Jo Webb - Dry Stone Waller
24” x 20” / 60.96 x 50.8cm (Edition of 8)
20” x 16” / 50.8 x 40.64cm (Edition of 25)
16” x 12” / 40.64 x 30.48cm (Edition of 50)
The Story.
Jo’s walls wind through the rolling Cotswold countryside. In 35 years of walling she’s laid miles and miles of walls, containing tens of thousands of stones. It’s a craft that’s an interesting mixture of hard labour and artistry, where the placing of stones becomes instinctive.
“You should never pick up a stone twice, you just know where it should go, where it feels right for it to sit. I don’t like to wear gloves as I need to feel the stones. I like working so near to the earth, with such a natural material, and it’s important to me that I’m following in the footsteps of wallers over the centuries, not just by building new walls, but also in repairing walls that are sometimes hundreds of years old.”
She often finds things left in old walls, such as an old bronze buckle, a bone button, or a sweet wrapper from the sixties, all left by previous wallers.
“It’s almost a tradition to leave a little something in one of your walls, not so much as a signature, but as a mark of time.”
All prints are all archival, meaning they will last for well over 75 years. Most of his prints are reproduced on Hahnemühle Fine Art photo paper, regarded as one of the best photographic papers in the world. The majority of prints are printed using Giclée printing which reproduces incredible detail and brilliant colour, and has a higher resolution than traditional lithographic printing. All Limited Edition prints come with a Certificate of Authentication stating the print title, edition number, date of printing and are signed by the artist and stamped with his photographer's seal. The print itself is also titled, numbered and signed in pencil by the artist. All prints come with a pair of print handling gloves and a “Handling & Framing Your Print” instruction sheet.
Print sizes are quoted as the edge to edge dimensions of the paper itself, including the border around the image. Borders will vary according to the image dimensions, but will typically be between 1 to 2 ½ inches.
Each print will have a strict limitation to its edition run, plus a maximum of 2APs (Artist Proofs) marked 1/AP and 2/AP.
The 'Framed' image is for visual reference only. Room image with thanks to rawpixel.com