Well, it seems that Radiohead are playing a few shows towards the end of the year, so I thought I'd vault nimbly onto that particular bandwagon and make some prints of a picture that combines a drawing of a tree (the Larch), an ink experiment using food dye (chromatography) and a creature with pointy teeth (the Bear).
I've only printed this picture on one occasion before, and that was onto varnished plywood. This did look good, but printing onto wood is quite impractical really. Well, it is if you make more than one. Contrariwise, this print is an open edition on paper, which means it isn't numbered, so theoretically we can keep on printing until out arms fall off or we get bored. We will probably get bored at around 1000 prints, unless our arms fall off of course.
So, if you don't know, 'ursa' means 'bear', as in Ursa Minor or Ursa Major which are constellations, and 'arborealis' is a made up word which is a combination of 'arboreal' which pertains to trees, and 'aurora borealis' which are the Northern Lights.
Anyway, here it is; Ursa Arborealis.
A five colour screen print
Paper size: 540mm x 540mm
Print size: 480mm x 480mm
Paper: Somerset 300gsm paper from St Cuthbert's Mill.
An open edition signed by the artist.
Blind-embossed with the Slowly Downward Manufactory seal.
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