Framed Deep in the Forest

2021
Collagraph and linocut
28x38cm image size unframed
Printed on buff coloured Somerset 300gsm paper
Limited edition of 10 prints
 
Professionally framed by Alastair Smithers Picture Framing.  A think dark  frame with a  charcoal mount.
 
This print was made using two plates, a collagraph plate made using found items from the Swinley Forest, and a linocut plate.  I wanted to literally embed the forest into this print; the collagraph layer is fairly deeply embossed showing all the natural things I used in the plate: ferns, pine needles, grasses and the like.  The black of the linocut plate is actually very deep green, mixed from blue and brown.   
 
My prints are all made by hand, each layer of each print is individually inked and pressed therefore there are individual variations within each edition.  Every print is a unique and original work of art.