Copper doesn't lie. Leave it alone and it turns green. Rush it with chemicals and it fights back with unpredictable patterns. These pieces started as flat copper sheets in the studio — heated, treated, left to oxidise until each one developed its own personality.
Dolly Square, and Lean — four experiments in what happens when you print on metal that's still changing. Each piece uses the oxidised copper as both canvas and collaborator. The patina creates textures you can't plan for. Dark greens where the copper aged slowly. Bright blues where it reacted fast. Every sheet tells a different story about time and chemistry.
The printed elements — abstract compositions with varnish overlays — sit on top of this copper landscape. Sometimes they fight the patina. Sometimes they work together. All are hand-pulled using the flatbed press, building up layers of ink and varnish that catch the light differently depending on where you stand.
This isn't about making pretty pictures. It's about working with materials that have their own agenda. Copper oxidises whether you want it to or not. The trick is learning to work with that process instead of against it. These pieces capture specific moments in that ongoing chemical conversation — each one a one-off original because you can't make the same patina twice.
Technical details: Each piece measures 270 x 270mm, signed on the back, and comes in a handmade stained oak frame. The copper will continue to age very slowly over time — that's part of owning a piece made from living metal. Shipped in archival tissue and padded packaging to protect the surface.
The prices vary because each piece took different amounts of work to resolve. Some copper sheets cooperated. Others needed more convincing. Dolly and LIGHT needed multiple layers to balance the strong patina patterns. Gate worked first time. Lean sits somewhere between.
These are works in progress made visible. Scratches, marks, and imperfections aren't flaws — they're evidence of the process. If you want machine-perfect prints, buy a poster. If you want to see what happens when someone spends twenty years learning to screen print just to tear up the rulebook and start printing on oxidised metal, these pieces show that journey.
For collectors who understand that the most interesting art happens when artists stop playing it safe. For walls that need something that changes as the light changes. For people who know the difference between buying decoration and backing an artist who's still figuring it out.
