Peter Ford RWA RE
Peter Ford uses found objects to create imagery of sophisticated patterning and form. He makes his own paper from recycled high grade acid free pulp, onto which he impresses various materials resulting in stunning one-off unique prints of mesmerising texture.
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Ford’s practice has evolved into a lifetime of work that exceeds the boundaries of 2-dimentional printmaking. He makes strong emphasis on materiality and process to reveal the hidden beauty within everyday life. He recognises the potential of items such as a scrap piece of shed roofing felt, computer memory boards, a cheese grater, and even fish bones.
Ford also has a strong focus on the passing of time – the act of imbedding and recording various objects is in a way a form of preservation, creating works with an air of transience and impermanence. In one exquisite example, ‘After Rain’, Ford harnesses the weather as a time-based form of mark making. In this particular piece the delicacy of rainfall is harmoniously captured on a square of pulped paper, resulting in a moon-like cratered surface.
There are many threads to Ford’s practice, including his reputable work in personalised bookplate design, which draws much attention in China where his reputation has grown significantly into a wider appreciation of his practice. He now exhibits regularly in China and has had four solo exhibitions since 2014.
Ford is a fellow of the Royal Society of Painter-Printmakers and a member of the Royal West of England Academy, as well as a member of the International Association of Papermaking Artists. Ford’s work is exhibited world-wide, he has many prizes to his name, recently including the Printmaking Today prize (2015), The Guanlan International Print Prize (China, 2015) and the RA Summer Exhibition Prize for Printing (2013). His work is part of 15 national and international public collections, including The Ashmolean Museum, Oxford, the V&A, Tate Britain, the Barcelona Museum of Contemporary Art and the Musée de la Publicité, Paris.
Articles and Reviews
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Damaged Leaves XIV
unique print on artist’s own paper
Edition: 1/1
28 x 41cm
£250 -
Red Wood Version II
etching on copper
Edition: 1/1
20 x 29cm
£200 -
Red Wood Version I
etching on copper
Edition: 1/1
20 x 29cm
£200 -
Damaged Leaves IX
unique print on artist’s own paper
Edition: 1/1
27 x 27cm (36 x 34cm framed)
£250 -
Episode III
paper cast, handmade paper
Edition: unique
39 x 26cm (54 x 39cm framed)
£350 -
Clipped
handmade paper, paper clips
Edition: unique
37 x 54cm (54 x 70cm framed)
£450 -
Stitch Work
relief print, pastel, handmade paper
Edition: unique
63 x 79cm (78 x 84cm framed)
£550 -
Entrance
etching
Edition: 35 variants
19 x 19cm (34 x 37cm framed)
£210 -
Screen Play VI
relief print & collage on handmade paper
Edition: 1/1
22 x 22cm (37 x 34cm framed)
£170 -
Longitude
paper painting, woodcut print
Edition: unique
26 x 22cm (40 x 34cm framed)
£240 -
Terrain
graphite, coloured pencil
Edition: 1/1 unique
42 x 55cm (56 x 70cm framed)
£600 -
Urban Archeology IV
paperwork with relief embossing
Edition: 1/1 unique
37 x 60cm (53 x 74cm framed)
£1,100 -
On Site IV
relief print on handmade paper
Edition: unique
21 x 16cm (32 x 28cm framed)
£150 -
Helix IX
paper cast
Edition: unique
25 x 25 x 3cm
£270 -
Team Games
collagraph
Edition: unique
78 x 64cm (103 x 82cm framed)
£2,000 -
Elemental
collagraph, embossing on handmade paper
Edition: unique
119 x 98cm (144 x 122cm framed)
£2,800 -
Typhoon
etching and aquatint
Edition: 10
75 x 68cm (100 x 92cm framed)
£1,600 -
A Still Moment
etching and aquatint
Edition: 28/75
23 x 15cm
£150 -
January The First Snow
etching and aquatint
Edition: AP
11 x 15cm
£120 -
February – The Thaw
etching and aquatint
Edition: 75
11 x 15cm
£120 -
Autumn
etching and aquatint
Edition: AP
11 x 15cm
£120