Printmaker Phil Wilkinson‘s latest work:

The demolition of a residential highrise block of flats on Sherlock St in the Highgate area of Birmingham was the basis for this work. With the dramatic jagged pinnacle and exterior walls removed the tower made for a tempting subject

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The pic is of the finished print but Phil’s blog post shows how it came together.

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  • Simon Fox
    posted Jan 2nd, 2009 at 7:24 pm

    The prints are really nice, and we’ve enjoyed watching those buildings being taken apart by the big claw cranes – but the building is the old Matthew Boulton College campus, not a residential block of flats. Just thought I’d mention it.