a nest of rabbits
This linocut shows a nest of rabbits. The collective noun for a group of rabbits is a "nest". This amuses me, because I imagine bunnies in bird's nests, hatching from eggs. However, rabbits really do make nests (complete with piles of bunnies), so it's not so strange a term. The typography I designed for the words represents their meaning; "nest" mimics the shape of a bird's nest with egg-like 'e' and 's'; the word "rabbits" is made of rabbit-shaped letters and a nose-and-whisker 'T'.
These linoleum block printed rabbits are printed in brown ink with black words on Japanese kozo, or mulberry paper. Each print is 9.25" by 12.5" or 23.5 cm by 31.7 cm in dimension. There are 8 prints in the edition.
I love the weird and wonderful terms of venery - the collective nouns for groups of animals (and other things). Some are evocative, some strange and obscure. This is the seventh in a series of such prints.
a nest of rabbits
This linocut shows a nest of rabbits. The collective noun for a group of rabbits is a "nest". This amuses me, because I imagine bunnies in bird's nests, hatching from eggs. However, rabbits really do make nests (complete with piles of bunnies), so it's not so strange a term. The typography I designed for the words represents their meaning; "nest" mimics the shape of a bird's nest with egg-like 'e' and 's'; the word "rabbits" is made of rabbit-shaped letters and a nose-and-whisker 'T'.
These linoleum block printed rabbits are printed in brown ink with black words on Japanese kozo, or mulberry paper. Each print is 9.25" by 12.5" or 23.5 cm by 31.7 cm in dimension. There are 8 prints in the edition.
I love the weird and wonderful terms of venery - the collective nouns for groups of animals (and other things). Some are evocative, some strange and obscure. This is the seventh in a series of such prints.