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Some new prints to take to Chester.
by Peter Grant - 17:17 on 20 May 2026
I've really been busy juggling four new prints, whilst trying some new paper for one of them.
Thought they would never be finished!
First was a print "What DOES it say on the tin?" based on a photo I took in an Aberdeenshire boatyard.
I thought it might be trouble all along, and so it was.
The first proof just didn't look right, but cutting it in half (!) and putting it back together seemed to solve the problem.
My idea of a multi-colour print was jettisoned in favour of just black and white.
Next I started a small print based on a drawing my late wife did of the Oxford Theatre in London.
I saw a recommendation for Strathmore Printmaking Paper from America, and thought I'd try it.
The print was multi-layered, and I almost gave up the project because the first layer wouldn't dry!
Eventually it did, and I made three colourways of it. A line block was involved for the tiny figures outside the Theatre, and some hand-finishing.
Meanwhile I made a simple print of reeds by the river (Phragmites Communis). One version has a giant Sun in the background.
All of these prints - and several older ones will go with me to my first visit to the Cheshire Print Fair in Chester Cathedral on May 30th.