Winter Light - Solar Plate Print
 
Cold winter stems against monochrome skies were the inspiration here. Its a plant I grow adjacent to where I print, directly outside of my studio window. This fennel seed head and leaf print makes a special gift for an admirer of these beautiful stems, with their fragrant flowers provide nectar and pollen for bees and other of pollinating insects, In turn, I've watched blue tits feeding on these insects, entertaining and happily distracting me from my printing process.
 
This is an AP (Artists Proof)
 
This hand inked & pulled, sepia like print is made using a process of named solar plate printing. 
 
It is a printing technique which is sometimes described as ‘acid-free etching’ as it can achieve a fantastically wide range of texture, tone and line work without the use of any hazardous chemicals or processes.
 
Paper size: 29.7cm x 21cm
Image size: 10.3cm x 14.7cm
 
I hand printed it on my Gunning etching press, in my Lincolnshire studio.
 
It is printed on high quality, unbleached Somerset paper, using using inks which have beautiful pigments rather than dyes so they offer excellent lightfastness and permanance . The inks carry the AP approved mark, so they are non toxic & solvent free. 
 
Your artwork will be carefully packaged & be delivered unframed & mounted, in a compostable cello envelope, with a sturdy recycled card back, to ensure safe delivery.
 
Customs & taxes - you the buyer are responsible for any extra charges that may occur.