Artwork description:

Original wood engraving. Identity is perhaps the strongest sense we have. Our identity is who we know ourselves to be. It can determine our place in the world for our entire lives. But how often do we stop to consider the chance events and influences that coincide to shape our identity - from the biological and genetic to the environmental and cultural? This series of original wood engravings aims to prompt us to think again.

Image size 5x5cm; hand-printed on a larger sheet of paper to allow 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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