Silver Pit and the Sleeping Dog. Our garden on the North Norfolk coast will one day be submerged beneath the sea. Silver Pit, a seafloor valley in the North Sea known to generations of fishermen, was named after the fishing grounds and discovered through seismic data analysis during gas exploration in the Southern North Sea basin.
This multi-block engraving brings together imagery of dogs, dog walking, home, archaeology, the seabed, Doggerland, and themes of sea-level rise and loss. The flowers are Ragged Robin, which grow in the marshes of Halvergate, an area similarly fated to become part of the seabed. In Britain, Ragged Robin has declined due to modern farming practices and the draining of wetlands, and it is now rarely seen.
Selected for: RWA 169th
Society of Wood Engravers touring exhibition, 2023
London Original Print Fair, 2023
