Herba In Extremis homeware Create prints directly from plant

Create prints directly from plant materials using ink and an etching press

and had a solo exhibition at the Brewery Arts Centre in 2011

the tilt of a crown

32cm x 32cm (image to paper edge)

This is the first time I have seen one of these locally and I was struck by the fact that it is currently on the green list

Herba In Extremis homeware Create prints directly from plantMany plants have a remarkable ability to survive and thrive in the most inauspicious places such as a dried up bank of a reservoir, the cracks in a pavement or amongst the fag ends and litter on a street planter. These images were made from photographs of plants discovered in a local shopping street. They celebrate the work of Wylliam Turner of Morpeth who printed 'A New Herball' in 1551 and is considered to be the father of English botany. His