The idea of 'floating' brings to mind the Floating World, or 'Ukiyo-e'.

This 'kacho-go' (or flower-and-bird) print is a study of orchids. In 'hosoban' format, two versions are available, in two different colour schemes. This one is inspired by the artists in the publisher Hasegawa's stable.

This is the second version of 'Asa no ran' (Orchids - Morning). The black background of this version seems both more modern and dramatic. Here, the petals have a lilac tinge to the blue shadows.

The cherry-blossom tattoo in this print is a standard motif in all Japanese culture, symbolizing transience of the world, especially of youth.

The blue-hued version Kemuri ('Smoke').

A unique print: Binnie's first Kabuki 'kappazuri' print is a stylized portrait of famous actor, Bando Tamasaburo, as Agemaki, a high-level courtsean in the paly 'Sukerorku'.

The head of the Snake Spirit breaks out of the fan print format of this design, with gold horns and orange-red hair spilling onto the background.

The 'Hat Dance' in the play 'Musume Dojoji'.

‘Narikomaya no Mudagaki’ (A Scribble of Narikomaya/Shikan Scribble) is a caricature of Living National Treasure Nakamura Shikan, commonly known as Narikomaya.

The 'Hashira-e' or pllar print format lends itself to the feel of a slice of the sky, from the highest clouds to nearly the horizon. Pale yellow is adeptly employed to give a sunny feel to the upper area of the sky.

This is the night-time version of the print 'Akizora' (Autumn Sky). Paul Binnie has adapted it with a moon and stars, with darker shading towards the bottom.

This print is made partly in the reduction technique: the edition can never be reprinted because the block is destroyed in the process of applying layer upon layer of pigment, carving it smaller each time, such as the effect of the mica-streaks of rain.

‘Yuyake’ (Afterglow) is a new version of an older design, Akizora and Yozora, and shows the moment after sunset when the sky is still full of fading light.

A jigsaw cut block, in a contemporary style.

The model is trying on a 'hanten' (padded jacket), in shade of pale purple with a black velvet collar. The obi has a silver metallic pigment.

‘It was in mid-summer, when the alchemy of Nature transmutes the sylvan landscape to one vivid and almost homogeneous mass of green; when the senses are well-nigh intoxicated with the surging seas of moist verdure and the subtly indefinable odours of the soil and vegetation. In such surroundings the mind loses its perspective; time and space become trivial and unreal, and echoes of a forgotten prehistoric past beat insistently upon the enthralled consciousness.’

--H.P. Lovecraft--

Antonio Cabrera studied fine art in Spain and London, specialising his craft as a technical draughtsman. His combination of found objects, drawing and printmaking results in surreal landscapes that evoke the work of Hans Bellmer and Henry Darger. Cabrera's commissions have included murals in private collections.

A whimsical print by Paul Binnie, the dog is the subject of the print and is caught between play and escape, in the midst of hesitancy.

This is the fourth 'Famous View of Japan' and represents a famous garden, well known for its cherry blossoms. Here it is presented as unusually dramatic.

This famous mountain temple in Yamagata is built on a precipice over the vallery below and with stone steps hewn from the solid rock.

This is the non-tattoo version of 'Hokusai no taki' (Hokusai's Waterfalls).

The figure appears to escape the margins of the picture plane completely. This is a tendency in many of Paul Binnie's prints.