Lot: 65
Artist: Margaret Roberts
Title: Cat face
Medium: monoprint
Framed size: 34cm x 43cm
Price range of artists similar works: £120 - £350
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About the artist:
I am a print maker and painter, and also make my own paper.
I have a longstanding love of handmade papers, especially Japanese,
and much of my print making is on such papers, as well as my own.
My work reflects my current every day life – and my thoughts about the
world and my place in it.
I am always exploring evolutions of printing techniques and also subject
matter, so my work is always changing. I do like to make a series –
either on a subject, certain shapes, or colours.
Lately my work has almost all been abstract. But the shapes of natural
objects, especially parts of plants, often occur.
Many of my prints were printed from “plates” made from cutting into
cardboard, or creating cardboard shapes. These are then thinly coated
with etching inks and placed face up on the bed of a heavy press.
Dampened strong paper is positioned carefully over the plate, and a
handle on the press is turned to move the heavy rollers over the bed.
That pressure leaves the print image on the paper. So each one is
individually made.