Description

A limited edition fine art photograph of the bark of the silk floss tree (Aka ‘Drunken Stick’).

Project: Plantae.

Location: The Algarve, Portugal.

Bespoke: All prints are bespoke and printed to order.

Limited edition prints:
Steel’s digital C-Type prints are limited editions. No further prints are produced once sold.

100″ prints / edition of 3
80″ prints / edition of 5
70″ prints / edition of 5
60″ prints / edition of 5
50″ prints / edition of 10
40″ prints / edition of 20

Print dimensions:

96 x 72 inches / 243.8 x 182.8 cm
80 x 60 inches / 203 x 152 cm
70 x 52.4 inches / 177.8 x 133 cm
60 x 45 inches / 152 x 114.3 cm
50 x 37.4 inches / 127 x 95 cm
40 x 30 inches / 101 x  76 cm

Presentation: Professionally printed and mounted between sheets of perspex (frameless).

Presentation explained:
Perspex mounting is a contemporary way to present photographic prints for interiors. The colour print is bonded to clear acrylic using a silicon gel and then backed with a black acrylic substrate. Once the perspex has been bonded to the front of the print the appearance is of high definition with deep saturated colour. The completed piece is supplied with an aluminium sub-frame, which floats the panel from the wall. Reverse perspex has a reflective diamond polished finish with a stunning flawless result. Printed, mounted & finished by Metro Imaging.

Orientation: This artwork can be displayed either horizontally or vertically.

Authentication: Prints are signed on verso and supplied with a Certificate of Authenticity.

Delivery: Metro Imaging in Central London use an experienced shipping service to deliver the reverse perspex mounted prints. Metro take great care ensuring that prints are very well protected and efficiently delivered in the UK and overseas. Metro offer a vast array of delivery options to suit the recipient’s preference, all of which is overseen by Mr Steel.

Subject information:
The silk floss tree (Ceiba speciosa, formerly Chorisia speciosa), is a species of deciduous tree native to the tropical and subtropical forests of South America. It has a host of local common names, such as palo borracho (in Spanish literally “drunken stick”) or paineira (in Brazilian Portuguese). In Bolivia it is called Toborochi, means “tree of refuge” or “sheltering tree”. It belongs to the same family as the baobab and the kapok.

Its trunk is bottle-shaped, generally bulging in its lower third, measuring up to 2 metres (7 ft) in girth. The trunk is also studded with thick, sharp conical prickles which deter wild animals from climbing the trees. In younger trees, the trunk is green due to its high chlorophyll content, which makes it capable of performing photosynthesis when leaves are absent; with age it turns to grey.

Image copyright: © Patrick Steel.