No. 13 Jo Rodwell “Four experimental sketches around Fishergate Postern Tower” 3 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:
A postern is a small gateway into a castle or walled city. York’s city walls have lost all their posterns except this one at Fishergate. It is right next to a tower twice as tall as the walls and built of smooth, squared, blocks of Magnesian Limestone, the same stone as the earlier-built city walls. This is a very variable stone because of the variable shallow sea environment where it was laid down and later chemical soakings it experienced but at first sight, in some weathers, much of it looks a cold 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
