John Grey

My dining room table strewn with framing tools and materials

A week to go until the Printmakers of Scotland Festival of Printmaking.
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Just finished my framing and looking forward to seeing everyone at Stirling.

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...and a second print by Bryan. He is a master of story-telling through landscapes in just a small number of layers. His reduction Linocuts are beautifully observed. #linocut #art #scotland #printmakersofscotland #affordableart #universityofstirling

This is our first post - by Bryan Angus who was chosen by the public as our 'Printmaker of the Year 2024'. Bryan will be at our Festival of Printmaking 15-17 Aug, University of Stirling. Please follow us and see some amazing work as we announce our 2025 line-up!
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Thanks, I treat brass exactly the same as copper - I use ferric chloride with a bit of citric acid - 'Edinburgh Etch'. Etching times are pretty much the same.

The Astronomers House: Carlton Hill with Arthur's Seat behind.
The buildings are the Nelson Monument, shaped like a telescope, Observatory House and the Dugald Stewart Monument. This is a distant view from the Botanic Gardens
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#etching
#aquatint
#CarltonHill

A black and white etching of the Inverness waterfront. The River Ness in a foreground and the Inverness skyline silhouetted behind.

Just completed this etching of #Inverness.

A view of the River Ness waterfront from Friar’s Bridge.

Spit-bite aquatint etching on a 210x300mm brass plate printed on Hahnemühle natural etching paper. I

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A black and white etching looking down at the loch from near the summit of Ben Lomond. The Clyde is just visible between low hills in the distance.

This is a picture of a black and white etching. in the foreground a steep hill slopes down to the calm water of Loch Lomond. Several wooded islands stretch across the Loch towards Hills above the shore on the far side.

I'm am printmaker based near Edinburgh.
I mostly make brass plate aquatint etchings.
These are two of my recent etchings of Loch Lomond.

Both are aquatint etching etched using spit bite on a 300x210mm brass plate

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