Madern Spargo
Monochrome wood-engraving Cornish wildlife
Madern Spargo is a relief printmaker working in the old tradition of wood engraving, cutting end-grain blocks of Cornish wildlife observed on the cliffs and moors. Each print is stark black ink on white, all line and contrast.
Madern Spargo cuts Cornish wildlife in black and white — a single chough, grey seal, gannet or hare rendered in the fine cross-hatched lines of a traditional wood engraving. High-contrast, detailed, collectable naturalist prints.
Inspirations
- Thomas Bewick
- wood engraving
- naturalist illustration
Signature features
- fine cross-hatched engraved line
- single wildlife subject
- stark black-and-white contrast
- white background
4 series · 32 works.
Series by Madern Spargo
Fine art editions
Cliff Birds
8 works · monochrome wood-engraving chough, gannet and oystercatcher on white
Garden Wildlife
8 works · monochrome wood-engraving robin, wren and hedgehog on white
Moorland Mammals
8 works · monochrome wood-engraving brown hare and fox on white
Seals and Shore
8 works · monochrome wood-engraving grey Atlantic seal and shore life on white