Linocut of a cropped face in black ink. The face is cut through with black lines and the eyes stare wildly into some unknown distance.
Square format linocut of a cropped face printed in black in on a Japanese printmaking paper
Linocut of a cropped face in black ink. The face is cut through with black lines and the eyes stare wildly into some unknown distance.
Square format linocut of a cropped face printed in black in on a Japanese printmaking paper

The Crossing

£100.00

Limited edition linocut (unframed)

Printed area 10 × 10 cm

Number of prints in the edition: 10

The Crossing is hand-pressed with a silver spoon to sheets of Kozo Natural Select paper cut to 18 × 18 cm. Kozo is a lightweight (45 gsm), semi-transparent archival Japanese washi paper. It is flecked through with unsized pulp and looked at in the light, the kozo (which constitutes 80% of the paper) creates a structure that is part web and part whorl. I have used Cranfield’s Seville Black traditional letterpress ink to complement the paper as it has a warm and gentle finish.

The print itself is based upon a self-portrait which recalls the gaze of a yachtsman I met in Arklow, Ireland, shortly after he had come into harbour having crossed the Irish Sea in a high wind. I was due to compete in a rowing race over the sea back to Wales the next day and the wild look in his eyes fell to a place deep inside me.

I have editioned 10 copies of the print. Each print in the edition is individually numbered (from 1 through to 10), and signed and titled in pencil beneath the printed area.

Limited edition linocut (unframed)

Printed area 10 × 10 cm

Number of prints in the edition: 10

The Crossing is hand-pressed with a silver spoon to sheets of Kozo Natural Select paper cut to 18 × 18 cm. Kozo is a lightweight (45 gsm), semi-transparent archival Japanese washi paper. It is flecked through with unsized pulp and looked at in the light, the kozo (which constitutes 80% of the paper) creates a structure that is part web and part whorl. I have used Cranfield’s Seville Black traditional letterpress ink to complement the paper as it has a warm and gentle finish.

The print itself is based upon a self-portrait which recalls the gaze of a yachtsman I met in Arklow, Ireland, shortly after he had come into harbour having crossed the Irish Sea in a high wind. I was due to compete in a rowing race over the sea back to Wales the next day and the wild look in his eyes fell to a place deep inside me.

I have editioned 10 copies of the print. Each print in the edition is individually numbered (from 1 through to 10), and signed and titled in pencil beneath the printed area.

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