I decided to try to make three plates for this, but in retrospect i think the image is a bit too small and the plates were fiddly to cut and print. The card is not very deep and with small surfaces it’s easy to over or under ink.
So not perfect by any means but I have the three plates and can keep on trying!
First partridge prints 4 x 4 inches
Spring seems to be at last waking things up and I am continuing with my printmaking experiments for our Gidding Wood project and focusing on wildlife that makes “music” of one sort or another.
However I don’t think the partridge’s rusty clucking is very much like music.. except to other partridges of course. You can hear it on the RSPB site here.
So this is one of my planned bird portraits. I chose the Red Legged Partridge because it is so pretty :). I saw one, a few years ago now, at Heligan. It was nesting in a hedge by the office.
So far I have a few notes and quick sketches and have cut one block. It’s small, about 4.5 inches square.
More progress this week I hope.
