Pentre Ifan 1960

Reduction Linocut - Edition of 10 - Print Only

Image ~ 297x200mm

Paper ~ 350x250mm Somerset Satin 250gsm 100% cotton

Ink ~ Hawthorn Printmakers linseed/safflower oil-based

Technique ~ Reduction prints are created by the repeated carving, inking & printing of a single linoleum block. This process results in the gradual destruction of the block.

The remains of the neolithic burial chamber at Pentre Ifan lie on the northern slopes of the Preseli hills in Pembrokeshire. It is one of those liminal places that fascinate me - where the worlds of its builders and of their ancestors overlapped.This print is part of a series depicting iconic structures and buildings in the style in of a 1960s travel poster. The key design element in these prints is the extreme reduction of detail - reducing the subject to simple shapes and solid blocks of colour.

This is an original, handprinted artwork and is not a digital copy.