SUCK (PRESS & BLEED) (1997–2007) is a body of works on paper developed through a series of improvised print-making techniques involving absorption, transfer, masking and compression. Created outside the conventions of a formal print workshop, the works emerged from direct experimentation with spirit-based inks, handmade papers, weight, pressure and time.

Rather than treating paper as a passive support, the project investigates its physical depth and absorptive qualities. Sheets are flooded, layered and pressed together, allowing pigments to migrate through the fibres and produce luminous surfaces marked by seepage, staining and accidental transformation. The resulting images record a negotiation between intention and material behaviour, where control is repeatedly challenged by the unpredictable actions of gravity, chemistry and absorption.