Flottare EV 1/9 (2026) Etchings & engravings by Bart Demeestere

A log driver at work in the rapids. Timber floating was part of daily life along the rivers of northern Sweden for generations. I visited the museum in Lycksele and was deeply impressed by the hard life of these people here in Sweden, and I wanted to reimagine it in a work.

The plate is inked in black, wiped back by hand and then worked with coffee before each impression, so that the figure and the logs merge into one moving mass.

This is a unique state print: every impression is individually inked. No two are identical. I have made only 9 of them; this is number 1.

Materials used:

alukraft plate, Akua intaglio ink, coffee, waterclour paper 200gsm

Details:

• Etchings & engravings on Paper
• From a limited edition of 9
• Size: 42 x 29.7cm (unframed) / 17.3 x 23.7cm (actual image size)
• Signed and numbered on the front
• Style: Graphic, illustrative and typographic
• Subject: People and portraits
• Hurry, only 1 left in stock