Polymer gravure, 30 × 42cm, edition of 20.
Theadora Ballantyne-Way’s imagery is partly informed by electronic club culture and her previous occupation as a VJ (visual jockey). Working primarily in printmaking and photomontage, her artistic practice is also influenced by Surrealism and the concept of animism - the belief that objects possess a distinct spiritual essence or soul.
Many of Theadora’s limited edition prints are made using the polymer gravure process; printed from solar plates, these works feature the velvety texture and antiquated feel of traditional etchings. This particular work takes the Coco de Mer seed - a sacred object that the artist has been mystified by in recent years - and transforms it into a lunar form, also evocative of a womanly shape.
Theadora says; ‘for centuries, people believed that the Coco de Mer came from a mystical underwater tree in the depths of the Indian ocean. According to legend, these hidden trees bore massive seeds which only surfaced when they ripened, rising in tune with the moon.’
Please note that the paper size stated includes a white border as pictured. Each print is signed and numbered by the artist on the front.
Theadora graduated with an MA in Multidisciplinary Printmaking from the University of the West of England in 2019. Her work has been widely exhibited in the UK, including at the International Original Print Exhibition at Bankside Gallery, London, and the Royal Academy of Arts Summer Exhibition, London, on several occasions. She has also exhibited in Kyoto, Japan with Goldsmiths University in 2019 and won first prize at the Royal Birmingham Society of Artists Print Prize in 2022. Her work has been included in publications including Printmaking Today and is held in several notable collections including the V&A Museum, London, and the Ashmolean Museum, Oxford.
Theadora is based in Lee, south east London.
Polymer gravure, 30 × 42cm, edition of 20.
Theadora Ballantyne-Way’s imagery is partly informed by electronic club culture and her previous occupation as a VJ (visual jockey). Working primarily in printmaking and photomontage, her artistic practice is also influenced by Surrealism and the concept of animism - the belief that objects possess a distinct spiritual essence or soul.
Many of Theadora’s limited edition prints are made using the polymer gravure process; printed from solar plates, these works feature the velvety texture and antiquated feel of traditional etchings. This particular work takes the Coco de Mer seed - a sacred object that the artist has been mystified by in recent years - and transforms it into a lunar form, also evocative of a womanly shape.
Theadora says; ‘for centuries, people believed that the Coco de Mer came from a mystical underwater tree in the depths of the Indian ocean. According to legend, these hidden trees bore massive seeds which only surfaced when they ripened, rising in tune with the moon.’
Please note that the paper size stated includes a white border as pictured. Each print is signed and numbered by the artist on the front.
Theadora graduated with an MA in Multidisciplinary Printmaking from the University of the West of England in 2019. Her work has been widely exhibited in the UK, including at the International Original Print Exhibition at Bankside Gallery, London, and the Royal Academy of Arts Summer Exhibition, London, on several occasions. She has also exhibited in Kyoto, Japan with Goldsmiths University in 2019 and won first prize at the Royal Birmingham Society of Artists Print Prize in 2022. Her work has been included in publications including Printmaking Today and is held in several notable collections including the V&A Museum, London, and the Ashmolean Museum, Oxford.
Theadora is based in Lee, south east London.
