Swallows & Spitfires

For Battle of Britain day, Chris Packham celebrated by releasing his newest print Swallows and Spitfires. 

Chris says: " I grew up obsessed with Spitfires - I made endless airfix models of them. They were originally called The Shrew but thankfully the name was changed for this beautiful aircraft. However, they're outgunned for me by the swallows, I would love to spend 5 minutes of my life as a swallow, can you imagine being able to fly that fast and that well. Anyway, I thought I would put the two together to celebrate these two passions of mine and chuck in a load of glitter to give them the shine and sparkle they deserve - I hope you love this print as much as I do"

Packham's work is the result of hours of paper cutting to produce the original designs. He then scans them into a computer, meticulously tidies up the paper edges, before the file is then turned into a seamless digital print. The final step is to screen print with glitter and twinkle ink. It's a long, time consuming process but the results are stunning. 

Swallows and Spitfires is a limited edition of just 5 prints and exclusively available through Taylor-Jones & Son.