Pit Wheel by Duncan Pass

Local artist, Duncan Pass's interest in printmaking is primarily relief printing and woodcut which don't require any chemicals, meaning the process is safe and non-toxic and there's no poisonous waste to dispose of, or any need for specialist safety equipment. He employs drypoint methods as well as using chisels and drills.

This print depicts a pit wheel - the winding wheel that collieries used to raise and lower miners down the pit shafts - and forms part of Duncan's extensive study into the history of coal mining in Derbyshire.

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