A print which was inspired by beach walks, those precious times when you’re able to marvel at the age of a pebble, turning over textured treasures in your hands. The seaweed was picked from many that were washed up on the shoreline and gently pressed for months. before I committed it to print. It is combined with a stone, created using the collagraph technique.
 
Printed on acid free Somerset paper, from St Cuthbert’s Mill, using environmentally friendly inks.
 
This is a one-off mono print.
 
It is an original mono print (it is not a digitally reproduced image).
 
Image size: 41.4 x 29.4cm
 
My intaglio print technique starts when ink is carefully applied by hand to the plate (in this case the pressed botanical). After placing the element on the Gunning bed and during the process of running plate under the print roller, it is pressed into damp paper, transferring the ink, and creating a debossed impression of the plant.
 
All prints come unframed, wrapped in compostable cellophane with a recycled card backing. Each print is individually hand signed, embossed with my logo and numbered.
 
Please note that the copyright of this artwork, or any artwork on the website, is retained by me, Su France, the artist.