In memoriam to the tree felled at Sycamore Gap, Northumberland in September 2023. Roots began life as a commission for HarperNorth’s publication ‘On Sycamore Gap’ written by poet Kate Fox. The challenge with this one was to try and capture the living tree the world knew and loved, and the shadow of absence left behind by its felling. In printing this block as multiple layers of varying depth and density my aim was to create a ghost tree with a physical stump, still firmly rooted in the ground.