The Open Eye Gallery, 34 Abercromby Place, Edinburgh
At the Open Eye Gallery on 8th January 2016 I attended a private view of paintings, drawings and prints by Jonathan Gibbs. The exhibition runs until 25th January 2016 and is called:
JONATHAN GIBBS - LIFE IS BUT A DREAM
My wife and I had driven up to Scotland from Leamington Spa to stay with some very good friends for New Year in a place called Ormiston about 15 miles from Edinburgh. On the Sunday after New Year we went to a Scottish ceilidh dance in a nearby village I had not heard of Jonathan Gibbs but he was also attending this
ceilidh and we were introduced to him by our friends. He then gave us an invitation to his private view which
was on the following Friday
Jonathan is Head of Illustration at Edinburgh College of Art. He is a renowned wood engraver and illustrator and the work in the exhibition showed a selection of his very fine wood engraving and prints, some large and some minute.
A piece of very old pitch pine wood which might have once been a diving board was used by Jonathan to make a huge wood block which he titled "Life is but a dream". This plank is 14 foot long by 20 inches wide and tapers from 3 inches thick at one end to 2 inches at the other.The engraving on the flat surface of the wood was carried out by hand using wood chisels. This block was then used to print on to a 16 foot long piece of Japanese paper. This is a most impressive piece of work.
Below are a couple of images of Jonathan's work:
My wife and I had driven up to Scotland from Leamington Spa to stay with some very good friends for New Year in a place called Ormiston about 15 miles from Edinburgh. On the Sunday after New Year we went to a Scottish ceilidh dance in a nearby village I had not heard of Jonathan Gibbs but he was also attending this
ceilidh and we were introduced to him by our friends. He then gave us an invitation to his private view which
was on the following Friday
Jonathan is Head of Illustration at Edinburgh College of Art. He is a renowned wood engraver and illustrator and the work in the exhibition showed a selection of his very fine wood engraving and prints, some large and some minute.
A piece of very old pitch pine wood which might have once been a diving board was used by Jonathan to make a huge wood block which he titled "Life is but a dream". This plank is 14 foot long by 20 inches wide and tapers from 3 inches thick at one end to 2 inches at the other.The engraving on the flat surface of the wood was carried out by hand using wood chisels. This block was then used to print on to a 16 foot long piece of Japanese paper. This is a most impressive piece of work.
Below are a couple of images of Jonathan's work:
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