Durdle Door

Printed Area Size 10.5 x 15 cm

External Border Size 14.5 x 21 cm

Photoetching

Prints may vary due to hand printed nature

Each print is signed and dated in pencil on the front of the print

Jurassic Coast Panorama

Part of a series of photoetchings capturing the dramatic beauty of the Jurassic Coast, featuring views of Durdle Door, Man O’ War Bay, and Lulworth Cove. Using the detailed and atmospheric qualities of photoetching, the works explore the distinctive forms, textures, and natural rhythms of this iconic coastline.

What is Photoetching?

Photoetching is an intaglio printmaking process that combines photographic imagery with traditional etching techniques. An image is transferred onto a light-sensitive surface, such as a metal plate coated with a photosensitive resist, which is then exposed to light. The exposed plate is developed and etched in acid, allowing the image to be formed through a series of fine lines, tones, and textures.

Ink is then applied to the etched plate and pressed onto paper under pressure, creating a detailed print with rich tonal depth and a distinctive surface quality. The process allows for a wide range of photographic detail while retaining the tactile and expressive qualities of traditional printmaking.

The Artist

Mollie Pearce is a printmaker specialising in reduction linocut, creating layered works inspired by British landscapes and the visual language of early 20th century travel posters. Her practice draws on the bold shapes, simplified forms, and graphic composition found in vintage travel poster design, combining these influences with contemporary observation of place.

While her prints often depict well-known or iconic destinations, she is equally interested in the subtle, often overlooked details within them. Her work explores the relationship between place, memory, and everyday experience, moving between familiar tourist locations and quieter, lesser-seen spaces.

She focuses on the small elements that give a landscape its character, such as boats along a harbour, coastal huts, independent shops, pubs, cafés, and restaurants. These details act as anchors of familiarity, reflecting how people move through and remember places in lived, personal ways.

Her work aims to evoke recognition in the viewer, connecting visual imagery to individual memory. A pub, café, or everyday street scene becomes a point of shared experience, encouraging audiences to reflect on their own relationships with place and the spaces they inhabit or return to.