Tag Archives: Beatrice Forshall

In The Bleak Midwinter

Posted on December 9, 2018 by hamer the framer

A bright window packed with small beauties for these dark days, a fast-moving festive feast for the eyes. As works sell they will be replaced by more in an ongoing ever-changing pageant of delights. 

A Wildlife Window

Posted on November 17, 2018 by hamer the framer

This month our window is home to a gathering of wildlife. There were just a few creatures here to begin with, but as the days go by and word spreads, more and more are turning up to congregate and bear … Read more…

Albatross

Posted on February 15, 2016 by hamer the framer

Beatrice Forshall working on a picture of an albatross surrounded by plastic debris she’s collected from the beach; a salutary warning against the the proliferation of throwaway plastic in our modern-day world. It’s an image made in response to Midway: … Read more…

Pelicans We

Posted on February 27, 2015 by Bea Forshall

Dear Chris, I have just designed the new EP cover for Cosmo Sheldrake. I thought you might be interested in including it in Frames of Reference. Thank you. All the very best, Bea.

The Sky At Snape

Posted on July 26, 2014 by hamer the framer

SNAP HQ, a cor-ten steel shed at Snape Maltings, nerve centre of the SNAP visual arts programme for this year’s Aldeburgh Festival, directing our gaze towards the great Suffolk sky.

Beetle, Crayfish & Mussel

Posted on July 20, 2014 by hamer the framer

Two new prints just arrived from Beatrice Forshall, both drypoints printed from multiple plates in small editions and hand-coloured, which means they’re short-lived and not designed for mass production. It’s a form that suits the content, since these are images … Read more…

Ecological Feminism

Posted on May 21, 2014 by hamer the framer

Beatrice Forshall’s hand-coloured drypoint engravings appear in the May/June issue of Resurgence magazine, illustrating an essay by Germaine Greer on the logical path from feminist to conservationist.

Bea’s Birds

Posted on September 4, 2013 by hamer the framer

On holiday last year in Cornwall we were frequent visitors to Potager, a garden & café with badminton, table tennis, hammocks and chickens. It was just up the road from where we were staying, the perfect place for afternoon tea … Read more…