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Limited edition letterpress print
Sometimes the most ordinary plants tell much larger stories.
When I began researching Walter Hill, Brisbane’s first colonial botanist, I became fascinated by the practical role plants played in the development of the young colony.
Animals worked the land. They carried people and freight. Their health was essential, and finding nutritious plants that could sustain them in Queensland’s conditions was an important part of Hill’s work.
Lucerne was one of those plants.
Hill experimented with mixing grasses with other plants to create nutritious feed for livestock, with lucerne playing an important role in those mixtures.
Looking closely at the plant, I was drawn to something else entirely: its intricate branching stems, tiny leaves and clustered flowers. Its detailed structure seemed made for pattern.
I began drawing, extracting and repeating its forms until individual stems gathered into a circular composition. What had once been valued for its usefulness began to take on another life.
I printed Lucerne on an original Heidelberg Windmill letterpress, connecting the contemporary pattern to the physical impression of a traditional printing process.
I love that transformation.
A humble plant once used to sustain working animals becomes something to look at simply for the pleasure of looking.
The Edition
Released in an edition of just ten, Lucerne is letterpress printed on Magnani Incisioni 650/5 Smooth White 100% cotton rag paper using rubber-based inks.
Each print is signed, titled and individually numbered on the front, wrapped in acid-free tissue and presented in a custom protective envelope. It is accompanied by information detailing the artwork, the Collected Patterns series and its place within the edition.
The print is sold unframed and ships worldwide in a rigid protective envelope.
Edition: 10
Paper size: 300 × 260 mm
Paper: Magnani Incisioni 650/5 Smooth White, 100% cotton rag
Printing: Letterpress with rubber-based inks
Press: Heidelberg Windmill
Signed: Signed, titled and numbered on front
Framing: Unframed
Shipping: Worldwide
Limited edition letterpress print
Sometimes the most ordinary plants tell much larger stories.
When I began researching Walter Hill, Brisbane’s first colonial botanist, I became fascinated by the practical role plants played in the development of the young colony.
Animals worked the land. They carried people and freight. Their health was essential, and finding nutritious plants that could sustain them in Queensland’s conditions was an important part of Hill’s work.
Lucerne was one of those plants.
Hill experimented with mixing grasses with other plants to create nutritious feed for livestock, with lucerne playing an important role in those mixtures.
Looking closely at the plant, I was drawn to something else entirely: its intricate branching stems, tiny leaves and clustered flowers. Its detailed structure seemed made for pattern.
I began drawing, extracting and repeating its forms until individual stems gathered into a circular composition. What had once been valued for its usefulness began to take on another life.
I printed Lucerne on an original Heidelberg Windmill letterpress, connecting the contemporary pattern to the physical impression of a traditional printing process.
I love that transformation.
A humble plant once used to sustain working animals becomes something to look at simply for the pleasure of looking.
The Edition
Released in an edition of just ten, Lucerne is letterpress printed on Magnani Incisioni 650/5 Smooth White 100% cotton rag paper using rubber-based inks.
Each print is signed, titled and individually numbered on the front, wrapped in acid-free tissue and presented in a custom protective envelope. It is accompanied by information detailing the artwork, the Collected Patterns series and its place within the edition.
The print is sold unframed and ships worldwide in a rigid protective envelope.
Edition: 10
Paper size: 300 × 260 mm
Paper: Magnani Incisioni 650/5 Smooth White, 100% cotton rag
Printing: Letterpress with rubber-based inks
Press: Heidelberg Windmill
Signed: Signed, titled and numbered on front
Framing: Unframed
Shipping: Worldwide