CHRIS LEACH
  • Chris Leach
  • Works
    • Nuclear Power Stations
    • Fluids
    • Constellations
    • Lockdown
    • Jurisdictions
    • Peel
  • Original Works for sale
  • PRINTS & LIMITED EDITIONS
  • Capital Cities
  • Instagram
  • Press and publications
  • CV
  • Contact

Kyrgyzstan- Bishkek

30/4/2016

Comments

 
​Kyrgyzstan- Bishkek
42.5 mm x 32mm
Pencil, scalpel, burnishing tool, rabbit skin gesso on quarter sawn oak
Picture
Picture
Comments

Kuwait - Kuwait City

28/4/2016

Comments

 
​Kuwait - Kuwait City
42.5 mm x 32mm
Pencil, scalpel, burnishing tool, rabbit skin gesso on quarter sawn oak
Picture
Picture
Comments

Kosovo - Pristina

28/4/2016

Comments

 
​Kosovo - Pristina
42mm x 31mm
Pencil, scalpel, burnishing tool, rabbit skin gesso on quarter sawn oak
Picture
Picture
Picture
Comments

South Korea - Seoul

19/4/2016

Comments

 
​South Korea - Seoul
43mm x 32mm
Pencil, scalpel, burnishing tool, rabbit skin gesso on quarter sawn oak
Picture
Picture
Comments

North Korea - Pyongyang

9/4/2016

Comments

 
​North Korea - Pyongyang
42.5mm x 32.5mm
Pencil, scalpel, burnishing tool, rabbit skin gesso on quarter sawn oak
Picture
Picture
Comments

Kiribati - South Tarawa

5/4/2016

Comments

 
​Kiribati - South Tarawa
42.5mm x 32mm
Pencil, scalpel, burnishing tool, rabbit skin gesso on quarter sawn oak.
Comments

Kenya - Nairobi

3/4/2016

Comments

 
​Kenya - Nairobi
42.5mm x 32mm
Pencil, scalpel, burnishing tool, rabbit skin gesso on quarter sawn oak
Picture
Picture
I now have an archive box full of capitals. 
Picture
Comments

    Drawing Project - The World

    This blog is a document of my capital cities drawing project which had its origination back in 2012.

    The now completed project functions as one piece of work consisting of a miniature drawing of every capital city in the world.

    There are under official international criteria (currently) 196 recognised capital cities. 

    The  quarter sawn oak blocks for the project were cut by Letterfrack conservation in Galway.

    The 196 oak blocks were sized using a freshly made mixture of rabbit skin glue. The gesso for the drawing surface was then made up using the rabbit skin glue and Rugen white ground.

    ​Six layers of gesso were applied to all 196 oak blocks.

    The individual drawings are produced with pencil, scalpel and burnishing tools.

    If you require any further information on this project please contact the artist on the form below.

    Archives

    February 2021
    January 2021
    December 2020
    November 2020
    March 2017
    February 2017
    January 2017
    August 2016
    July 2016
    June 2016
    May 2016
    April 2016
    March 2016
    November 2015
    October 2015
    September 2015
    June 2015
    May 2015
    April 2015
    March 2015
    February 2015
    January 2015
    December 2014
    November 2014
    October 2014
    September 2014
    August 2014
    May 2014
    April 2014

  • Chris Leach
  • Works
    • Nuclear Power Stations
    • Fluids
    • Constellations
    • Lockdown
    • Jurisdictions
    • Peel
  • Original Works for sale
  • PRINTS & LIMITED EDITIONS
  • Capital Cities
  • Instagram
  • Press and publications
  • CV
  • Contact