FRAMED Montgomery Square

2025
Letterpress with Suminagashi Marbling 
280gsm BFK Rives paper 56x76cm paper size 
 
This print was made intuitively whilst working on the imagery for the larger pieces in the 'Welcome' exhibition.  Due to the nature of letterpress chases and the way they are arranged on the press bed this print is a product of the process:  I noticed how the format seemed to be echoing skyscrapers arranged around an open square and so purposely arranged the chases to echo this without trying to fill the edges or the middle of the paper.
I chose to represent the skyscrapers of Canary Wharf using letters and numbers -  in a place filled with bankers and lawyers written numbers and letters seemed the perfect symbols of industry.  
Suminagashi marbling was added to reflect the watery theme of the Thames as well as being reminiscent of contour lines on a map reflecting the mapping of land over time. 
 
This is a unique print framed in charcoal by Alastair Smithers Picture Framing.