Anne Desmet specializes in wood engraving, linocut, lithography & mixed-media collage. Her engravings are printed on her historic, cast-iron, Albion printing press which was made in 1859 and remains in perfect working order. Her subject matter is largely architectural yet buildings are subject to metamorphoses relating to effects of changing light, weather and time passing. Anne aims to suggest the timeless solidity, human aspiration, humour, hubris and folly that architectural forms can convey, as well as their impermanence and vulnerability. Trees appear in her work from time to time, often as an organic, living foil to the man-made, inorganic structures around them.
Anne's favourite poem pays tribute to The Forest; The Listeners by Walter de la Mare.