The Mill is excited to present 'A scratch to a whisper,' a new exhibition by Nicolas Ottavio Saccardo. In this exhibition Nicolas explores materiality, mark-making and trace through a series of works on found surfaces. Using previously discarded panels, boards and pages, Nicolas examines the relationship between surfaces and the body, both as the material of our human ecology and as artefacts of our culture.

Through this body of work Nicolas draws our attention to mark making, honouring found marks- carpenters measurements once hidden on the inside of cabinets, scuffs from use, the wearing away of surface through repetitive touch. Through studio practice, he adds layers of text like marks, sometimes referencing writing, scribbles, shopping lists, diary entries, and sometimes gestural, abstract marks across the surface.