Evening Swifts

A beautiful hand-carved and hand-printed linocut print on British Somerset satin 100% cotton paper. Limited edition of 40.  Not mounted.

No.1 of 40 in the limited edition is currently being shown at the Harley Open exhibition, Welbeck Estate, Nottinghamshire.

Inspiration

A celebration of swifts, arriving in the UK around May and every summer filling the air with squealing and excitement of fast flying and soaring.  They whizz over the garden, sometimes so close you hear their wings whooshing past.  When they leave in August, everywhere seems quiet and you think ahead to their joyous arrival again next spring.

How it's made

'Evening Swifts' started as a rough sketch then a finessed hand drawn design that I transferred onto a lino plate.  I hand-carved the plate before inking and hand-printing it using Caligo inks on acid free paper.  I mixed and printed the edition in a dark blue black ink.

Details

Linocut size 30 cm x 40 cm

Each print is numbered, titled and signed by me.

Each print is backed with acid free paper and wrapped in cellophane.

Don't forget it's an original print, not a digital reproduction.

Postage

I currently only sell to the UK.  The price includes free tracked and insured postage to any UK address.

Please note that the copyright of this artwork is retained by the artist.