The curled-up cat — the specific shape of a cat that has decided the day is done, the spine curved and the paws tucked, the body occupying as little space...
The curled-up cat — the specific shape of a cat that has decided the day is done, the spine curved and the paws tucked, the body occupying as little space as possible while remaining completely present. Georgia Green's stone lithograph renders the cat in a pencil-like style in yellow, grey-green, brown and black, the marks made directly on limestone giving the finished print a directness that other processes don't achieve.
Green notes the parallel between stone lithography's grain and the fine dither-dots of riso printing — a textural kinship between processes separated by two centuries of technological development. This piece was made during her residencies at Aga Lab in Amsterdam, a non-toxic stone lithography studio. Stone lithography is listed as an endangered craft in the UK. Float framed in a light wood moulding, ready to hang. Signed. £225.
ABOUT THE ARTIST
Georgia Green
Georgia is a visual artist, printmaker and muralist. Whilst she focuses on contemporary mechanisms of reproduction within her creative practice, Georgia’s knowledge of traditional printmaking strongly informs her mark-making processes. She graduated with a BA in Fine Art: Painting and Printmaking from Glasgow School of Art in 2018.
In Georgia’s work dreamscapes and landscapes collide; people and interiors soften into the sanctuary of the natural word. Within these spaces memory exists as colour alone, illuminated by the chimerical tangle of curiosity and longing that prompts each print. Georgia’s work is site-specific, and she often prints and draws directly from the spaces she inhabits.
