Howard Phipps
'Ashcombe' Wood Engraving
'Ashcombe' Wood Engraving
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An exquisite wood engraving by artist Howard Phipps.
The beautifully intricate engraving itself measures just 7.5cm x 5cm and is mounted in an off white mount making its outside dimensions 26cm x 26.5cm.
Howard's wood engravings have been cut on the end grain of a block of very hard Boxwood using very fine tools. The final image is printed by hand using an Albion Press which was made in 1862. The limited editions are printed on either Arches, or Zerkall acid free papers, signed , numbered and titled in pencil.
This particular engraving is number 90 out of the limited edition of 100.
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About this Maker
About this Maker
Howard Phipps was born in Colwyn Bay, North Wales in 1954. He studied Painting and Printmaking at the Gloucestershire College of Art in Cheltenham 1971 – 75. Following a Post graduate year in Brighton he taught in Plymouth until 1980, before moving to live near Salisbury where he is still based. He was elected an RWA academician [ Royal West of England Academy ] in 1979, and a member of the Society of Wood Engravers in 1985.
Much of Howards art is rooted in the downs of Wiltshire and Dorset, with their deep coombes and Beech clumps. He works from drawings and watercolours made on location, using light to reveal the underlying sculptural form of the landscape. Ancient trackways and striking hill forms draw his eye – timeless places on which earlier generations have left their mark. His subsequent wood engravings are profoundly imbued with a sense of place.
