Remember Climbing the Old Man of Hoy?

​This suite of prints is based on my recollection of climbing a unique sea-stack off the coast of Orkney.  The Old Man of Hoy is a distinctive geological feature and a committing climb. Its exposed position and friable sandstone give a feeling of a precarious and rocky ship in the sea, a notion reinforced by the resident curious puffins and aggressive fulmars. The prints form a book, reflecting the narrative of the climb.  For the climbing figures I used acetate overlays to create ghostly imprints on the rock beneath, contrasting with the highly-textured collograph prints of the sea-stack itself.  The idea was to convey how brief and transient our climb was in the life of the 'Old Man'.
The bound book is 48.5 x 33cm, each print is 46 x 33cm (some prints are available separately.