records exactly which object you own. Open editions carry no number and no certificate.
Framed, or not.
One frame, satin black, solid wood. We pick the moulding that suits the size and the material, so it arrives ready to hang. Tap either one.
-
NONE
The work, as it is
A paper print ships flat or rolled and you frame it your way. A canvas needs nothing: it is stretched, wired and ready for the wall the day it lands.
- The lightest to ship
- Your framer, your call
- Canvas hangs as it is
- Every size
-
BLACK
Solid wood, chosen for the size
Sealed, hung with hardware fitted, nothing left to arrange. Paper sits behind acrylic; canvas floats inside the moulding with no glass at all.
- STANDARD BLACK ⅞ in face · ¾ in deep · behind acrylic Paper, 8 × 12 and 12 × 18
- ALTO BLACK THIN 1⅜ in face · ⁹⁄₁₆ in deep · behind acrylic Paper, 16 × 24 and up
- BLACK 2 FLOAT ⅜ in face · 2 in deep · ¼ in reveal · no glass Canvas, every framed size
Framed work ships boxed with the hardware fitted. The largest sizes are sold unframed, because a frame that size can only travel by freight.
The list hears first.
Composed with
- Cg Courage 5 works
- Pr Power 5 works
- Ac Ascendance 4 works
- Sg Surrender 4 works
- Hs Hope 3 works
- Sh Sehnsucht 3 works
The rest of the Volatile family
Where Fervour sits Ig · VOLATILE FAMILY
OPEN THE TABLEVOLATILE FAMILY75 NAMED · 5 UNDISCOVEREDTAP ANY CELL TO OPEN ITS PAGE














