Artwork description:

Is this bay a real place? Although it's reminiscent of the Northumberland coast, there are many parts of the UK that could claim a view like this including Dorset and Pembrokeshire. But this is an imagined view - an ideal, if you like, that brings together all those views into one essential image. For flower enthusiasts, the foreground flowers are Sea Campion, albeit a little stylized.


This etching was created on two copper plates - tiny grooves and pits were made on each using a variety of resists and ferric chloride. Both plates are inked up in several colours then wiped back carefully before being printed onto damp paper on a traditional etching press (a bit like a mangle if you can remember mangles!) One plate is printed then removed and the second plate is printed on the paper over the top of the first. The plates are inked and printed by hand for every print in the edition.

It comes with an acid free pale cream window mount and backing board. Cellophane wrapped and carefully flat-packed in a strong cardboard box.

Materials used:

Etching on Hahnemuhle paper

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