{"product_id":"above-morning-mist-dartmoor-oak-framed-original","title":"Wild Light Above the Morning Mist","description":"\u003cp class=\"whitespace-normal break-words\"\u003e106 x 89 cm framed original botanical ink specimen with letterpress printing\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"whitespace-normal break-words\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eAbout\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"whitespace-normal break-words\"\u003eDawn on the high moor can turn the world upside down. Cloud inversions transform familiar landscapes into floating islands, where tors emerge as peaks above a grey sea of mist that fills the valleys below. What should be solid ground becomes ethereal; what should be sky becomes foundation.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"whitespace-normal break-words\"\u003eThis piece captures that rare moment when Dartmoor flips itself and becomes visible only to observers on the high moor. The grey foundation of mist holds the weight of clouds. Above, the landscape floats in ochres and reds - granite, gorse, and bracken caught in the first light. The dark grey sky grounds what should be weightless, creating that disorienting beauty familiar to those who know the high moor's moods.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"whitespace-normal break-words\"\u003eThe abstract forms emerge through ink made from oak galls collected on Dartmoor itself. It is made from the marble-like growths formed when wasps lay eggs in oak branches. What begins as the tree's defence becomes our medium, transformed through iron and chemistry into this topsy-turvy world.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"whitespace-normal break-words\"\u003eThe letterpress text across the bottom of the piece explores oak's deep relationship with Dartmoor, from the Celtic \u003cem\u003eduir\u003c\/em\u003e that gave the River Dart its name, to the pollen records showing oak's arrival 9,500 years ago. Each letter is hand-set in metal type and printed on heritage presses, connecting you to centuries of craftspeople who worked with these same materials and techniques.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"whitespace-normal break-words\"\u003eAt 106x89cm, this piece commands presence. The original botanical ink painting is professionally framed with conservation-grade mounting and UV-protective glass. Like the landscape it depicts, this work will evolve and change over time. This is part of botanical ink's living character.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"whitespace-normal break-words\"\u003eThe oak galls for the botanical ink were all collected on Dartmoor. The text is entirely handset from wood and metal type. The printing was completed in our Princetown studio on our Soldans cylinder proofing press -- the largest known hand-powered proofing press of its kind remaining in the UK.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThis work is available at \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/www.gallerybythelakes.co.uk\/exhibitions\/48-printland-the-uk-s-leading-printmakers\/overview\/\"\u003ePrintland 2026, 31 October - 28 November\u003c\/a\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Princetown Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":54790805979521,"sku":null,"price":2100.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0807\/2842\/4733\/files\/Oak-Large-Inversion-square.jpg?v=1758810851","url":"https:\/\/www.princetownpress.live\/products\/above-morning-mist-dartmoor-oak-framed-original","provider":"Princetown Press","version":"1.0","type":"link"}