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Fabled

12 November – 20 December 2025

Special Viewing Event
Thursday 20 November, 6pm - 8pm

For our final exhibition of 2025, we’re thrilled to present a collection of new works by our studio artists, each inspired by a timeless fable. From Aesop’s classics to other tales of wisdom and wonder from across the globe, these artworks bring fresh life to stories that continue to speak across centuries. 

Thank you to artist Bridget Jones who suggested the theme of the exhibition. 

All work in the exhibition is available for sale and will be available for collection at the end of the exhibition. If you are interested in purchasing a print please email enquiry@northernprint.org.uk.

Selected Works

The Vain Jackdaw

The Vain Jackdaw
Letterpress
© Mark Lambert

The Wolf in Sheep's Clothing

The Wolf in Sheep's Clothing
Screenprint
© Barbara Ridley

Fable

Fable
Woodcut
© Åse Vikse

Crossing the Line

Crossing the Line
Mezzotint
© Allan Barnfather

The Crab Who Played With The Sea

The Crab Who Played With The Sea
Linocut
© Kate Miller

The Crow & The Pitcher

The Crow & The Pitcher
© Maura Hawkes

The Song of Gibbons

The Song of Gibbons
Screenprint, Monoprint
© Liz Todd

Wolf Beware!

Wolf Beware!
Linocut relief print on paper
© Michael Stembridge

Sour Grapes

Sour Grapes
Dry point and À la poupée (x4 plates)
© Lesley McIntyre

The Crow & the Pitcher

The Crow & the Pitcher
Screenprint
© Diane Nicholson

The Lion and the Mouse

The Lion and the Mouse
Linocut
© Cathy Duncan

Aesop's Wood

Aesop's Wood
Etching; aquatint and wax resist
© Anja Percival

The Dove

The Dove
Collagraph
© Janet Walton

One Good Turn (2025)

One Good Turn (2025)
Woodcut & chine collé on Fabriano Rosaspina
© Pui Lee

Of clouds and silver linings

Of clouds and silver linings
Monoprint
© Eunice Routledge

Big Tree Little Tree

Big Tree Little Tree
Photopolymer Relief Print
© Teresa Jennings

Fields of Gold

Fields of Gold
Linocut
© Janet Dickson

Swansong

Swansong
Screenprint
© Janet E Davis

The Toon Mouse

The Toon Mouse
Screenprint
© Grace Owens

Summer

Summer
Monoprint & Linocut
© Valentina Usai Zucca

The Moment

The Moment
Screenprint
© Bridget Jones

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Aesop 

Legend has it that Aesop lived in Greece more than 2000 years ago and earned his freedom by telling stories which imparted wisdom. They have been told and re-told, translated and re-written as prose and poetry throughout history. 

The characters in these tales were animals, plants, inanimate objects, forces of nature and occasionally people. The stories were short, with the characters adopting aspects of human behaviour to illustrate the wisdom. Many of these stories came from the folk literature of Asia and the Eastern Mediterranean and became part of the Greek Roman and Byzantine oral tradition. 

By the 14thC they had found their way to Italy, Germany and Britain translated by Caxton and Martin Luther among others. Now they became part of the new printmaking tradition which continues. Having started as a way of teaching and dissemination, they were adopted and retold over the centuries by children’s authors including Michael Rosen and Micheal Morpurgo and political satirists such as La Fontaine, with illustrations by many well know printmakers and painters such as Chagall. 

Aesop is the most well know fabulist, but there are many others worldwide.