Around 5,000 years ago an artist carved a flower onto the surface of an ostrich egg destined to become a luxury object and traded around the Mediterranean. This carving was partially eroded and its full design lost as the egg - now artefact - eventually ended up buried and the millennia passed by.

My Botanicals series were inspired by what remains of this unknown artist’s lost work. I find it so incredible to think that they could never have imagined that parts of their work would survive for so long and inspire others, archaeologists, scientists, and artists, so much.

Life is both wonderful and strange, don’t you think?

Details:

A unique hand-embossed print painted with egg tempera made from natural or responsibly sourced pigments.

These prints go through many stages: carving the design; embossing; adding a casein gesso to prepare the paper for tempera; and finally painting with homemade egg tempera paint made from natural pigments.

Print size: 15 x 8 cm, paper size, 22 x 16 cm

Sold unframed

Please note: the pictures are to illustrate design and colour. Due to the nature of the printing process, all prints have slight variations in depth of colour and placement.

This print will be carefully packaged flat using recycled and recyclable materials. Please be aware that orders outside of the EU may be subject to import tax or custom handling fees on delivery.