Artwork description:

An original wood engraving depicting a mating pair of monarch butterflies (Danaus plexippus)

Note: actual image size is 7.4x5 cm; the work is hand-printed on a larger sheet of paper to allow generous margins for mounting and framing.

Wood engraving is a form of fine art printmaking. The artist uses specialised tools to create the image in relief (and reverse) on the end grain of a block of hardwood - usually boxwood - by removing the 'white' parts of the image. This technique is painstaking and highly technical, and allows for the creation of exquisitely detailed works. Rebecca's wood engravings have been exhibited in the Royal Academy Summer Exhibition, with the Society of Wood Engravers, and in galleries across the world from Japan to the USA.

Materials used:

Wood engraving, ink on paper

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