During my BA Painting course at the Central School of Art and Design London 1971 - 74, I learned relief printmaking with internationally regarded wood engraver Blair Hughes-Stanton. In 1981 I purchased his beautiful Columbian press from his widow.
From 1993-2002 I founded and ran the Yellow Fox Press, to make limited edition hand made books of poetry illustrated with my wood engravings and woodcuts.
Scroll down to see some of the books and prints I created, many of which are still available.
My beautiful Columbian press, purchased from Blair Hughes-Stanton's widow in 1981 and proudly installed in my new print workshop in Winscombe, North Somerset.
Freesias and Irises
linocut 1986
52 x 44 cms
Very few copies left £250 unframed
Chrysanthemums and Bindweed
linocut 1985
60 x 44 cms
a very few available £300 unframed
Dahlias
linocut 1985
45 x 60 cms
one copy left £600 unframed/£750 framed
Moonshine and Daffodils
linocut
60 x 46 cms 1986
A very few available £300 unframed
Tulips
linocut 1988
59.5 x 39 cms
Few copies left £250 unframed
Still Life With jug
cut and etched lino 1990
60.5 x 46 cms
very few copies left £300
Still Life With Sparrow
cut and etched lino 1990
46 x 61 cms
few copies left £250
YELLOW FOX PRESS:
Four Small Books
24.5 X 16.5 cms
'Islands'
'Birdsong and Water'
'Nature Studies'
'Bouncing Boy'
Four Small Books title pages
all wood engravings by Ros Cuthbert
'Islands' one of the wood engravings from my first hand made book, poems by John Crook
illustrations also available as limited edition prints see below
'Young Ferns' from my second book 'Nature Studies' with poems by Philip Gross
scroll down to see illustrations available as limited edition prints
'Rain, Birdoswald' from 'Birdsong and Water' with poems by Frances Horovitz
scroll down to see illustrations available as limited edition prints
'At The Emporium' from 'Bouncing Boy' with poems by Helen Dunmore
scroll down for illustrations available as limited edition prints
First edition of 'Hlep!' poems by Gerard Benson, woodcuts by Ros Cuthbert
printed by Simon King of Simon King Press
bound in purple buckram by Frank Brown of Dorchester27.2 x 19.8 x 0.8 cms
3 copies left £70
1 slipcase left £25
'Unkissed Triolet' from first edition of 'Hlep!', poems by Gerard Benson and woodcuts by Ros Cuthbert
Special edition of 'Hlep!' hand tinted illustrations and slipcase
Printed by Simon King
Bound in Pentland Goat leather by Frank Brown
SOLD OUT
'R.I.P' from special edition of 'Hlep!', poems by Gerard Benson and hand tinted woodcuts by Ros Cuthbert
'Young Ferns'
wood engraving
15 x 10 cms
a few available £75
'Dragonflies' from 'Nature Studies'
wood engraving
15 x 10 cms
a few available £75
'Limpet' from 'Nature Studies'
wood engraving
15 x 10 cms
a few available £75
'Flowers' from 'Birdsong and Water'
wood engraving
15 x 10 cms
a few available £75
'Rain, Birdoswald' from 'Birdsong and water'
wood engraving
15 x 10 cms
very few available £125
'Seahorse' from 'Birdsong and Water
wood engraving
15 x 10 cms
a few available £75
cover image for 'Birdsong and Water'
wood engraving
6 x 4 cms
£20
Title illustration for 'Islands'
wood engraving
18.7 x 21.7 cms
a few available £75
'Heliovasilevma' from 'Islands'
wood engraving
18.7 x 21.7 cms
£55
'Paros' from 'Islands'
wood engraving
18.7 x 21.7 cms
£55
'At the Emporium' from 'Bouncing Boy'
wood engraving
15 x 10 cms,br>£75
cover illustration for 'Bouncing Boy'
wood engraving
9 x 5.3 cms
£25
'Pearlie Mountblossom' from 'Bouncing Boy'
wood engraving
15 x 10 cms
£75
'Girls on a Gate' from 'Bouncing Boy'
wood engraving
15 x 10 cms
£75
'The Neglected Lawn'
wood engraving
10.5 x 14 cms
£75
'Trees Entwined'
wood engraving
9 x 7.7 cms
a few proof copies available
£55
'The Awakening' signed R Payne my maiden name
wood engraving
10.2 x 5 cms
£25
untitled, signed R Payne
wood engraving
15 x 10 cms
£45
untitled (floating sphere), signed R Payne
wood engraving
9.7 x 5 cms
£40
'Spiral Cloud' signed R Payne
wood engraving
7.7 x 3.7 cms
£20