Sarah Gillespie – A Lament for the Bordered Gothic (Detail). Mezzotint, 49.5 x 74 cm, Edition 30, 2022
“This a lament for all of our winged nocturnal neighbours and their gradual passing from our lives.” – Sarah Gillespie
Rabley Gallery is delighted to launch two new mezzotints by Sarah Gillespie of the Bordered Gothic Moth. This adds to the collection of 26 prints of moths currently in the Victoria and Albert Museum collection and further explores the artist’s interest in the luminous power of mezzotint engraving to express beauty and vulnerability.
Lament for the Bordered Gothic and Bordered Gothic (Small) were made in response her recent six month artist residency at the Cambridge University Museum of Zoology. The Bordered Gothic moth (Heliophobus Reticulata) is critically endangered in the UK.
In the large scale mezzotint Lament for a Bordered Gothic, (49.5 x 74cm) the detail of the moths top wing pattern subtly contrasts with the softer underwings, emerging from an expansive plane of velvet darkness in the black background. The smaller study Bordered Gothic (Small) (20.5 x 20cm), draws us in with a casting light, framed by a paper border. Its modest scale does not lessen the image’s strong and beautiful presence.
Sarah Gillespie – A Lament for the Bordered Gothic. Mezzotint, 49.5 x 74 cm, Edition 30, 2022
Sarah Gillespie – Bordered Gothic (Small). Mezzotint, 27 x 27 cm, Edition 20, 2022
Sketches by Sarah Gillespie, beginning the process.
Wiping the copper plate in the studio after inking.
The mezzotint plate of A Lament for the Bordered Gothic, with the artist’s primary tools.
Short film depicting the process of printing A Lament for the Bordered Gothic, 2022.
Medium: Mezzotint Engraving Paper Size: 25 x 25 cm Image Size: 20 x 20 cm Edition of 40
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Special launch price for the 3 of this edition only: £1500 (RRP £1700) Medium: Mezzotint Printed bleed edged on Arches Moulin du Gué. Size: 49.5 x 74 cm Edition 30 2022
Mezzotint Printed on Arches Moulin du Gué Edition 20 Image Size: 20.5 x 20.5 cm Paper Size: 27 x 27 cm 2022
Medium: Mezzotint Printed on Arches Moulin du Gué. Size: 91 x 61 cm Edition 20. 2022.
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Medium: Mezzotint
Size: 46.50 x 46.50 cms (18.31 x 18.31 ins)
Edition of 20
Published 2021
Medium: Mezzotint
Size: 17.50 x 12.50 cms (6.89 x 4.92 ins)
Paper Size: 24 x 19.50 cm
Edition of 20
Published 2019
Medium: Mezzotint
Size: 7.50 x 23 cm (2.95 x 9.06 ins)
Paper Size: 11 x 22.5 cm
Edition of 20
Published 2019
Medium: Mezzotint
Size: 50 x 50 cms (19.68 x 19.68 ins)
Paper Size: 57 x 57 cms
Edition of 20
Published 2019
Medium: Mezzotint
Size: 50 x 50 cms (19.68 x 19.68 ins)
Paper Size: 57 x 57 cms
Edition of 40
Published 2019
Medium: Mezzotint
Size: 50 x 50 cms (19.68 x 19.68 ins)
Edition of 20
Published 2019
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