08 February 2012
Tiger poaching dropped nearly 60 percent in 2011 as compared to the previous year, though it continues to pose a major threat to the survival of the big cat in the country, a leading NGO said.
According to the Wildlife Protection Society of India (WPSI), 13 tigers were hunted last year as compared to 30 in 2010 - a decline of 57 percent. The bodies of poached tigers, seized bones and skins were computed to arrive at the figures. Click on date for more details
Merlyn Chesterman Tiger Prints - first of a series
Painter and printmaker Merlyn Chesterman has produced the first woodcut of a series depicting tigers and is generously donating 25% of each sale to tiger conservation.
Merlyn Chesterman - "Thought of a Tiger"
Merlyn trained in Fine Art at Bath Academy, Corsham, and in printmaking at West Dean College, Chichester, where she now teaches short courses. She works from her studio in Hartland, Devon and her work can be found in the Hong Kong Museum of Art and galleries in London and the South West. Merlyn first became excited by wood cuts in China on the Mongolian border, where they were used in place of glass in the windows and replaced each year. She has just been made an Associate of the Royal Society of Painter-Printmakers, (whose base is Bankside Gallery, next to Tate Modern, London).
Prints from the woodcut can be purchased for £400 each and should be ordered direct from Merlyn.
You can see more of her work on: http://www.woodblock.eu
