INSPIRATION

Living as I do on the doorstep of the Northumberland National Park, the Whin Sill is a very distinct geological feature of the Northumberland landscape stretching from the Farne Islands off the coast to the Giants Causeway in Northern Ireland. Hadrian’s Wall was built on top of it and the Hadrian’s Wall path is a national long distance footpath that follows the edge of the Sill from Wallsend on the east coast to Bowness -on-Solway on the west coast. It is also home to the endangered curlew, the symbol of the Northumberland National Park.

The artist in me is drawn to strong, unmistakable silhouettes and the wide open skies of the landscape around me. It only seemed right to incorporate within the print some of the actual plants and grasses that are the natural home of the curlew. I hope my print will encourage people to look more carefully at (and therefore value) this fabulous, slightly other-worldly bird that has become a symbol of Northumberland.

The materials for this plate included scored mountboard, wood filler, PVA, textured wall papers and carborundum with inked up grasses placed on the inked plate surface as the plate and paper goes through the etching press.

PRODUCT INFORMATION

• Original hand made collagraph print

• Signed by the artist with the title and variable edition number on the front

• Colour-fast inks on Fabriano Unica 250gsm

SIZE

• Image Size: 40 x 40cm

• Mount Size: 56 x 56cm

• Frame Size: 58 x 58cm

OPTIONS

• PRINT IN A TUBE: The print will be unmounted and unframed, wrapped in acid free tissue and delivered in a sturdy postal tube.

• MOUNT ONLY: Acid free soft white window mount and backing board wrapped in biodegradable cellophane and carefully flat-packed

• MOUNTED & FRAMED: The frame is solid 1” oak with an acid free soft white window mount ready to hang

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