Shona Branigan : Salmon Jam Press
Here at Salmon Jam Press, Cassie, Moss and I are never far from our source of inspiration: the trees and rivers of Northumberland.
I am an artist printmaker, creating wood prints, wood engravings, woodcuts and letterpress from my musings on the river bank, and often in the river itself.
My wood prints are made from printing the wood itself. I burn it to raise the grain so everything you see in the print is the nature of the wood itself revealed in all its mystery and complexity.
Come and take a look at what is hiding in the Wood- you will love it!
Grizedale Forest: Shona Branigan-Hiding in The Wood Exhibition
My Wood Prints are on exhibition at Grizedale Forest
Wednesday 14th November 2018-Sunday 17th February 2019
In the Forest Art Works Project Space
Open every day
"Have nothing in your house that you do not know to be useful, or believe to be beautiful. I do not want art for a few any more than education for a few, or freedom for a few."
William Morris
Printing the mystery of Wood!
My Original Wood Prints are made by using the Shou Sugi Ban technique to charr the wood and raise the grain. This gives me a printable surface, and with careful cleaning, inking, and hand burnishing I am able to make a print of the surface of the wood itself.
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Original Print of Cherry
£220.00
A beautiful piece of Northumbrian Cherry.
Charring the wood using the Shou Sugi Ban technique which raises the grain and burns away the softer wood. This gives me a printable surface which is revealed by wire brushing away all the burnt wood. I can then ink and hand print.
All my printmaking is to reveal the natural pattern and beauty of the wood, nothing is added or changed.
I am using Fabriano Unica handmade paper 50% cotton content 250gsm.
Each print is signed and has the edition number. The Red Series ink print is a limited edition of 50.
The image is available mounted using acid free mount board, with a fulfilment time of 3 days.
The framed version has a fulfilment time of 7 days.
Size of image: 41cm x 30 cm (16 inch x 12 inch approx)
Size of mount: 58cm x 48cm. (23 inch x 19 inch approx)
Original Wood Print Yew 1822-2018
£550.00
This Yew began life in 1822, at Allen Banks, Northumberland 7 years before George Stephenson designed The Rocket Steam engine, in nearby Newcastle.
The tree fell in 2018, 198 years later.
The image is hand burnished using a bone folder. Its a slow, careful process as every millimetre of the paper has to be pressed onto the wood. The paper takes on an intaglio feel and look so that as well as seeing the pattern, you see the hint of the 3 dimensional shape of the wood as well.
Printed by hand onto Heritage Rag paper. It is a 100% cotton, unbuffered, Fourdrinier made paper with a vellum surface. It has a full archival specification.
This is available printed with Black Ink and a mixed red ink ( a mix of Venetian red, yellow ochre, and raw Sienna) in an edition of 50 in each colour.
The image is available mounted using acid free mount board, with a fulfilment time of 7 days.
Framed images are available within 10 days. The frame is solid oak.
Framed in solid oak frame : £650.00
Mounted image in mount: £550.00
Size of image: 76cm x 85cm in a 3 inch mount.
Size of frame: 100cm x 110cm
My Blog about the yew:
https://salmonjampress.co.uk/blogs/shona-branigan-photographer/allen-banks-yew-printing
Original Oak Tree Print 1828-2017
£350.00
This Oak tree began life in 1828 and fell in 2017. It lived its life at Allen Banks, Northumberland and the National trust kindly cut me this round of the tree.
The framed print is on display in the new Land of Oak and Iron Visitor Centre, NE21 6RX. Elements of this print have also been scanned and used for the huge wall display, information panels and windows in the centre.
It is available printed in Black Ink, or Gold ink in a limited edition of 50 of each.
Printed by hand onto Heritage Rag paper. It is a 100% cotton, unbuffered, Fourdrinier made paper with a vellum surface. It has a full archival specification.
The mount is approx 95 cm x 82 cm. ( 37inch x 32 inch)
The window in the mount is 75cm x 63 cm ( 29 inch x 25 inch )
The framed version is 100cm x 88cm ( 39 inch x 35 inch)
The mounted version is £350.00
The framed version is £450.00
If you want to purchase a mounted print fulfilment time will be 3-4 days.
Framed images are available within 7 days.
I have a blog about the tree and its location.
https://salmonjampress.co.uk/blogs/shona-branigan-photographer/allen-banks-oak-tree-round-print
Original Print of Yew 1913-2018
£250.00
This is a round of Yew from Hexhamshire Hardwoods, and it is a Northumberland Tree approximately 105 years old, it began growing in 1913.
This piece of wood was sanded, burned, wire brushed, and then inked.
The wood isn't level enough to be put through the press so this image is hand burnished using a bone folder. Its a slow, careful process and takes up to an hour as very millimetre of the paper has to be pressed onto the wood.
But so worth it!
Printed by hand onto Fabriano Unica handmade paper 50% cotton content 250gsm.
Black Ink limited edition of 150; Red Ink limited edition of 50.
The image is available mounted using acid free mount board, with a fulfilment time of 3 days.
Solid oak frame as shown, fulfilment time is 7 days.
Window of the mount is 44cm x 44cm with a 3 inch mount.
The framed size is: 64 x 64cm
Original Print of Yew 1939-2018
£170.00
This is a round of Yew from Hexhamshire Hardwoods, and it is a Northumberland Tree approximately 79 years old, it began life in 1939.
This piece of wood was sanded, burned, wire brushed, and then inked.
The wood isn't level enough to be put through the press so this image is hand burnished using a bone folder. Its a slow, careful process as very millimetre of the paper has to be pressed onto the wood.
But so worth it!
It is printed on Fabriano Unica Handmade paper 50% cotton content 250gsm.
The Black Ink print is a limited edition of 150; Red Ink is a limited edition of 50.
The image is available mounted using acid free mount board, with a fulfilment time of 3 days.
Solid oak frame as shown, fulfilment time is 7 days.
Window of the mount is 44cm x 44cm with a 3 inch mount.
The framed size is: 64 x 64cm
NB: The photographs are taken with the glass removed from the framed prints so that there is no reflection and the print can be seen clearly.
Original Print of Burr Elm 1
£150.00
Northumberland Burr Elm fell 13 years ago and finally printed!
Charring the wood using the Shou Sugi Ban technique which raises the grain and burns away the softer wood. This gives me a printable surface which is revealed by wire brushing away all the burnt wood. I can then ink and hand print.
All my printmaking is to reveal the natural pattern and beauty of the wood, nothing is added or changed.
I am using Fabriano Unica handmade paper 50% cotton content 250gsm.
Each print is signed and has the edition number. The Black ink print is a limited edition of 150.
The image is available mounted using acid free mount board, with a fulfilment time of 3 days.
Burr Elm 1 and 2 prints complement each other and are the opposite sides of the same piece of wood.
The framed version has a fulfilment time of 7 days.
Size of image: 41cm x 30 cm (16 inch x 12 inch approx)
Size of mount: 58cm x 48cm. (23 inch x 19 inch approx)
Original Print of Burr Elm 2
£150.00
Northumberland Burr Elm fell 13 years ago and finally printed!
Charring the wood using the Shou Sugi Ban technique which raises the grain and burns away the softer wood. This gives me a printable surface which is revealed by wire brushing away all the burnt wood. I can then ink and hand print.
All my printmaking is to reveal the natural pattern and beauty of the wood, nothing is added or changed.
I am using Fabriano Unica handmade paper 50% cotton content 250gsm.
Each print is signed and has the edition number. The Black ink print is a limited edition of 150.
The image is available mounted using acid free mount board, with a fulfilment time of 3 days.
Burr Elm 1 and 2 prints complement each other and are the opposite sides of the same piece of wood.
The framed version has a fulfilment time of 7 days.
Size of image: 41cm x 30 cm (16 inch x 12 inch approx)
Size of mount: 58cm x 48cm. (23 inch x 19 inch approx)
It is shown to scale next to an average size chair, and photographed without glass to exclude reflections.
Cotton T- Towel Burr Elm or Oak Designs
£12.00
Beautiful cotton T-Towel's, with hanging loops, made in the UK showcasing the Burr Elm Print and the Oak.
Size: 48cm x 74cm. ( 19 inches x 29 inches )
Stocked in Land of Oak and Iron Visitor Centre and Watergate Gallery, Harrogate.
"the use of woodcuts will know no end, so long as the importance of printing is duly appreciated and the liberty of the press held sacred. "
Thomas Bewick Wood Engraver 1753-1828
This is a print taken from the wood itself!
It is burnt using the Shou Sugi Ban Japanese technique to bring out the natural texture of the wood. I then ink and print either by hand burnishing onto Japanese Paper or if possible through the press. I print these in small editions on a regular basis and so they will be dated and signed.
Original prints on Fabriano handmade paper are so tactile and lovely to touch. You may choose to frame the print, but it also looks beautiful on display. As it comes with a silky cream envelope it can also be sent as a gift card or given with your own message inside. Each of these prints are original and I print them one at a time by hand on my printing press using traditional techniques. They are dated and signed in regular small editions.
Original Wood engravings hand printed one at a time on my press onto handmade Fabriano Unica paper. Mounted and ready for framing. I print these in small editions on a regular basis and so they will be dated and signed.
Beautifully printed and featuring poetry, tree locations, drawings, etchings on the reverse.
Shona Branigan: Salmon Jam Press on Artfinder
Blog posts
Salmon Jam Press at New Land of Oak and Iron Visitor centre
Printing a Beech Tree Stump at Allen Banks, Northumberland
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