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Andy Council strikes gold
Ten years on from his breakthrough with the Bristol Dinosaur that kick-started a series of high-profile wall pieces in his home city, artist Andy Council joins UK print project Edition Fifty to bring more of his otherworldly creatures to the walls of people’s homes.
A decade on from the Dinosaur, which depicted the city as a rampaging, prehistoric beast, Council has created a new, oriental-influenced screen print in tandem with the specialist street art print project.
Fossilised Fight (below) is available now in a strictly limited edition of 50 high-quality prints. To purchase your copy, visit www.editionfifty.com.
The discovery in Mongolia of a 3D fossil that forever preserved the figures of a protoceratops and a velociraptor in mortal combat forms the basis of Council’s newest print release.
Having since deviated from the style and subject-matter that first made his name, Edition Fifty has inspired the artist to return to his roots. The outcome is two feathered creatures that resemble dinosaurs, while also drawing heavily on Far Eastern decorative influences.
Screen printed onto gold paper, the print evokes the sumptuous silks and ceramics of classical Chinese arts and crafts, while also revealing the dramatic movement in the struggle between a hunter and its prey.
Says Council: “Being asked to make a piece of work like the mural pieces I’ve done before was interesting as I’ve moved on from that style of working. It has been fascinating to revisit and develop those ideas though, and fun to do two creatures instead of just the one. Especially having them locked in combat. I like the flow and movement of this struggle, which also reminds me of some tattoo designs I had seen of birds of prey attacking rabbits.”
Fossilised Fight by Andy Council is available now in a strictly limited edition of 50 high-quality prints. To purchase your copy, visit www.editionfifty.com.