Big Fish (mini print)

Limited variable edition of 4 prints

Image size 15 x 10 cm

Paper size approx 19 x 14 cm Somerset Satin printmaking paper

The edition number, title, signature and date are written under the image in pencil. 

This small print was produced at short notice as part of a group presentation, so it is smaller and simpler than my usual pieces. It depicts two large carp swimming peacefully below the viewer. Printed in just four layers, each one is sufficiently different in the ink picked up on background ripples that I have classed this as a variable edition (shown as VE next to the print number).

The reduction method of printmaking uses just one plate, which is further cut away after each layer is printed, so there is no going back and the print cannot be repeated. This print was created in four stages of carving and printing, using increasingly intense tones of a grey blue. (See the last image for how the layers built up). There were just four prints in this edition, one of which was included in a group gift, leaving three available for sale. As each layer is handprinted, there are variations between each print and no two are absolutely identical. 

This print is supplied UNFRAMED AND UNMOUNTED. 

© Jane Duke 2023