Sea of Silk | Edition of 29 | Xiapu, China
From altitude above Xiapu, two fishers move through morning fog so dense the water has disappeared entirely - their boat and a thatched fishing hut the only objects in a world reduced to white, the reed beds between them the only suggestion of a surface below.
Limited edition of 29 - One size: 50×70 cm - Hand-signed & numbered by Tobias Hägg - 308g Hahnemühle fine art paper, matte finish
archival paper
shipping above €95
Stockholm, Sweden
"The quality of the images was greater than I could have ever hoped for. I am proud to call myself a collector of his work."
Matthew D. ·
Xiapu County on China's Fujian coast is one of the most extraordinary tidal landscapes in Asia - a vast network of mudflats, bamboo fishing poles and kelp farms that reveal themselves only at low tide. On still winter mornings a dense fog settles over the flats before the sun burns it off, and in that window the landscape loses all of its usual visual information. Water, mud and sky merge into a single pale grey-white. The only things that remain are the objects above the fog line - a fishing boat, a thatched shelter, a strip of reed bed - floating in the mist with no context and no ground.
The near-monochrome palette and the extreme quietness of the composition give this image a quality closer to Chinese ink wash painting than photography - the two figures in the boat, their red and blue clothing the only warm colour in the frame, are the single point of human presence in something vast and still. Twenty-nine prints exist of this moment.
Craft & Materials
| Paper | 308g Hahnemühle fine art, matte finish - lifetime archival quality |
| Border | 50mm white border for easy framing |
| Framing | Fits standard frames (not included) |
| Size | 50×70 cm |
| Edition | 29 prints worldwide - hand-signed and numbered by Tobias Hägg |
| Certificate | Certificate of Authenticity included |
| Delivery | 3-14 days, shipped in a protective tube |
| Shipping | Worldwide - free above €95 |
| Paper | 308g Hahnemühle fine art, matte — lifetime archival quality |
| Border | 50mm white border for easy framing |
| Framing | Fits standard frames (not included) |
| Delivery | 3–14 days, shipped in a protective tube |
| Shipping | Worldwide — free above €95 |
Sea of Silk
Xiapu County on China's Fujian coast is one of the most extraordinary tidal landscapes in Asia - a vast network of mudflats, bamboo fishing poles and kelp farms that reveal themselves only at low tide. On still winter mornings a dense fog settles over the flats before the sun burns it off, and in that window the landscape loses all of its usual visual information. Water, mud and sky merge into a single pale grey-white. The only things that remain are the objects above the fog line - a fishing boat, a thatched shelter, a strip of reed bed - floating in the mist with no context and no ground.
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