The Last Print of the Year

The last couple of days have been spent editioning the mezzotint plate that I have finally finished working on. For those interested in the more technical aspects it's worked on a copper plate rocked in 24 directions with a 2.5 inch wide 65 lines per inch Lyons Rocker. Printed with a mixture of Charcoal Black and Warm Black Inks from Hawthorn Printmakers on 220gsm Fabriano Rosapina paper.

The Last Shadows of Summer

Mezzotint

150mm x 200mm

Edition of 20

A print made in mid winter looking back to the last days of summer.

Stoat

 Another small wood engraving on Boxwood printed on Boxing Day.

Stoat

Wood Engraving

51mm x 54mm

Edition of 20

Roe Deer

 The mezzotint plate that I have been working on for the last couple of months is now ready to edition. However, due to a small stock control issue I've none of the Fabriano Rosapina paper that I use for the mezzotints. So whilst waiting for the order to arrive I engraved and printed this little wood engraving instead. Based on some sketches made back in March of one of a group of 4 deer feeding along the edge of a field close to my home.

Printed with Hawthorn Printmakers Dense Black Ink on 145gsm Zerkall Smooth paper.