This is a large scale drawing I’m working on at the moment for a textiles screenprint. It’s aprox 24×36cm and I’ll recreate the drawing as a screenprint in 3 different colours, possibly sorbet pink, black and silver on a fawn coloured cotton. I’ll then stretch the cotton over a canvas and the battle scene will be a print to hang. It’s hard to see the details in this print so I’ve added 3 close-ups of parts of the print below this entry.
I was inspired by paintings and tapestries of medieval battle scenes - something looking ornate yet with ghastly undertones. This one will be part of a series of such scenes.

This is part of a large

I’m going to use these bird emporers in a screenprint onto fabric soon, perhaps for a large wall piece. It might be quite colourful with rich tropical vegetation in the background, or flowing freely around the emporers.

I made this over 2 years ago and I just rediscovered it. It’s inspired by the animal mummies in the British Museum.