In the Shade in the Garden at Fru Petersen's Cafe etching all you need is paper

all you need is paper and a little watercolour or gouache paint or relief printing ink

Image: 20 x 10cm

the non-starters and spaces we move though to get there

and these have become integral to commissions

Her work has been exhibited internationally and she now works from her own studio in Fowlers Yard in the historic city of Durham

In the Shade in the Garden at Fru Petersen's Cafe etching all you need is paperFrom a series of prints inspired by visits to the Danish island of Bornholm. Fru Petersen's Cafe is renowned for its Edwardian decor and cake buffet, and for long summer afternoons in the garden under the shade of a plum tree. Printed onto Kozo paper from 3 wooden blocks, each block being inked in several colours. Much of Joanna Bourne's inspiration for her prints comes from her local area of Newcastle with its town moor and parks and her allotment