Herring gull - Linoprint / Letterpress
Herring gull - Linoprint / Letterpress
This letterpress eco-friendly greeting card began as an illustration - then became a hand carved linocut - then a linoprint and finally went through our letterpress platen a number of times, phew!
Florrie is our much loved, beautifully restored treadle based letterpress platen and was built in 1872.
This card is wonderfully tactile as the image is de-bossed into the soft, luxurious tree-free card.
The details...
300gsm / 110lb tree-free card
The card is 100% cotton, made from
recovered cotton fibres
Left blank on the inside for your own lovely message
The envelope has been custom made using
100% post consumer waste
Card size when folded - 10.9cms by 14cms
All my products are designed, printed and packaged
by The Pear in Paper, Donegal, Ireland
We have a very strict plastic free ethos in our studio (and at home!)
Each card is secured with a simple paper clasp
All card and print designs ©2022
The herring gull (larus argentatus) can be seen all along Ireland's coastlines. These gulls are easily recognised by their pale grey back and a large red spot on the underside of its thick yellow bill. The herring gull is red listed (considered an endangered species in ireland). Breeding pairs have suffered a sharp decline in the last 40 years. There were as many as 60,000 breeding pairs recorded in the 1970's to just 6,000 pairs recorded in Ireland in 2010. The herring gull can live for up to 32 years!
They have to be admired for their many examples of intelligence, adaptability and opportunistic nature. These gulls scavenge for food along the coast and even venture inland to forage on our landfill sites, over flowing bins etc,. Next time you see some herring gulls, pleads stop and take time to appreciate them. Observe their behaviour, you will be amazed.