Sue Scullard (1956- ) SWE - Wood Engraving Wherewell 33/250
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Sue Scullard (1956- ) SWE - Wood Engraving Wherewell 33/250 Sue Scullard (1956- ) SWE - A fine wood engraving pencil signed, inscribed Wherwell and numbered 33/250. In fine condition. I like her work. You should google her - the internet is full of her work. Sue Scullard is a versatile illustrator in several media. She has designed for Royal Worcester porcelain, and made greetings card designs and full-colour children?s books: The Flyaway Pantaloons tells its wordless story through dazzlingly detailed and ever more vertiginous views of a fictional Renaissance city; The Great Round the World Balloon Race (1990) and a pop-up version of The Nutcracker (2003) are other examples; but wood engraving is her major and most serious pursuit. Her output is equally divided between prints made for their own sake and the use of engraving in books; but the close observation and beautiful design of her self-generated printmaking comes first, feeding and inspiring her illustration.The prints in the exhibition are from two Folio Society books, The Lives of the Later Caesars and Lark Rise to Candleford. For the Caesars, Sue drew on Roman portrait busts, statues and bas-reliefs. In the engraving of Trajan, she got carried away, she says, fitting almost 30 soldiers into the background. She is indeed a miniaturist but never loses sight of the large design;
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