Beauty Will Survive - Northumbrian wildflowers Glossary using 14 layers of ink

using 14 layers of ink

This etching was created in 2015 as part of a series of captivating suburban landscapes

22cm x 36cm (paper size)

5cm x 31cm (image to paper edge)

The resulting tension is less that of a coiled spring as of a spring caught in the moment of uncoiling

Beauty Will Survive - Northumbrian wildflowers Glossary using 14 layers of inkWildflowers that I've gathered over the past year have been pressed and used to make a contact print on paper coated with cyanotype chemicals. Additional effects were produced by spraying with water before exposure. The species are not specifically endangered but I consider that all wildlife is under threat. I wanted to distort the image but express the hope that beauty will survive even the most severe environmental collapse. Nature is more resilient