Sanch Kay Conversations on Leftover Coffee Stains

Conversations on Leftover Coffee Stains” is a mix-media series where charcoal art is created on used and dried coffee filters, which then becomes a platform for linguistic collage.

This series marks the emergence of personal stability, social wisdom and relentlessly authentic self-expression during the worst of the pandemic in NYC. Through the use of language and form both, the pieces are a visual and metaphorical emergence into and out of the self, into healthy risk and growth and out of “expected” ways of being.

Stuck inside the house for weeks on end during spring and fall 2020, my mind first shrunk into sadness; then emerged with wild abandon.

Everywhere I looked around my apartment, I saw the potential for art- coffee filters turned canvas, castaway makeup turned metallic paint, old shoes became print-making objects.

On a deeper, process-related level, this series speaks to the emergence of resourcefulness and creativity in a time of deficit, and my ever-present tendencies to create art to survive (and thrive) all that the universe throws at us.

Sanch is a mix-media artist and collagist. She plays with colors, words, shapes and form to create unique pieces that speak to themes of identity formation, connections, pandemic realities and more.