This print is inspired by the beach at Rigg Bay in Dumfries and Galloway. The beach is very beautiful, particularly when the tide is at its lowest.

'Low Tide' is an original collagraph print on paper.

 

Please note:

All my prints are original limited editions. Due to the collagraph technique, no two editions of the print are identical. This means that you will receive a unique handmade print!

 

The print you receive may differ slightly from the image. If you would like to see a photo of the exact print I have available please send me an email before you place your order.

The word ‘collagraph’ is taken from the word ‘collage’. Prints are produced from collaged plates with a highly textured surface, resulting in an embossed print.

Firstly, I create a printing plate using textured materials glued onto card. My collagraph plates are created using anything I can find to create texture, from rice and couscous to wallpapers, sand, string, leaves, glue and plaster.

When the plate is dry, I seal it then apply etching inks by hand. I place dampened paper onto the plate and run them through a printing press. My press is converted from an old clothes mangle.

The pressure applied by the press transfers the image and surface texture from the plate onto the paper, creating a textured print.

No two images are identical as I re-ink the plate by hand for each new edition of the print.