A Murder Of Crows
This is a linocut of everyone's favorite term of venery: A murder of crows. Four black crows, a murder of them, face away from one another, as if they are denying any knowledge of the suspicious red crow prints in the snow. The word "murder" is in red, of course. The lino block print is printed by hand on lovely, delicate, Japanese kozo, or mulberry paper. The block is inked 'à la poupée', meaning the multiple colours (red and black ink) are all inked at the same time, in small areas, and the print is pulled all at once. Each print is 10" by 12.5" or 25 cm by 39 cm in dimension. There are 10 prints in the edition.
The typography I designed for the words represents their meaning; not only is "murder" in red, it echos an old typewriter font, because it reminds me of hardboiled detective novels. The red tracks are a sort of ellipsis... in the snow. The word "crow" is spelt in black crow feathers.
A Murder Of Crows
This is a linocut of everyone's favorite term of venery: A murder of crows. Four black crows, a murder of them, face away from one another, as if they are denying any knowledge of the suspicious red crow prints in the snow. The word "murder" is in red, of course. The lino block print is printed by hand on lovely, delicate, Japanese kozo, or mulberry paper. The block is inked 'à la poupée', meaning the multiple colours (red and black ink) are all inked at the same time, in small areas, and the print is pulled all at once. Each print is 10" by 12.5" or 25 cm by 39 cm in dimension. There are 10 prints in the edition.
The typography I designed for the words represents their meaning; not only is "murder" in red, it echos an old typewriter font, because it reminds me of hardboiled detective novels. The red tracks are a sort of ellipsis... in the snow. The word "crow" is spelt in black crow feathers.