Dark Mourne Design: My Work
Having loved art and design all my life, I've had a pencil or paintbrush in my hand since I was a little girl. I specialise in figurative work but, recently, have begun to experiment with cyanotype printing, a photographic printing process that was invented in 1842 by astronomer, Sir John Herschel. Using the process developed by Herschel, chemicals and sunlight together create a beautiful cyan-blue print on watercolour paper (and a variety of other materials such as stones, fabric, pottery etc).
My cyanotype artwork makes use of plants and objects gathered from my garden, and the natural world, which I love as much as the art it helps to inspire. Materials I use range from plants and flowers found on long walks on the Surrey Hills (where I currently live), and surrounding countryside, to strolls on the beach, both in England and back home in beautiful Northern Ireland. I also make use of stones, shells, feathers, fabric and many other found objects, again, mostly acquired on my rambles.
My current plan is to present a portfolio of my recent work on this page. I hope to include a number of mounted original prints, alongside a range of original greeting cards, bookmarks, etc. These will then be made available for sale from my new Etsy shop, in the process of being set up. All art work will be a one-off unless otherwise stated (no two cyanotypes are ever the same anyway) and will be signed and dated by me. Besides the mounted prints, this makes the cards particularly suited to framing.
At the moment I'm putting my work together and preparing it for presentation here. Please come back soon and see how things have progressed...
Margaret
My cyanotype artwork makes use of plants and objects gathered from my garden, and the natural world, which I love as much as the art it helps to inspire. Materials I use range from plants and flowers found on long walks on the Surrey Hills (where I currently live), and surrounding countryside, to strolls on the beach, both in England and back home in beautiful Northern Ireland. I also make use of stones, shells, feathers, fabric and many other found objects, again, mostly acquired on my rambles.
My current plan is to present a portfolio of my recent work on this page. I hope to include a number of mounted original prints, alongside a range of original greeting cards, bookmarks, etc. These will then be made available for sale from my new Etsy shop, in the process of being set up. All art work will be a one-off unless otherwise stated (no two cyanotypes are ever the same anyway) and will be signed and dated by me. Besides the mounted prints, this makes the cards particularly suited to framing.
At the moment I'm putting my work together and preparing it for presentation here. Please come back soon and see how things have progressed...
Margaret
