Artwork description:

This drypoint etching print of a tree uses litho printed kitakata chine collé to depict the warmth and colour of early autumnal sunlight. The depth of the blacks along with the layering, allude to the layers of nature and give an ethereal quality.

This body of work is based on the book by Suzanne Simard, Finding the Mother Tree. Trees communicate via mycorrhizal fungi to trade water and other nutrients. Ancient and mature trees nurture their offspring via these networks, as well as trading nutrients between other species. Botanist Simard has spent years working on this theory as part of a wider body of work, discovering what it means for forests, the climate and the wider Anthropocene.

Materials used:

Hahnemühle paper 300gsm, Kitakata paper 35gsm, Charbonnel ink, Gold pigment