Between words

Limited edition linocut print (unframed)

10.5 x 17 cm (printed area)

Number of prints in the edition: 17

Exhibited at the Royal Cambrian Academy Open Exhibition, 2023, and at Derby Print Open, 2023.

In his book, ‘Un Captif Amoureux’ (Prisoner of Love), Jean Genet reflects upon the impossibility of capturing lived moments in writing. A particular phrase of his stuck with me: ‘the space between words contains more reality than does the time it takes to read them’. The aphorism ‘In the space between words, their intention’ is my response to Genet and to the essentially unbound nature of words. I say more about this in my blog.

I have hand-pressed each of the prints in the edition to Sunome Senaka paper using a ball-bearing baren and a silver spoon. Sunome Senaka is a bright-white, lightweight, acid-free Japanese paper (52 gsm) which has a smooth printed side and a ribbed laid side that responds very well to burnishing by hand. Each sheet is hand torn to approximately 19.5 x 27.3 cm leaving ample surround for subsequent framing. The ink used is Hawthorn’s carbon black stay open oil-based ink.

Each print is signed, numbered, and titled in soft pencil beneath the printed area.