Bradán Feasa

'The Salmon of Knowledge' (Irish: An Bradán Feasa), is a creature in the Fenian Cycle of Irish mythology.

'While cooking the celebrated salmon for his master, Fionn (mac Cumhaill) accidentally burnt his thumb while popping a blister on the skin of the fish. Without thinking he put the thumb to his mouth to cool it, instantly absorbing all the knowledge of the universe'.

A lot of my friends here in Greater Manchester have Irish relatives. Mine was my Grandmother. I never got to meet her as she passed away not long before I was born. I've always been interested in mythology, and the Irish stories provide a connection.

Constructed out of five separate vintage landscape photographs, I made this for the 2024 Members exhibition at Ebor Studio. A companion piece 'Salmon of Knowledge' can also be found in the Print Shop.

Available as a giclée print on Hahnemühle Photo Rag paper, this print of a hand cut paper collage can also be purchased framed, with four options to choose from.

Please note, these prints have been created using scans or photographs of hand cut paper collages. As a general rule, the smaller the print option, the closer it is in size to the original artwork. While I have taken a great deal of care in preparing these images for reproduction, the more scaled-up the print option, the more you may notice its construction i.e. I use a scalpel to cut the various elements in the collage and the hand-made element maybe more evident when magnified at a larger scale. The same goes for the vintage papers I use. Most of the landscapes in my collages are taken from vintage photogravures - a copperplate photo-etching process that leaves a beautiful grainy finish, which again, will be more apparent when seen on the larger scale giclée prints.