Artwork description:

This art work illustrates a dream made long ago.

Actual image size is 30x24,4cm; hand-printed on a larger sheet of paper to allow for mounting and framing.
Paper size: 50 cm x 35 cm
Each print is numbered and signed.

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.

Materials used:

2 woodblocks, baren to print, gouges by engraving, cotton paper and Chinese paper

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