NATURE PRINTS

Higham Hall College Bassenthwaite Lake, Cockermouth, Cumbria, United Kingdom

“When we observe nature, the guiding feature seems to be a kind of permission to exist, a capacity to co-exist amongst the countless forms of life” Gustav Metzger (1992)  Nature prints were for centuries used to reproduce plants and build up study collections of flora and fauna; during the 19th century they were the precursor 

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DRAWING FROM THE EARTH

Higham Hall College Bassenthwaite Lake, Cockermouth, Cumbria, United Kingdom

“Nature, from the Latin nasci means to become, to come from, that is to say, all that by its own force develops, forms, moves.” (Kurt Schwitters 1924) Iron, sandstone and slate have been mined in Cumbria for centuries and are still used to make artist colours such as Egremont red, St Bees yellow and Kirkby 

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