Emma Buckmaster and Janet French
Quercus ll 5/25 /
Etching on Oak leaf paper/
51 x 43 cm/£1,380
Ilex Aquifolium 44/100 /
Etching on Holly leaf paper/
29 x 28 cm/£575
Sorbus Tominalis 2/25/
Etching on Wild Service tree leaf paper/45 x 48 cm/£1,380
Crataegus 3/25 /
Etching on Hawthorn leaf paper/
35 x 42 cm/£740
Fagus Sylvatica ll 12/50 /
Etching on Beech leaf paper/
58 x 72 cm/£2,520
Salix (Willow) Framed Etching on paper made from the tree leaves (1/50)/ £780 SOLD
Betula Pendula II (Silver Birch) Framed Etching on paper made from the tree leaves (3/50)/ 46x46cm/£1,380
Fagus I Summer (Beech)/24 x26cm/ Framed Etching on paper made from the tree leaves (40/100)/ £480 SOLD
Acer Pseudoplatanus (Sycamore) Framed Etching on paper made from the tree leaves (3/50)/69x94cm/£7,500
Fraxinus (Ash) Framed Etching on paper made from the tree leaves (5/100)/ 36x42cm/£840 SOLD
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Emma and Janet are printmakers and members of the Arborealists movement. They work as a team to create unique etchings of British trees printed onto paper made from the leaves of the tree itself. The leaves of each tree behave differently and the process is one of continuous experimentation. The leaves are collected and prepared to form delicate sheets of paper using only the natural constituents of the leaves to bind them together. Whilst the paper is still damp the etched image is printed onto the leaves from a steel plate using a traditional etching press.
Emma and Janet live and work in Suffolk. Janet French gained a BA (Hons) Fine Art at Colchester School of Art and Emma received an MA in Printmaking at the Cambridge School of Art. They jointly chaired Gainsborough's House Printmakers for three years and become Fellows of the Society of Botanical Artists in 2019. The Tree Portraits are now held in private and public collections worldwide. Emma and Janet's story was featured on the BBC2 documentary about the RA Summer Exhibition 2016, and in the FT How to Spend it Magazine 2014. For sales enquires please contact [email protected] or call 07836 325497 |