Ade Adesina Exhibition (print maker)

Today i went to an Exhibition in Peebles, to look at the works of Ade Adesina. Adesina was born in Nigeria ( 1980 ) and is a full time print maker, he now lives in Aberdeen, Scotland. His work centres around ecology and how the human footprint is affecting the world. He works mostly with linocut and etching.

This was a very exciting exhibition to see as i am starting my first printmaking unit at college. His work was very inspiring and really opened my eyes to see what you can create with linocut, we have not tried etching but we have tried lino and i cant believe what you can do with it!

Some of his Linocuts:

The Last, Great Day ( collab with Barry Mcglashan) Linocut

There will be Light.
Linocut

Wild Awake
Linocut.

I love the detail in these, i also got to see some of his etchings, but this one really stood out to me

Dark Hole - etching

I love the detail in this, and it made me very excited to look more into etching!

http://www.adeadesina.com/

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