Name/TitlePrint: Moneses Uniflora
About this objectFramed print of a photopolymer etching with chine collé titled 'Moneses Uniflora', accompanied by A5 artist's book.
MakerThomson, Amanda
Maker RoleArtist
Date Made2012
Period2010s
Medium and MaterialsOrganic, paper
Place MadeScotland, Glasgow
Inscription and MarksSigned by artist; each reproduction editioned and signed by artist.
TechniquePhotopolymer etching
TechniqueChine Colle
MeasurementsH: 490 x W: 330 mm
Subject and Association Keywords21 Revolutions
Subject and Association Keywordscontemporary art & design
Subject and Association KeywordsBlack women artists
Subject and Association KeywordsEnvironment - ecology
Subject and Association Keywordsenvironment - landscapes
Subject and Association DescriptionPart of GWL's 21 Revolutions project:
https://womenslibrary.org.uk/discover-our-projects/21-revolutions
Amanda Thomson is a visual artist and writer who is also a lecturer at the Glasgow School of Art. Originally trained as a printmaker, her interdisciplinary work is often about notions of home, movements, migrations, landscapes and the natural world and how places come to be made: https://passingplace.com/home.html
Moneses Uniflora consists of a print and a bookwork. The title refers to the Latin name for the one-flowered wintergreen, which in the UK is a plant found in only a few places in the North East of Scotland. The wintergreens were the favourite flowers of Mary McCallum Webster, a self-taught botanist who died in 1986 and who wrote ‘The Flora of Morayshire’. Moneses Uniflora, in a sense, is a homage to Mary McCallum Webster and women like her: often unknown and overlooked, but rare or special, and worthy of bringing to notice.
Named CollectionGlasgow Women's Library
Object TypePrint
Object numberGWL-2015-49-17
Copyright LicenceAll rights reserved