+ PHOTOPOLYMER ETCHING & HANDMADE PHOTOBOOKS
I make something
tangible
out of what I notice
Hand-pulled prints from photographs of obscured windows, walls, half-seen spaces and thresholds — made the slow way, plate by plate, in a practice built on fifty years behind a camera.
+ selected work
A few of my favourite prints
These are all photopolymer etchings from original 35mm negatives. Please enquire about sizes, papers and finishes.
+ FIFTY YEARS IN
“I tried going back to a conventional darkroom, but it didn’t click the way it once had. Then I stumbled across photopolymer etching — and that was it.”
From a childhood darkroom in the early seventies, through decades of film, a short detour into digital, and back again — every step has been about the same thing: making something you can actually hold in your hand.
+ LEARN THE PROCESS
Workshops & guidance sessions
Full day · LIMITED TO 4 participants
Introduction to Photopolymer Etching
A hands-on first taste of the process — from exposing a plate to pulling your first print on the press.
Delivered by me at Birmingham Printmakers.
ad hoc support
Help, Advide & Guidance
I’m always happy to answer questions and help fellow practitioners. If you’re stuck on something and would like some help and advice, let me know.
Personalised 1:1 tuitition sessions can be arranged if needed.
+ BY HAND, BOUND BY HAND
Photobooks
Mark Having A Shave
Handbound : 42pp
Somewhere Between The Two
Handbound : 48pp
I’ll Come Over To Yours
Handbound : 26pp
+ HAVE SOMETHING IN MIND?
Commission your own print
I take on a limited number of commissions each year — turning a photograph, yours or one we develop together, into a hand-pulled photopolymer etching. Every plate is made and printed by me, start to finish.
You get to choose ink, paper, special finishes like chine collé, plate and paper sizes (plates up to A3). Get in touch and we can discuss what you have in mind. Turnaround time is around 4 weeks.
