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Although we don't physically see the match igniting in the above images, it is implied in the scratched surface of the striking paint. We feel this in the same way we feel the pain implied in scarring.

Matchbox skillet striking paint is course - the friction caused by striking the sulphur tip of a match to ignite it, leaves its mark, gradually wearing out the matchbox edge - evidence of the body. The course pattern, transformed onto the smooth surface of latex will cause tactile and visual uncertainty.

The proportion of the tile represents both the production process of redhead matches and the proportion of the matchbox striking paint. The individual latex wallpaper tile will be 166mm wide (representing the number of chops per minute of a match chopper) x 1000mm long (the number of individual match splints made by each chop).

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