Beloved of garden designers, alliums (onion flowers) make great spherical shapes. Their seedheads are some of the best for autumn/winter interest. Their structure is complex but for this alliums monotype painting, I found a way to print the stems and draw in the details with the trace monotype method. This means I draw on the back of the paper to print a soft line of ink on the front. It's great for doing the details of the seed heads.
I used rollers and dabbers to spread out the ink then made marks with a cloth and other tools. I built up layers of over-lapping colous by printing several times. I also used paper stencils to make the crisp edges.
Available framed, mounted or unmounted
Mounted option: it comes with an acid free double mount and backing board. Cellophane wrapped and carefully flat-packed in a strong cardboard box. UK shipping £15. Can be shipped internationally.
Framed option: The frame is solid oak, just beautiful natural wood 3cm (front) x 2cm (side) . It has an acid free double window mount and art glass for UV protection and greatly reduced reflections. Ready to hang with d-rings and string attached. Carefully packed in a strong purpose-built cardboard box . UK only shipping £30
Unmounted option: It comes wrapped in tissue and plastic. Flat packed for UK and rolled in a wide strong tube for international. UK shipping £8
Garden Stars original monotype
Product Info
Dispatch and returns info
- Original hand made monotype
- Colour fast inks on BFK Rives high quality cotton rag paper
- Acid free double mount, inner white outer pale cream.
- Image size 32.5 x 74 cm
- Mounted size 50.5 x 91 cm
- Framed size 54.5 x 95 cm
- Signed on the front
- The frame is solid oak, just beautiful natural wood 4cm (front) x 3cm (side).
- Ready to hang with d-rings and string attached.
- It is very well packed in a spacious box with padding all round.
International customers please select unmounted option. I currently ship to USA, Canada, Europe, Australia and New Zealand . Please get in touch for other destinations.
