Bewick’s Place explores the concept of home and place from various perspectives. The work was inspired by a visit to Cherryburn, a small stone cottage and farmhouse in Mickley, Northumberland, near the south bank of the River Tyne. Cherryburn, the birthplace of Thomas Bewick (1753–1828), renowned wood engraver and ornithologist, now houses a museum dedicated to his life and work in the main house, along with a printing shop in the barn.
This multi-block engraving and woodcut consists of 16 small square blocks arranged to suggest a grid, evoking the structured methods of plotting and mapping. Each block has been engraved, cut, and printed using the reduction technique, with sections engraved and printed as a single composition.
Shortlisted for:
• RBSA print prize 2022
• Winner of the New Light Art Printmaker’s Prize 2023
