When I was around 9 or 10, my Papa (Grandad) had these two little bits of card sitting in a drawer.

Sketched on each was a tiny fishing boat. Dark, gloomy, barely more than silhouettes. I couldn’t stop staring at them. I used to try and copy them, over and over. There was just something about the mood they gave off. The feeling that there was a whole story buried in just a few rough marks. I never forgot those boats, and somewhere in the back of my mind I knew I’d come back to them one day.​​

Salt & Silence is based on photography by Adi Emal and measures 16x12".