Shardcastle Wept by Chris Orr MBE RA
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Photo etching, etching, dry point and
relief print. 53 X 37cm 2012. Printed by Simon Lawson and Chris Orr Hugenot
Editions London in an edition of 30 with 5 artists proofs on Somerset hand made
paper.
I have always valued collage as a
method of working. Sometimes this involves readymade material such as in this
print from Boy's Adventure Books. The process of combining and editing material
is a natural one for all artists. However, I never use things in a
straightforward way and my print breaks up text and images and re-arranges
them. Alongside the readymade I have put original
drawn images and abstract textures
making a complex web of meanings. Shardcastle is in the text as Hardcastle who
wept so in the odd world of Chris Orr it becomes Shardcastle Wept.
A companion print "Crew of the
ninety -- Strange Affair" is also available.