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RUThis collagraph print was inspired by the landscape seen while walking a bridleway that climbs up to Moel Famau Country Park in North Wales. It was bitterly cold, the ground was muddy, the sky was very still and heavy, I saw scarcely a single bird up on the top but it was great to be out exploring a new path! I made a couple of quick drawings and took photographs as a reference for when making the printing plate.
I noticed gorse bordering the path at the starting point and collected some dried stems, which I used in the collagraph plate. Otherwise I have used card, carborundum and texture paste. The plate has been inked intaglio and relief and printed on Fabriano Tiepolo paper.
‘Nant’ is Welsh and translates as stream. The path I was walking dipped down to cross the stream before climbing again to higher ground.
Nant-y-Ne Crossing
Collagraph, 2025
No. 4 of 50 prints on the Clwydian Range
Edition of 10
Image size: 18 x 26cm
on paper 28 x 36cm
Price £125.00, including postage within the UK. Please get in touch for posting overseas.
25% of proceeds will be donated to Cancer Research UK and a local wildlife charity.
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