Etching: Printed by hand on 250 GSM Rives paper off hand drawn copper plates etched in “Dutch Mordant”
What is etching? What is a limited edition print?
What is etching? What is a limited edition print?
RYE
Rye is a small hill top town in East Sussex, UK, on the River Rother, and at the western edge of Romney Marsh. Notable buildings in the town include St Mary's church, the Ypres Tower, Lamb House, The Mermaid Inn and Mermaid Street, Watchbell Street, and Church Square.
Etching is one of the oldest and most satisfying forms of printmaking and in the hands of a expert can deliver intricacies of line and tone unrivalled by any other printing process.
Etchings are the prints produced by etching an image on a copper or zinc plate, using acid, filling the textures of the image with ink and then printing it on to paper by running it through a heavy press
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CALLING TIME, RYE
Original Etching
Original Etching
CALLING TIME, RYE
The Piranesi-esque mechanism of the clock in the tower of St Mary’s in Rye
The Piranesi-
Limited edition etching
Unframed £195
Etching: (12” x 18”) edition of 75
Unframed: £195
Unframed: £195
St Mary’s clock, Rye
The 'new' clock was installed in about 1561-2 and was made by the Huguenot Lewys Billiard. It is one of the oldest church turret clocks in the country still functioning. The pendulum, a much later addition, swings in the body of the church. The present exterior clockface and the original 'Quarter Boys' (so called because they strike the quarters but not the hours) were added in 1760. Today, if you wish, you can climb the church tower where you will see the 8 bells now hanging there. These are not the same bells that were stolen in 1377 as they were re-cast in 1775 and new bells added. The total weight of the 8 bells and clappers is almost 5 tons.
The 'new' clock was installed in about 1561-