Artwork description:

This is an etching print created as part of a series of zinc etchings using willow ashes as the printing medium. The work is inspired from my visits to the Cricket Museum and the cricket bat workshop at the Somerset Cricket Ground in Taunton, Somerset.

During the GoCreate Taunton Live Festival I was asked to partake in an exhibition of works to exhibit at The Straggler's Cafe located at the Cricket Ground, home of the Somerset Cricket Team. Through exploring the various artefacts at the museum and watching the artizans making the cricket bats sold at the ground, I collected the willow wood shavings left after the production of the bats, turning them into ashes to use as the printing ink.

The image is inspired by the shapes and forms of the bats and the various cricket bats seen in the museum that were wrapped in various threads, inspiring the lines of the images. These lines were formed through a meditative process during their production, setting a Zen inspired form of image-making.

The image has been printed on Rosapina Fabriano, which gives it a slight peach colour and the willow ash ink has a softness and delicacy to its structure, whilst giving a solid line work throughout the make up of these minimalist images.

Only two of these have been produced on Rosapina, so are very limited. Any others produced from these plates in the future will be printed on Artizan Fabriano (White Paper), before the plates are destroyed to ensure only these prints.

Each of these will come with a Certificate of Authenticity testifying to their very limited printing. The image can be hung on the wall or free standing.

Materials used:

Zinc Etching, Rosapina Fabriano, Willow Ink, Medium.

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