Artwork description:

‘Cormorant, Drying Wings’ is a snapshot of a scene at the beach. The central figure of the cormorant is drying its wings following a deep water dive to catch fish. This is a classic pose of the cormorant. In the foreground a crab and a sanderling go about their business hidden from the view of the bird.

This 7 colour silkscreen is printed on Somerset Velvet, a heavyweight 300 gram handmade paper from St Cuthbert's Mill in Somerset, and is in a limited edition of 50.

A colour silkscreen print is created by building up an image with several layers of individually printed colours. This process is called colour separation. Each colour has its own 'positive' which is made on acetate or tracing paper (see photos for reference) which is then exposed to a UV light with a screen coated in photo-sensitive emulsion.

Materials used:

water-based silkscreen inks on heavyweight handmade paper

Tags:

#beach #bird #fishing #freedom #crab #cormorant #crucifix #ocean abstract #crucifiction #bird printmaking #seaside a #cormorant bird #cormorant artwork