The Great Outdoors Spring 2019

“THE RIBBLEHEAD VIADUCT has to be one of the Yorkshire Dales’ most iconic

sites but I've never seen it from that angle and in that way,” said Hester Cox when

describing the inspiration for this artwork. “It was stunning and I managed to grab a

few photographs to act as a memory prompt. I knew that I had to make a print of it

and I added the jackdaws to help give it a feeling of space and scale.”

Hester captured the moment as a limited edition print using an intricate

collagraph printing process. “Collagraph printmaking is similar to an etching,” she

explains. “However, instead of an etched metal plate, I create cardboard blocks that

are textured with such things as gesso, wood glue, carborundum paste and

sometimes collage elements like textured papers and plant materials.”

“It is a slow, painstaking process but it also has a meditative quality to it which I

love. I really like the way that I am able to revisit a particular time and place through

my work.”

See Hester Cox’s art at he Folly Museum of North Craven Life until 21 May and

at Printfest in Ulverston, Cumbria, 4-5 May. Visit hestercox.com for more.

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