Etching, shipping Thistle, purple, green, flowers, handprinted on paper, signed, Mariann Johansen-Ellis

So prickly and yet so gorgeous, a thistle in bloom is one of natures wonders.

An etching is a copperplate where with the help of acid I have incised my drawing, I then add aquatint to get the deep tones of ink, with the help of rosin that gets heated onto the plate, all a bit complicated but fun, and us printmakers, we love to complicate things! You can see me make and print an etching if you go to youtube and search under my name.
Every time I print the copperplate, I have to ink it up with special etching inks, and then put it on my etching press, place the printmaking paper on top and pull it through, this of course does make shipping for small differences from print to print, which I hope you will appreciate as a sign of the direct involvement by the artist in each print.
When the ink and paper has dried, I sing and number each print, please note I can't guarantee you get the number in the photo.

The size of Thistle is, paper: 13" x 10" ( 33 cm x 25 cm)
with the actual printed copperplate: 7.5" x 4" ( 19 cm x 10 cm)

I ship to you from my studio in the south of Denmark, I live on a wonderful island surrounded by all the nature that gives me inspiration.
I am of course very happy to gift wrap and include a message, just let me know.

If you have any questions, I am right here, or if you fancy seeing more of my prints, I have all my linocuts in another shop: www.etsy.com/shop/linocutheaven

Thanks so much for visiting with me, come back soon!
Mariann