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Item Code: MW-72910-s
Oak Wood and Acrylic
Date of Work
2016
Signed
Signed
Height (cm)
29
Width (cm)
57.5
Original hand carved lettering on Oak wood,with acrylic.
The words are from the poem Snow by Louis MacNeice.
This is a curious piece of wood. The grain appears fairly straight, but the pale streaks (rays) which make up the 'figure' undulate wildly, as if it had a ripple grain. This seemed to suit MacNeice's words, so the board was cut and the letters designed to follow the undulations. A little more 'plurality' is added by the way the letters have been painted-in. To see this, view the piece obliquely from one side, and then the other.
A free copy of Martin Wenham’s new book Martin Wenham The Art of Letter Carving, published by Crowood Press (price £25), will accompany each purchase from the exhibition.
The words are from the poem Snow by Louis MacNeice.
This is a curious piece of wood. The grain appears fairly straight, but the pale streaks (rays) which make up the 'figure' undulate wildly, as if it had a ripple grain. This seemed to suit MacNeice's words, so the board was cut and the letters designed to follow the undulations. A little more 'plurality' is added by the way the letters have been painted-in. To see this, view the piece obliquely from one side, and then the other.
A free copy of Martin Wenham’s new book Martin Wenham The Art of Letter Carving, published by Crowood Press (price £25), will accompany each purchase from the exhibition.
Born in 1941, Wenham’s interest in lettering was stimulated at an early age. At university Wenham read botany and forestry, his artistic propensity aiding with precise observational drawing. Throughout this time an interest in pen-lettering persisted and after a research colleague requested a carved house-name in wood Wenham approached the professional carver Harry Spring, who showed him the basic technique of letter-cutting.After a year Wenham left research and for the next 23 years taught in secondary, primary and special schools, with 9 years’ lecturing at the University of Leicester. He first exhibited his letter-cutting work in 1982; since 1984 it has been shown in the major British exhibitions of lettering arts. Wenham’s work is held in the Crafts Council’s Permanent Collection and in private collections in Britain, the USA, Germany, Japan and Puerto Rico.
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Rutland, LE15 9SQ, UK
+44 (0) 1572 821424
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Mon-Sat: 9.30am - 5.30pm
Sunday: 11.00am - 4.00pm
The gallery is open again to visitors. We continue to make regular weekly broadcasts on goldmark.tv where you can catch up on the latest news from the gallery. You can buy from us online or contact us by email or telephone. We look forward to hearing from you soon.