PRINTS
Print Processes
I use hot wax and caustic soda to make lino relief plates. I combine and overlay the plates to print layers of transparent colour to produce landscape inspired images that focus on horizon lines punctuated with vertical marks.
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Lino etching – A relief print using hot wax as a resist and caustic soda to etch into the lino
Monoprint – A single print image usually transferred from a flat surface
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PRINT SERIES
The landscape of the Yorkshire Coast was the starting point for the horizontal prints. A process known as the Krummholz Effect is responsible for the sculpted shapes of the trees and hawthorn that mark the field boundaries on the high cliffs around Flamborough Head and north to Bempton Cliffs and Filey. The prevailing north easterly wind has forced the hedgerows to grow at strange angles, providing permanent evidence of the wind's direction.
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The stake nets visible at low tide at Scotland's Galloway Coast, as well as Spurn Point's groins and crumbling sea defences have also informed my work and provide vertical structure to punctuate the multiple horizons.
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Recently I have opted for a round format, which I hope suggests a restricted view as if looking outside from inside.
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The intention is to create a sense of place without direct reference to it.
