Tin and Thistle Parasol – handmade paper, etching drawing, collograph, found object Variable

This is the third of my parasols, whose production depends on finding suitable umbrella frames to work on. Joomchi treated paper can be stitched like fabric and the canopy has been hand stitched onto the frame. The decorations of collographs based on tin shed patterns and drawings of seeding thistles on tea bag paper reflect elements of my local landscape.

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