These two prints are part of an ongoing series of woodblock prints I began in autumn 2021, which I called 'Time and Tide'.
The series was made after carefully studying the wood block and noticing how beautiful the graining of the wood was. A slice of tree, showing the passing of time, expressing the ebb and flow of ecological events. Unable to bring myself to carve any image of my own design onto the wood, I instead let the carving tool follow the natural grain of the wood. When I inked up the block and took the first print, it suggested to me a seascape.
The original hand burnished prints are made using watercolour pigment and printed on delicate Japanese washi paper.
Find out more about the work of Mita Solanky here.