A beautiful wee film.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tHupftkYdZs
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Oak trees throwing shapes in the hazy afternoon sunshine.Oak trees throwing shapes in the hazy afternoon sunshine.
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Rievaulx Abbey, N. Yorkshire. Another Cistercian monastery founded in the early 12C and dissolved by Henry VIII in 1538.@Daniel_Hoffmann Thanks D, that may work...
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Rievaulx Abbey, N. Yorkshire. Another Cistercian monastery founded in the early 12C and dissolved by Henry VIII in 1538.@janeishly It sort of is an answer - thinner, slighter marks - hard but possible, or a second block for these areas only and use lighter ink - possible but not something I've tried yet.
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Rievaulx Abbey, N. Yorkshire. Another Cistercian monastery founded in the early 12C and dissolved by Henry VIII in 1538.@janeishly Thanks! You are probably right but detail in the windows might compete with the architecture and just make it fussy. I will experiment...
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Rievaulx Abbey, N. Yorkshire. Another Cistercian monastery founded in the early 12C and dissolved by Henry VIII in 1538.Rievaulx Abbey, N. Yorkshire. Another Cistercian monastery founded in the early 12C and dissolved by Henry VIII in 1538. A one hour drive from home, it is at the centre of one of my long term ecology research sites.
Never thought I'd be engraving it. Engraving details in ALT text. What to do with window and door spaces? Several options, all with opportunities and risks...#WoodEngraving #art #history #architecture




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Warm light in a cold, winter sunset at Byland Abbey in N Yorkshire, England, January 2025.Warm light in a cold, winter sunset at Byland Abbey in N Yorkshire, England, January 2025. A year later, a wood engraving in progress, the first test print made this morning.
Byland Abbey is one of several mediaeval monastic ruins in the area built in beautiful local sandstone/limestone which changes with the light from austere grey to gold.