Reflecting With The Moon 14/14

Only 5 of the 14 reduction prints will be available.
For protection and to minimize bending, prints will be shipped rolled into a tube. You can flatten the print yourself or have it professionally framed to reduce the slight curl that appears when it is first opened.

This link is a page I created sharing framed images of the prints. https://www.tediouslittlethings.com/reflecting-with-the-moon

Printed on lokta paper, this is Print 14 out of 14, measuring 14 inches wide by 28 inches long. Please get in touch with me if you are interested in any of these prints and would like to see more pictures or videos of the print. For every listing, I can only upload 5 images, and it is challenging to get photos with all these details. The first image shows the colors best.

To be completely honest, the print did not turn out as I had hoped. I moved to a more humid environment while working on this piece, and after finishing the third layer, my registration fell, making it impossible to rebalance the press or get better registration. This imbalance caused the design to slightly shift and lose full registration. As I continued, I began to think that maybe when I added the darker layers, I might still be able to create an image that was not completely unsuccessful. I therefore carried on as usual, never giving up, and finished the print. I think the vibrating scene in many of the prints tells the story of the moon's slight detachment from its synchronous rotation. Which could have been a reflection on my part... After a few months of leaving these prints on the rack and taking my time deciding which to keep. To meet the requests of those who have asked me to make prints available, I have created 5 listings, one for each print.

Reflecting with the moon requires a lot of patience, tolerance, and acceptance. The practice of mirroring the moon takes one through multiple incarnations of oneself.

Here as you can see, the girl is sitting by the water and reflecting with the moon. Alongside her, she has brought all she has gathered. 

This piece was received in a dream several years ago. During the time that I saw this piece, I was still in the beginning p process of learning the linocut techniques.  My supplies were limited, and I was not ready to produce such an image. At the beginning of the dream, I was moving at the speed of light. I say that because I knew I was moving quickly, and I could perceive flashes of bright colors within my peripheral view. As I slowed down, I arrived in a line with many others it was a long line. In a matter of moments, I entered what appeared to be a building or office. There were numerous extravagant items throughout. It reminded me of an office of an explorer or a museum full of many amazing things. Looking around I thought to myself as I looked, these are not for me... I came around a corner in the room and found myself in front of a desk. I did not get very close to the desk. Behind the desk stood a man. A tall, slender, colored man, wearing fine clothing. He had his hands together in front of him at his waistline and did not speak a word to me.  He stepped aside and behind him hung a large image much like the one I am carving now. Although I didn't move it seemed as if my eye jumped off my face and was but inches away from this image, I scaled the whole picture which appeared in colors of blue and gray and was astonished by the sight of it. After analyzing the image, my eyes were back to where I was standing. The man still stood silently in the same position. After a second, I noticed on his desk he had two shrunken heads in jars and at that moment I leaped from the spot I was standing in and was right next to his desk I expressed with much passion how much my son loved shrunken heads. I was immediately out of the dream after my comment about the heads, which were obviously not for me. When I awoke, I was filled with inspiration, and I did my best to produce a basic sketch of the image to capture every detail I remembered. Although I can still see the scene today as if I were dreaming.

This is a linocut reduction print. From the same block, I carve and print multiple times, repeating the same process to retain the color of ink I am printing each time. The metal tabs I have attached to the cardboard along this block help me keep the paper registered each time I am printing. This piece will be completed with a total of six layers of ink. The colors vary from gray to blue. Once the multi-layer print is complete, I will be unable to print original prints with this block again.