John Turier 'Street Cricket Boots' surreal The 2022 etching and aquatint

The 2022 etching and aquatint

I first encountered this school map (first printed in 1927) as it was being discarded by a local secondary college

Through this technique

Printed directly onto a discarded 1927 school map

screenprint on paper

John Turier 'Street Cricket Boots' surreal The 2022 etching and aquatintIn Street Cricket Boots, Newcastle based artist John Turier playfully reimagines a worn out relic of suburban sport. Through his characteristically tactile assemblage approach and weathered, muted palette, he transforms humble materialsdiscarded cardboard, staples, and found fragmentsinto a vivid, nostalgic presence laced with quiet irony. The title knowingly evokes the gritty, unpolished arena of backyard cricket, drawing a line between the