No. 12 Jo Rodwell “Four experimental sketches around Fishergate Postern Tower” 2 2024 Ink
Artist’s note:
The colour studies of the Postern Tower allowed a different approach to creating compositions with a much more experimental technique. Sketches of different perspectives of the Postern Tower were developed and built upon using collage as the base and then acrylic paint. Colours were taken from those recorded when observing the flora and fauna on the bricks of the walls and the ramparts. Acrylic inks were used to add vibrancy and definition to the studies, and charcoal to add tone to the textures.
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FoYW’s note:
This shows that the stone used for paving the wall-walk up on the city walls, often looks very different from the stone used for the walls themselves and their battlements. It is usually a brown, fine-grained sandstone used for so much paving in York that it is often called ‘Yorkstone’. The present wall-walk has usually been repaved, widened or even created in Georgian or Victorian times for use as a pleasure walk. Yorkstone is quarried near Bradford and often re-used. Nearly all other stone on the walls is Magnesian Limestone which has a highly variable look, but is usually cream or very light grey.
Using this image: The artist has the copyright for this work but has told us that they, like FoYW, are willing for this image of it to be used as if it was copyright-free providing the artist is credited.
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Posted February 2026 AF
