It has taken a while to print, sign, and curate but here is 'Panorama, Shibam', an etching made during and after lockdowns, and finally printed at Portland Bay Press. It's nearly 90cm wide over three panels, and shows the fabulous mudbrick city of Shibam in Yemen. Once described by the remarkable explorer and Arabist Freya Stark as 'the Manhattan of the desert' I was lucky enough to visit Shibam in 2005, but didn't expect it would take 17 years to turn the drawing into a print. #etching #printmaking #portlandbaypress #shibam #yemen #mudbrick #mudbrickarchitecture #arabia #freyastark #manhattanofthedesert #intaglio #art @portlandbaypress @juliastreetcreativespaceinc (at Raleigh Street Studios) https://www.instagram.com/p/CnnKijbBg5M/?igshid=NGJjMDIxMWI=
