Drawing in Practice: A Portfolio of Objects

Limited to an edition of 19 copies, this boxed portfolio contains 12 signed limited edition colour engravings inspired by observations and drawings of familiar, everyday objects, a type set contents page & colophon page, printed endpapers and 12 pages of hand set text.  The portfolio, type setting, engraving and printing were completed by the artists' hand.  Some individual limited edition prints from the portfolio will be made available for purchase, listed separately.

A selection of the colour engravings:

Beans Milk and Cider
Engraved limited edition print by Neil Bousfield
Image size(mm) 120w x 70h

Cider
Engraved limited edition print by Neil Bousfield
Image size(mm) 120w x 70h

Cider Cider Cider!
Engraved limited edition print by Neil Bousfield
Image size(mm) 100w x 80h

Just a Tin of Rice Pudding
Engraved limited edition print by Neil Bousfield
Image size(mm) 120w x 70h

Kitchen Stuff
Engraved limited edition print by Neil Bousfield
Image size(mm) 125w x 70h

Pots
Engraved limited edition print by Neil Bousfield
Image size(mm) 100w x 80h

Tea Stuff
Engraved limited edition print by Neil Bousfield
Image size(mm) 120w x 80h

The portfolio:

Drawing in Practice: A Portfolio of Objects is available for purchase ..

please contact Inky Fingers Press for further details, thank you.

A portfolio of objects: drawing the familiar through observation

Drawing in Practice: A Portfolio of Objects
Available for purchase.

Limited to an edition of 19 copies, this boxed portfolio contains 12 signed limited edition colour engravings inspired by drawings made of everyday objects, a type set contents page & colophon page, printed endpapers and 12 pages of hand set text. The portfolio, type setting, engraving and printing were completed by the artists' hand. The 7 limited edition prints from the portfolio, below, will also be made available for purchase as individual prints, and these are listed separately.

A selection of the colour engravings:

Beans Milk and Cider
Engraved limited edition print by Neil Bousfield
Image size(mm) 120w x 70h

Cider
Engraved limited edition print by Neil Bousfield
Image size(mm) 120w x 70h

Cider Cider Cider!
Engraved limited edition print by Neil Bousfield
Image size(mm) 100w x 80h

Just a Tin of Rice Pudding
Engraved limited edition print by Neil Bousfield
Image size(mm) 120w x 70h

Kitchen Stuff
Engraved limited edition print by Neil Bousfield
Image size(mm) 125w x 70h

Pots
Engraved limited edition print by Neil Bousfield
Image size(mm) 100w x 80h

Tea Stuff
Engraved limited edition print by Neil Bousfield
Image size(mm) 120w x 80h

Drawing in Practice: A Portfolio of Objects is available for purchase 1st October..

please contact Inky Fingers Press for further details, thank you.

A passion for drawing & printmaking: 1992-2013

Clair has been busy cataloguing my work in preparation for an update to my web site and has discovered my print collection, blocks I have cut and printed, includes hundreds of individual lino cuts, wood cuts and engravings, plus my book work engravings. 

I made my first prints around 1992 when Clair found her old lino cutting kit and I haven't really stopped since.  It has been good looking through the plan chests at all my old work to see how it has developed over the years; from the naiive, expressive linocuts and woodcuts of the 1990’s to the complex cuts of the engravings I am producing now.

Drawing forms the basis of all my work and has been fundamental to my practice since art college where my tutors instilled the importance of drawing daily. Drawing inspires me and my practice as a relief printmaker and artist. By drawing the familiar (objects and landscapes) through observation I record a sense of place and this inspires my printmaking. Both drawing and printmaking have become a real passion over the years.
  
I think if Clair knew what it would all lead to, as she now spends hours scanning in my collection of prints, she may not have introduced me to her lino cutting kit all those years ago when we were renting a cottage on a farm and had time on our hands .. home brewing beer, drawing and lino cutting .. perfect.

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Drawing to investigate: drawing in practice

A rented sink
Engraved limited edition print by Neil Bousfield
From "Drawing in Practice: A Portfolio of Objects" 

"Drawing in Practice: A Portfolio of Objects" ... update ... The front cover and end papers have been engraved and printed directly from the original engraved block, by myself, using a Vandercook proofing press. The portfolio of prints will contain 12 signed engravings, printed end papers, a title page, 12 pages of text about my practice & colophon page; it measures (mm) 195w x 275h. The portfolio is a personal manifesto expressing my passion for drawing to investigate my surroundings and record a sense of time and place ..

Cider Cider Cider!
Engraved limited edition print by Neil Bousfield
From "Drawing in Practice: A Portfolio of Objects" 

Radio 4 and a Mug of Tea
"Drawing in Practice: A Portfolio of Objects" 

A portfolio of objects

Making Curry and Rice
Engraved print by Neil Bousfield
Image size(mm) 100w x 80h

“Drawing in Practice: A Portfolio of Objects”, is making steady progress. This will be a handmade portfolio of prints inspired by my drawings of everyday objects, drawn whilst cooking my tea. All the main engravings are completed and printed, with the front cover and end papers being engraved at the moment and text being set letterpress. Each design has been printed directly from the original engraved block, by myself, using a Vandercook proofing press. The portfolio of prints will contain 12 signed engravings, printed end papers, a title page, 12 pages of text about my practice and colophon page and will measure (mm) 195w x 275h. The portfolio is a personal manifesto expressing my passion for drawing to investigate my surroundings and record a sense of time and place.