Frottage Artist: Plant Rubbings From the Garden
These prints were created for the exhibition ‘In our Garden’ to celebrate Welwyn Garden City’s centenary, which unfortunately was cancelled due to the pandemic. Inspired by Max Ernst and his frottage art, I took rubbings of plants in my garden, which I then digitally stitched together and manipulated to create imagined landscapes and plants. Things are not what they seem! Photo polymer print plates were made from these images and I’ve enjoyed exploring the effects of printing with different colours. I can envisage using these plates to create more prints in the future, possibly using some more radical colours. Read the blog. Click on any image to enlarge
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A single leaf rubbing and a number of plant stem rubbings have been used to create this imagined landscape. Inspired by Max Ernst’s frottage art, I wanted to create a series of work inspired by my garden but not of my garden.
Images of the plant rubbings were expanded and manipulated digitally to find the most pleasing compositions. Often inspired by open landscapes, you can understand why I loved this combination.
A wash of water colour has been added to each of the prints in the Lone Tree series, making each of them unique.
Click to see other pieces in the garden series
If you have any questions about the work, then please contact me and I’ll be pleased to help.
Size:
Image size: 41 x 29 cm
Image size with mount: 51 x 39 cm
Framed size: 56 x 44 cm
Materials:
Original Intaglio print on Fabriano Rosaspina, Paper 285 gsm
Water colour wash
Framing:
white mount, white frame
Acrylic glazing
Ready to hang
Price includes framing and excludes delivery
Lone Tree III
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