Artwork description:

UNFRAMED VERSION - framed prints are also available

Original wood engraving. A view of the south Wales village of Cwmparc, in the Rhondda. Characteristic trains of terraced houses line the valley floor, punctuated by a dwindling number of chapels and pubs. This scene, from the slopes of the Bwlch Mountain, would once have been dominated by coal mining infrastructure: the foreground is a flattened spoil tip.

Note: actual image size is 18x11cm. Hand-printed on a larger sheet of paper to allow for mounting and framing.

Wood engraving is a traditional form of fine art printmaking. The artist uses specialised tools to create the image in relief (and reverse) on the end grain of a block of hardwood - usually boxwood - by removing the 'white' parts of the image. This technique is painstaking and highly technical, and allows for the creation of exquisitely detailed works. Rebecca's wood engravings have been exhibited in the Royal Academy Summer Exhibition, with the Society of Wood Engravers, and in galleries across the world from Japan to the USA.

Materials used:

Wood engraving, ink on paper

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