Lithography and silkscreen with hand
stencil. Printed at Peacock Visual Arts 2012 by Linsay Croall in an edition of
25 with 5 artists proofs. 44 X 57cm.Published
by the artist on Hannemuller hand made paper.
A few years ago when I was Professor of
Printmaking at the Royal College of Art I started a series of small lithographs
based on fairy tales and apocryphal stories. I called the series of 7 images
"Tales". For what may be my last session at the Peacock in Aberdeen I
produced 2 more. The series has always depended on misspelling or abbreviated
titles. "The Princess has a pea" trades precisely in this area,
incorporating Jack and the Beanstalk, Imelda Marcos shoe collection and the cat
and the carp, which must be an unwritten Aesop's fable. The gritty swirling
design exploits the tactile graphic quality of stone lithography (for more on
litho process look at the film LithORRgraphy on my website). There is of course
a cricket bat and other Chris Orr staples: a rubber hot water bottle, a train
set, bras and knickers, a plastic duck, a trumpet and Thomas the Tank
Engine. produced at the same time but
not in the RA Summer Exhibition 2013 is the lithograph "Robin Hoo?"
That can be viewed on the website.