John Scott Martin

Below & Above Linocuts

As a result of interest shown at a talk given by me at the Penlee Museum and Art Gallery in 2016 I commenced the development of a series of new linocuts.

A series of ten were inspired by the underground imagery of Cornish mines. There followed in 2017 a further series depicting the surface mining landscape of West Cornwall as seen now. I also made visual use of contemporary photographic references from the past in recreating mining scenery.

As with the marine linocuts they are hand printed onto a background of textured paper collages. Every print by this process is a unique image.

  • Image 1

    Blue Adit
    Image size: 9 x 30 cms
    Mount size 25 x 45 cms

  • Image 2

    Blue Laddershaft
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  • Image 3

    Blue Ladderway
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  • Image 4

    Blue Stope
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  • Image 5

    Ochre Winze
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  • Image 6

    Red Tramway
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  • Image 7

    Sienna Skip Shaft
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  • Image 8

    Umber Tramway
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  • Image 9

    Red Level
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  • Image 10

    Much Hued
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  • Image 11

    Cargodna Stamps, Wheal Edward
    Image size: 20 x 20 cms
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  • Image 12

    Boswedden Cape Cornwall
    Image size: 20 x 20 cms
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  • Image 13

    Waiting at the Skip Shaft
    Image size: 20 x 20 cms
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  • Image 14

    St Just United. Cape Cornwall
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  • Image 15

    Night Shift at Geevor
    Image size: 20 x 20 cms
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  • Image 16

    Wheal Drea, St. Just in Penwith
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  • Image 17

    Wheal Cock, Botallack
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  • Image 18

    Kenidjack Valley Steamworks
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  • Image 19

    Wheal Trewarvas
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  • Image 20

    Croust Time
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  • Image 21

    The Crowns, Botallack c.1860
    Image size: 20 x 20 cms
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  • Image 22

    Botallack Landscape
    Image size: 36 x 23 cms
    Mount size 48 x 33 cms

  • Image 23

    Levant Mine 20.10.1919
    Image size: 9 x 30 cms
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  • Image 24

    High Above the Crowns
    Image size: 21 x 9 cms
    Mount size 31 x 19 cms

  • Image 25

    Ay up we're ayin us photo took
    Image size: 31 x 21 cms
    Mount size 44 x 36 cms

  • Image 26

    Homeward after the shift
    Image size: 31 x 21 cms
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  • Image 27

    Morning at Middle Mains Pit
    Image size: 31 x 21 cms
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  • Image 28

    Its all for the bosses today
    Image size: 20 x 20 cms
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  • Image 29

    Lamp Shed, Beamish
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  • Image 30

    It's allus smoke 'n' smuts on washday
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  • Image 31

    There's allus some new stoppages
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  • Image 32

    Ay up Bill, time for a pint at the mucky duck
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  • Image 33

    Owd on Bert, trains coming
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