In 1994 I happened to make drawings of the only indigenous tree growing in the Botanical gardens in Edinburgh; an old Wych Elm. This drawing went on to become the ‘tree of life’ motif for a public art work collaboration with the Slide
Workshop and Lux Europa project, working with 200 children to make an Illuminated window design over 80 windows of a council building in Edinburgh. The drawing was resurrected following the death of the tree from Dutch Elm
Disease in 2004, and used as the basis for this limited edition print made in collaboration with Graal Press. Available for sale - contact Kate Downie.
copperplate etching with aquatint
45 x 76
100
1994-2009
Co-published with Graal Press Midlothian for The Wych Elm Project, John Hope Gateway Centre, Royal Edinburgh Botanical Gardens September 09 – March 2010