Flock - Limited Edition 1 of 1 Print

Flock, is an original hand-printed artwork made from a collagraph background with a farmstead and fields with drypoint chine collè birds. The sparrows were printed onto Japanese tissue paper, hand tinted, and used as cine collè with the collagraph background plate printed with oil based ink in the same way as an etching and printed onto 100% cotton paper. When I was a child there seemed to be lots Sparrows in the UK. But they seem few and far between these days. This print intends to create an environment that would make house sparrows happy. Sparrows are finch-like birds. They have stout bodies, rounded wings and broad heads, with deep, conical bills adapted for seed-eating. There are two UK species but several others in Europe, Asia and Africa (American ‘sparrows’ are not closely related). I like to use top quality heavy weight paper (this one is Somerset 100% cotton, Velvet, 300gm, 140lbs) so It is best not to roll up prints for posting, especially when the printing process results in a fair amount of embossing. I will therefore only ship my prints flat and protected with card.

Printmaking:Drypoint on Paper

Original:One-of-a-kind Artwork

Size:23.2 W x 18.3 H x 0.1 D in

Delivery Time:Typically 5-7 business days for domestic shipments, 10-14 business days for international shipments.