Inspired by Wigtown's Harbour, I became interested in splitting the different elements of the landscape into separate plates. I then constructed prints using different combinations of these plates, reflecting the fragmentary way that we experience walking through a landscape.

 

'The Harbour, Wigtown I' is an original hand-made collagraph print that uses 6 of these plates. Two of these plates (the sky and the water) are printed 'blind'. This means there is no colour added to the plate, so only the embossing from the plate is printed.

 

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 on the left. 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.