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The ‘Typographic Ornament’ prints are constructed from a unique collection of metal type borders and ornaments. As an antidote to the decorative nature of the material — the borders are formally hand-set on a simple 12 pica grid system to reinforce the graphic beauty of the original cuts and the grace of the formal arrangement.
These are designed, hand-set & printed in very limited editions and are printed in various colours on BFK Rives, Somerset & Zerkall cotton printmaking papers. It is the same set essentially in various colour ways.
Typographic Ornament — A Landscape
Letterpress Print — Pink on Grey
Designed / hand-set & Printed letterpress
in Fluorescent Pink ink
on 280gsm BFK Rives Grey
with a blind de-bossed credit
in a Limited Edition of 3
760 x 380 mm (30 x 15 inches)
Signed by the Artist
Typographic Ornament — A Landscape
Letterpress Print — Orange on Grey
Designed / hand-set & Printed
in Fluorescent Orange ink
on 280gsm BFK Rives Grey /
with a blind de-bossed credit
in a Limited Edition of 3
760 x 380 mm (30 x 15 inches)
Signed by the Artist
Typographic Ornament — A Landscape
Letterpress Print — Gold on Tan
Designed / hand-set & printed
in Gold ink
on 280gsm BFK Rives Tan
with a blind de-bossed credit
in a Limited Edition of 3
760 x 380 mm (30 x 15 inches)
Signed by the Artist
Typographic Ornament — A Landscape
Letterpress Print — Gold on Black
Designed / hand-set & Printed letterpress
in Gold ink
on 280gsm BFK Rives Black
with a blind de-bossed credit
in a Limited Edition of 3
760 x 380 mm (30 x 15 inches)
Signed by the Artist
Typographic Ornament — A Landscape
Letterpress Print — Dark Grey on White
Designed / hand-set & Printed letterpress
in Gun metal Grey ink
on 145gsm Zerkall Smooth /
with a blind de-bossed credit
in a Limited Edition of 3
760 x 380 mm (30 x 15 inches)
Signed by the Artist
Typographic Ornament 1240
Series 1240 — Square
An extension of the typographic Ornament Series, — This monotype border ‘number 1240’ at 18pt seemed to be the ornament of choice to accompany much of the work I was doing. It’s a flexible ornament that locks together well with itself to make a visually interesting & complex negative and positive pattern. Used on its own it gives a sense of nobility — a simple but complex pattern — in a square configuration it lacks tension and sits quietly on the page. In the more extreme formats it carries weight or floats effortlessly . . .
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Designed & hand-set with Metal type Ornaments
& Printed in a Signed Limited Edition of 6 /
in aYellow Mustard ink
on 280gsm BFK Rives Grey
with a blind de-bossed credit
300 x 300 mm (12 x 12 inches)
SOLD UNFRAMED £90
Series 1240.1 — Rule
Series 1240.1 — Rule
An extension of the typographic Ornament Series, — This Monotype border ‘number 1240’ at 18pt seemed to be the ornament of choice to accompany much of the work I was doing. It’s a flexible ornament that locks together well with itself to make a visually interesting & complex negative and positive pattern. Used on its own it gives a sense of nobility — a simple but complex pattern — in a square configuration it lacks tension and sits quietly on the page. In the more extreme formats it carries weight or floats effortlessly . . .
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Designed & hand-set with Metal type Ornaments & Printed in a Signed Limited Edition /
in a Green ink
on 280gsm BFK Rives Grey
with a blind de-bossed credit
760×280 mm (30×11 inches)
landscape
SOLD UNFRAMED £200
SALE
SOLD UNFRAMED £100
280×760 mm (11×30 inches)
portrait
SOLD UNFRAMED £200
SALE
SOLD UNFRAMED £100
Series 1240.2 — Structure
Series 1240.2 — Structure
An extension of the typographic Ornament Series, — This Monotype border ‘number 1240’ at 18pt seemed to be the ornament of choice to accompany much of the work I was doing. It’s a flexible ornament that locks together well with itself to make a visually interesting & complex negative and positive pattern. Used on its own it gives a sense of nobility — a simple but complex pattern — in a square configuration it lacks tension and sits quietly on the page. In the more extreme formats it carries weight or floats effortlessly . . .
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Designed & hand-set with Metal type Ornaments & Printed in a Signed Limited Edition /
in a Green ink
on 280gsm BFK Rives Grey
with a blind de-bossed credit
280×760 mm (30×11 inches)
portrait
SOLD UNFRAMED £200
SOLD UNFRAMED £200