From Photograph to Charcoal
Every drawing begins with a photograph Samantha Ham takes herself. She develops the idea, directs the model and shoots the reference - nothing is borrowed. On the drawing board that image is transferred with a grid and built up by hand in charcoal and pencil.
Her subjects are the body and what covers it: skin, tattoos, mesh, lace, feathers and metal. Faces are often turned away or hidden, so the eye stays with form, texture and light. Each work is a single original - signed and one of a kind.
Timeline
The Journey
Foundations
Her Own Models
Original Works
It began in 2004 with a handful of drawing courses, followed by years of daily practice and studies to build technique.
From 2017 she began directing and photographing her own models. The reference was no longer borrowed - it was a moment she had created herself.
Since 2021 exclusively original charcoal work, created for private collections.