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Recent Posts

  • New logo design
  • A print to commemorate the sailing of the Mayflower in 1620
  • Printing a wood engraving with letterpress founts – my ‘LOVE is … Pink Ferry’ card
  • My print entry for the 20:20 Print Exchange 2019
  • ‘Erosion’ selected for Southbank Printmakers Mini Print Open Exhibition 2019

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Just finished a very enjoyable #woodengraving course with @harrybrockwayartist working on my latest print in my #fawleypowerstation series. Learnt a lot of new techniques in the inspiring setting @westdeancollege and finished with proofing on their Albion press ( not used one before - amazing to think how many prints must have been pulled on this ancient press!). The iconic chimney is to be demolished on 31 October - an end of an era for such a superb example of brutalist architecture 😔#brutalistarchitecture #iconicarchitecture #powerstation #woodengraver #lemonwood #zerkallprintingpaper #chrisdauntblockmaker #albionpress #engraving #southamptonwater #fawley #westdeancollege #reliefprint #reliefprinting #blackandwhite #drawingwithlight #erosion #hamblepoint #newforest #hamblepointbeach #printmakersofinstagram
Editioning my poppy wood engraving in the traditional black. It always seems to take a bit of time to work out how best to ink the block - this one was quite tricky, needing a bit more ink than usual 😣but got there eventually 😁 !#woodengraving
I’ve often admired Dame Elisabeth Frink’s ‘Horse and Rider’ sculpture in Winchester High Street so the opportunity to take my parents to see a number of her sculptures displayed together couldn’t be missed. Messums Wiltshire exhibition ’Man is an Animal’ is mesmerising! Evocative lighting bring these larger than life sculptures literally to life in the fabulous restored 13th century tithe barn. Great to see some of her etchings displayed too. Well worth a visit! - on until 16th January. Excellent cafe and complementary exhibition of sculptures and charcoal drawings by her childhood friend Bridget McCrum as well as an exhibition of emerging artist Tom Robinson’s colourful abstract oil paintings. #manisananimal #dameelisabethfrink #sculpture #bronzesculpture #bridgetmccrum #charcoaldrawing #etchings #mustvisitexhibition #wiltshirearts #tisburywiltshire #primalman #modernsculpture #tithebarn #greatbarn #sculptureexhibition #tomrobinsonartist #colourfulpaintings #abstractart
Some photos of my latest print ‘Dusk over the Crianlarich Hills’. This reduction woodcut is inspired by the view from a great little #airbnbuk @lodge_at_greenacres close to Loch Tay near Killin. I love the way the grain of the wood adds a rich depth of colour and texture to compliment the basic shapes that I carved into the shina ply ( I selected this block specifically because the grain seemed to work well with the design). This is the first reduction woodcut I’ve attempted so pretty pleased with the results though I only managed a small edition due to ‘experimenting’ with colour options 😁
Running right up to the deadline tomorrow I have just managed to label all my prints for this years submission for @hotbedpress #2020printexchange ‘Papaver Ultramarinus’ is inspired by Eric Newby’s epic adventure in the Hindu Kush, though no mention of the opium poppy fields and Lapis Lazuli mines in his book! I’ve been meaning to read it for over 30 years - a fascinating insight into life there in the 1950’s. Having proofed in black ink I decided to print it in a rich ultramarine coloured ink from @lymebaypress Pantone 072. Used my new secondhand bargain Tofko press which has produced some really good prints #cowprintartistsgroup #ericnewby #ashortwalkinthehindukush #woodengraving
Catching up with my posts - this was progress a couple of weeks ago. Started proofing today - yippee! 🥳 #woodengraving
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