1" or 1.25" letterpress printed pin button badge by Fiona Hamilton. Printed onto Japanese tissue with letterpress ornamental type. Ink colours and tissue paper vary.
These badges are made from patterns made by Fiona Hamilton using vintage letterpress ornaments printed on a super rare 1930's semi-automatic Vandercook SP232p at Spike Print Studio. She has used a mixture of papers and ink colours to make the patterns and this has resulted in a wide selection of variations and options!
Choose from a 1 inch or a 1.25 inch pin badge. These badges have sharp points so are not suitable for young children.
About the Artist
Fiona Hamilton is a Bristol based printmaker. Her work explores the ecological sublime and an appreciation of the majesty of nature. She uses detailed intaglio etching, drypoint, lithography and chine collé to draw the viewer into an ethereal landscape that has an impact on our sense of place in relation to the natural world. She uses primarily black and white with natural tones of chine collé and sometimes layers of lithographic texture to introduce warmth to the stark palette and to invoke a sublime emotional connection. She works from sketches, photographs, notes and memory to create her prints.
Fiona has an MA in Multi-Disciplinary Printmaking from The University of the West of England (2023). Previously she studied Graphic Fine Art at Canterbury (2002) and established Soma Gallery in 2004.
