Artwork description:

*UNFRAMED VERSION* - An almost deserted Piccadilly line platform, revealing the intricate interplay of art, design and function that makes the London Underground so instantly recognisable. The location - Finsbury Park station - can be identified from Annabel Grey's dominant 1980s balloon mosaics, arching over the train tracks.

This is one of an ongoing series of original wood engravings exploring the unique atmosphere and architecture of the stations of the London Underground.

By choosing unusual angles and perspectives of near-deserted stations, Rebecca's aim in this series of artworks is to help the viewer to rediscover and better appreciate these incredible subterranean man-made structures.

Note: actual image size is 15x12cm; hand-printed on a larger sheet of paper to allow for mounting and framing. This work is also available FRAMED via Artfinder.

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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