As lockdown continues for many and fades chaotically for most, the likelihood of a second wave of coronavirus hangs over us. With this in mind I am preparing for a second series of lockdown prints, which will most likely be wood-engravings along the lines of these, exploring chaos, stress, separation, enclosure and unease.
Two proofs here, City Stressed 1 & 2.
City Stressed 02, 65 x 47mmCity Stressed 01, 41 x 39mm
The Harbour-master’s House, wood engraving, 4.5 x 3.5 cm
Calm Sea, wood engraving, 4.5 x 3.5 cmSome time ago, wood engraving, 4 x 4 cm
Light to variable, wood engraving 4 cm wide
Large Spread 3, etching, 15 x 20 cm, edition of 50, Nov 2019
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Lost Leaders 8, 5cm wide, edition of 50
Lost leaders 7, wood engraving, 5 cm tall, edition of 50
Large Spread 1 & 2, safe etching, 21 x 15 cm, £80 each, edition of 50
“Dark Harbour Coming”, safe etching, 10 x 15 cm, edition of 50, £40“Dark Harbour 1”, safe etching, 10 x 15cm, edition of 50, £40Dark Harbour 3, safe etching, 10 x 15cm, edition of 50, £40“Dark Harbour 2”, safe etching, 10 x 15 cm, edition of 50, £40 “Spread3”, 10 x 8 cm, safe etching, edition of 50; £40“Spread 2”, safe etching, 10 x 15 cm, edition of 50, £40
“Spread 1”, Safe etching, August 2019, 10 x 15 cm, £40, edition of 50
“Story 1”, safe etching, August 2019, 10 x 15 cm, £40, edition of 50
“Sundial”, Wood-engraving, the sundial in Valentines Park walled garden, 10 x 7cm, edition of 50, £40
“Location 1”, Engraving and drypoint on zinc, 10 x 7 cm, edition of 50, £40
Close-up, the ink standing proud of the paper
“Gutenberg 1”, engraving, on type-metal, 0.918 in wide, edition of 5, £40
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“Balcony”, wood engraving, 9 x 7 cm, edition of 50, £40
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Two drypoints, both 3.5 x 2 cm, printed on a screw-press with tissue-paper packing; the first is on brass, the second on type-metal, very soft and probably producing an edition of 5 , at most.
“Valentines, view 2”, wood engraving, edition of 50, £40
New wood engraving, June 2019, 7 cm across
“Valentines, view 1”, wood engraving, edition of 50, £40
New wood engraving, May 2019, 7 cm across
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Wood engravings from boxwood
“Lost Leaders 5”, June 2019, 7 cm across, edition of 50, £40
New wood engraving, May 2019, 5 x 6 cm, showing the stages from seasoned boxwood, to prepared slice, to cut and inked block, to print