Moseley Bog Weeping Tree — Original Ink Drawing on Hand-Cast Cement Tiles

An original ink drawing of a weeping tree found in Moseley Bog, Birmingham, drawn across three hand-cast cement tiles.

Moseley Bog is a strange little place.

Hidden between Birmingham’s houses and roads, it feels much older than the city surrounding it. The paths twist through wet woodland and the trees seem to grow into one another.

This weeping tree was drawn there on location.

What caught my attention was its shape. A narrow trunk supporting this huge curtain of branches, almost as if the entire weight of the tree was hanging down from above.

I drew the tree in black archival pigment ink before taking the image across three individual hand-cast cement tiles.

The drawing moves through the joins between the tiles, while the different grey and off-white cement surfaces break up the canopy. Parts of the tree become darker, lighter and slightly fragmented as the surface changes beneath the ink.

Each tile was individually poured, dried and arranged in my studio in Birmingham before the drawing was made across the complete surface.

The result is a one-of-a-kind original drawing and sculptural wall piece. There is only one.

Details:

• Original ink drawing across three hand-cast cement tiles
• Tree drawn at Moseley Bog, Birmingham
• Archival black pigment ink
• Individually poured cement tiles — no two are identical
• Three-tile composition
• Signed by the artist on the reverse
• One-of-a-kind original artwork
• Ready to hang
• Ships from the UK

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