Two-Headed Turtle IV
The Two-Headed Turtle artwork is part of a series of linocuts I have been making which are embellished with all sorts of beautiful ephemera and Japanese papers. Some of the subjects are imaginary, some are real. The two-headed turtle is in the middle ground. While fantastical there are many examples of polycephaly (multiple-headedness) in turtles. Like human conjoined twins, the two-headed turtles result from the failed separation of monozygotic twins. These animals often occur in mythology and this two-headed turtle has a most beautiful shell. The sections of its shell, heads, limbs and lily pads are printed on Japanese washi papers or on the pages of a suminagashi marbled vintage French book. There will be a series of two-headed turtles but each will multimedia artwork is one of a kind!
This piece is 12.5" by 15.5" ( 32 cm by 40 cm).
Two-Headed Turtle IV
The Two-Headed Turtle artwork is part of a series of linocuts I have been making which are embellished with all sorts of beautiful ephemera and Japanese papers. Some of the subjects are imaginary, some are real. The two-headed turtle is in the middle ground. While fantastical there are many examples of polycephaly (multiple-headedness) in turtles. Like human conjoined twins, the two-headed turtles result from the failed separation of monozygotic twins. These animals often occur in mythology and this two-headed turtle has a most beautiful shell. The sections of its shell, heads, limbs and lily pads are printed on Japanese washi papers or on the pages of a suminagashi marbled vintage French book. There will be a series of two-headed turtles but each will multimedia artwork is one of a kind!
This piece is 12.5" by 15.5" ( 32 cm by 40 cm).