Folkart, folklore and folktales are the inspiration for these mixed media works. The initial plate is carborundum. The prints include hand colouring and chine collé (a tissue-thin paper, cut to the size of the printing plate is placed on top of the inked plate and run together with the support paper through the printing press. The process creates a subtle, delicate backdrop to the printed image. Chine is the French word for China, referring to the fact that the thin paper originally used with this technique was imported from China. Collé is the French word for “glued.”).
Recent work references history, myth and memory. Processes include painting, drawing and mixed media prints which combine drypoint, carborundum, collagraph, monoprinting and chine collé.