Canopy (Summer)

I find trees to be fascinating. Some are so old and must have witnessed and survived so much. They are so good for the environment taking toxins in and pushing goodness out, they support their own eco systems and research is showing they have their own way of communicating with each other. They come in so many varieties and colours, shapes and textures, some keeping leaves all year round and some going through beautiful colour changes before shedding their leaves leaving their twisted trunks and branches exposed but creating beautiful shapes. The joy of walking through the sun dappled woodland, sunbeams dancing through the leaves and trunks, or crunching through fallen leaves wrapped up in the cold.

A reduction linocut is a very special kind of hand-printed artwork. Instead of using a separate block for each colour, the entire print is created from just one piece of lino. I carve and print it in layers: first the lightest colours, then gradually adding darker tones, cutting more of the block away each time.

With every stage, the design slowly reveals itself, and by the end only the final darkest details remain. Because the lino is cut down as I go, the block can never be used again. This means every edition is truly limited—once the prints are finished, no more can ever be made.

Each piece is the result of careful planning, patience, and a little bit of magic as the layers come together. Owning a reduction linocut means owning something completely unique, with its own handmade character in every print.

Canopy is a variable edition of 6 handprinted reduction Lino cuts. 3 Summer and 3 Autumn.

Dimensions shown are for the printed image only. Each hand-pulled print is signed, titled, and editioned on the front beneath the image. A border of approximately 1.5 cm is left around the print for mounting and framing, allowing these details to remain visible.