In relief printing the ink is transferred under pressure from the top surface of a block to the paper, all that has been cut away does not print.   In intaglio printing, usually from copper or zinc, the top surface of the material remains clean and the printing is done out of the lines etched, bit or incised into the surface of the plate.   The ink is forced into them under heat and pulled out of them by damped paper under great pressure.   Wood-engraving is made with hardwoods, usually box.   It is always end-grain, the surface is highly polished and engraved with special tools.   The images made from box can show fineness of detail with deep contrasts of blacks and whites.    Wood and linocuts are made by cutting the image with a knife or gouge.   The wood can be anything from plywood to sycamore to oak and so on.  The relief printer can also use found objects from which to print.

The prints on these pages are ones free of specific texts and are in signed limited editions.   Others have been made with particular texts but can also stand on their own, these are also in signed and limited editions.    Shown here are just a few examples of more than 300+ relief prints and etchings.   Further enquiries, go to ‘contact’.