Artwork description:

potatoes with irrigator

This is a scene a mile or two from home. The area of Breckland receives less rainfall than the driest parts of Spain but plenty of water lies underground, and the sight of water being sprayed across a field is quite common. The rolling skies of Norfolk which visitors always comment on, contrast with the ordered, intensive agriculture below.

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This print is pulled from relief plates cut from rubber, a variation of letterpress, akin to lino-printing. The completed edition made 5 copies. The paper and ink are of high quality and should present no keeping difficulty. Trimming to other required size is included. Please see the adjacent photograph as to how the image is positioned on the paper. For the first time I used light Japanese Washi paper and was delighted with the result.

Materials used:

oil-based printing ink, Japanese Washi paper 45gsm

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