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Domesday Oak (2023)Etchings & engravings by Fiona Hamilton
32 x 44cm (unframed) / 20 x 30cm (actual image size)
£195
Artwork description
I made this original limited edition drypoint etching using two plates with two different images of the same tree, the Domesday Oak in Ashton Court. Trying to capture a subtle suggestion of a trace of where it has been. The resulting image is not subtle, but vibrant and full of life and movement. The orange litho ink and the warm Japanese tissue used in this print represent the Autumnal season.
The Domesday Oak in Ashton Court, Bristol is so old that it is mentioned in the Domesday Book. If an Oak takes 300 years to grow, 300 years to live and 300 years to die, it is certainly in the latter part of it’s life. Boughs are held up by makeshift crutches, and although it shows a healthy display of leaves in the spring and summer, holding on well through Autumn, it is certainly a shadow of the tree it once was.
Materials used:
Somerset paper 300gsm, Kitakata paper 34gsm
Details:
- Etchings & engravings on Canvas
- From a limited edition of 20
- Size: 32 x 44cm (unframed) / 20 x 30cm (actual image size)
- Signed and numbered on the front
- Style: Impressionistic
- Subject: Flowers and plants
Tags:
#etching#oak tree#drypoint#lithography#domesday oak
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Artwork description
I made this original limited edition drypoint etching using two plates with two different images of the same tree, the Domesday Oak in Ashton Court. Trying to capture a subtle suggestion of a trace of where it has been. The resulting image is not subtle, but vibrant and full of life and movement. The orange litho ink and the warm Japanese tissue used in this print represent the Autumnal season.
The Domesday Oak in Ashton Court, Bristol is so old that it is mentioned in the Domesday Book. If an Oak takes 300 years to grow, 300 years to live and 300 years to die, it is certainly in the latter part of it’s life. Boughs are held up by makeshift crutches, and although it shows a healthy display of leaves in the spring and summer, holding on well through Autumn, it is certainly a shadow of the tree it once was.
Materials used:
Somerset paper 300gsm, Kitakata paper 34gsm
Details:
- Etchings & engravings on Canvas
- From a limited edition of 20
- Size: 32 x 44cm (unframed) / 20 x 30cm (actual image size)
- Signed and numbered on the front
- Style: Impressionistic
- Subject: Flowers and plants
Tags:
#etching#oak tree#drypoint#lithography#domesday oak