The Salt Marsh Otter is the most popular design of The Gower Series
This is an original handmade linocut print, part three of the twelve part series that i will be creating over the year of '22, exploring the Gower Peninsula. The piece is depicting an Otter relieved in dark brown ink twisting and swimming though the water, surrounded by seaweed and the fish try to swim away.
This print is hand relieved from a hand-carved linoleum block. This process starts by carving a design in reverse with carving knives onto a lino block, I then very finely ink the block with a roller and then, using an Etching press I relieve the image onto the paper.
The paper is medium-weight premium quality Royal white Zerkall printmaking paper. It is acid-free and archival. this means that is it 'long life' standard therefore giving the assurance of excellent conservation over time. Linocut printing is a traditional process where the paper picks up some of the stray marks (or "chatter") left intentionally on the block.
this print comes unframed, signed and posted in eco friendly packaging, every print pull is slightly different and will produce different textures and this is what i adore about relief printmaking
This linocut is made to order and the ink takes a few days to dry, My processing time is up to ten working days, this is to allow me time to produce the best work that i can and manage my workload. If you need your order by a specific date please contact me via messages and i will see what i can do.