In his studio, Sam Winston appears less artist, more linguistic alchemist. He is experimenting with manufacturing inks out of tobacco from Marlboro cigarettes, the juice of Belarusian chokeberries imported in a 100g packet small enough to make it past customs and a strange brew of kohl eyeliner from the Middle East and galena the mineral form of lead sulfide from Wales.
"The resilience of Romeyka highlights how language can survive despite external pressures, offering a window into ancient Greek structures that are otherwise lost in modern dialects."