Photopolymer/photogravure print of Roses from my balcony.

Image size 6 x 5 inches, paper size 11 x 10 inches.

I make the prints by first making a plate - exposing it under UV light and washing, drying and hardening it. I ink it up and hand wipe it - a process that takes between 10 to 20 minutes. I then put it through the etching press under a sheet of pre-soaked cotton rag paper. I flatten the prints between acid free boards, and dry them there for 2 to 3 days, before signing and dating them.

I love these roses, which I grow at home in a container. (I don’t use any pesticides so the leaves and petals are often nibbled!)

There are 12 of these colour prints in this edition.