A beautiful print celebrating the beauty and vulnerability of these wonderful creatures. Two of this special edition of ten prints are held in the special collections at Oxford University.

1. Handset letterpress with blind deboss using wood and metal type

2. Whale created from face and back of woodtype with ornaments for eye and spout

3. Text 12pt & 6pt Baskerville italic. Whale breath 12pt glint (Monotype B1309 & B1310)

4. Printed on 42x32cm Somerset Velvet 300gsm soft white paper using a tabletop flatbed proofing press

About the artist

Elizabeth Fraser is an artist printmaker experimenting with the analogue processes of hand set letterpress type and linocut from her Cambridgeshire garden studio. Inspired by the invisible connections and structures that verbal and written language make in our lives she uses colour, pattern and space to create her playful work. Elizabeth also has an interest in using art as a means to explore and engage with science to create greater understanding and appreciation of their shared basis of creative enquiry.