Artwork description:

Russell-Cotes Art Gallery and Museum is a fascinating Victorian building. Housing the collection of a globe travelling husband and wife team, the gallery is full of beautiful artwork, sculptures, stained glass and array of objects from around the world.
An iconic and eye-catching building I couldn't resist trying to capture the architecture and exotic feel of the Russell-Cotes. The print's full title is 'East Cliff Hall (The Russell-Cotes Art gallery & Museum)', as East Cliff Hall is the name of the building.

This print was displayed as part of Poole Printmaker's exhibition at the Russell-Cotes museum in 2012.

This is an original three block linocut print, one of an edition of 50 prints. I've used transparent inks to create this print, which enabled me to make use of the overlap between blocks to create additional colours. This print is signed, titled and editioned along the bottom in pencil. 50 of these prints were made, you may not receive the exact print used in the photos. This linocut is the first in my series of Dorset views.

The tradition of linocut is a relief printing method in which pieces of lino are cut away using special carving tools to create a design. The lino block is then inked up using a roller, and printed onto paper either by hand or using a traditional printing press. It's an entirely manual process, so some slight differences in the prints are to be expected. Each of these prints is the result of three separate blocks being carefully carved and printed, each new colour after the previous layer has had several days to dry.

Original linocut printed onto somerset cartridge (130gsm) with oil based inks.

Approx image size: 15" x 11" (38 x 28cm)
This print is a perfect fit for a 40 x 50cm frame when mounted.

Materials used:

Somerset cartridge paper, oil based inks

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