A bit of a long story, this one, A local councillor found out that he has a rare cancer without a good prognosis, so he decided he wished to give an award at the Rugby Open each year to work that showed care for the environment. He wanted a hand-made trophy that could be given each year to the winner. We steered him towards local woodcarver
Tom Jennings, who designed and carved a
trophy out of ash.
The trophy was awarded at the start of the Open, last Friday. The councillor felt that there should be something each winner could keep, unlike the trophy which is returned each year. So last weekend he asked me to make a print based on Tom's original drawing. Hence this. I felt a woodcut would be most appropriate, especially as I had a piece of shina ply to hand.
It must be a good five years since I last did a commission. That kind of space between commissions is probably about right.
