Fagus Sylvatica ll
Buckmaster French
Etching on beech leaves
60 x 74cm framed
£2520
This is a large etching of a beech tree in winter printed onto paper made from beech leaves.
This work forms part of a collaborative project between Emma Buckmaster and Janet French. They have created a unique series of portraits of native trees etched onto paper made from the trees own leaves. The leaves are collected and after a long process of soaking and boiling delicate sheets of paper are created using onlly the natural constituents of the leaves to bid them together. Whilst the paper is still damp the etched image is printed onto the leaves using a traditional etching press.
The pictures are framed in an oak box frame and the paper is sealed between two sheets of glass. This allows you to see the paper which is as delicate as the image itself.