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Paul Griffin (he/him)
@paul_griffin@mastodon.online  ·  activity timestamp 2 months ago
A black linocut print on white paper. A large stylized owl takes up almost the entire frame. It is perched in a large hole in the side of a tree and looks off slightly to the left. Its face is made of a series of round white shapes, almost like a large stipple (it's hard to describe). The feathers of its chest point down in large, cascading leaf shapes, it almost looks like if you held an artichoke upside down. Its wings frame its chest and are constructed with long, swooping cuts, which are enough to convince your brain that they are wings. The overall effect is somewhat reminiscent of a mandala, inasmuch as it is constructed with mostly just simple small shapes and cuts, but the overall effect has depth and weight and movement that is difficult to capture in words.
A black linocut print on white paper. A large stylized owl takes up almost the entire frame. It is perched in a large hole in the side of a tree and looks off slightly to the left. Its face is made of a series of round white shapes, almost like a large stipple (it's hard to describe). The feathers of its chest point down in large, cascading leaf shapes, it almost looks like if you held an artichoke upside down. Its wings frame its chest and are constructed with long, swooping cuts, which are enough to convince your brain that they are wings. The overall effect is somewhat reminiscent of a mandala, inasmuch as it is constructed with mostly just simple small shapes and cuts, but the overall effect has depth and weight and movement that is difficult to capture in words.
A black linocut print on white paper. A large stylized owl takes up almost the entire frame. It is perched in a large hole in the side of a tree and looks off slightly to the left. Its face is made of a series of round white shapes, almost like a large stipple (it's hard to describe). The feathers of its chest point down in large, cascading leaf shapes, it almost looks like if you held an artichoke upside down. Its wings frame its chest and are constructed with long, swooping cuts, which are enough to convince your brain that they are wings. The overall effect is somewhat reminiscent of a mandala, inasmuch as it is constructed with mostly just simple small shapes and cuts, but the overall effect has depth and weight and movement that is difficult to capture in words.
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Paul Griffin (he/him)
@paul_griffin@mastodon.online  ·  activity timestamp 2 months ago
A linocut print of "Rey Armadillo" (King Armadillo), a print my parents got for me and I've only just been able to get my hands on. I'll do my best to describe, it's a bit abstract: A stylized red armadillo stands on its hind legs. It faces 3/4 to the viewer's right, and its head is covered in white circles that might be eyes or maybe just texture. There are a lot of them and I like to think that they are eyes because that's weirder. Rey Armadillo is framed with a black layer of various objects that surround him. There is spiky grass that he is standing in, and he is flanked on either side by lizards or alligators that run vertically along the frame. The lizards are exuberant and each holds a handful of flags above their head. Hovering over the king is his crown, a simple stylized affair with a round ball atop each tine. Finally (also in black), several lines and triangles radiate away from the king, further lending him an aura of mystique and wonder. The paper is fairly thick and deeply embossed, giving a very pleasing texture to the print. The overall effect of the image is ever so slightly eerie, which is part of why I love it
A linocut print of "Rey Armadillo" (King Armadillo), a print my parents got for me and I've only just been able to get my hands on. I'll do my best to describe, it's a bit abstract: A stylized red armadillo stands on its hind legs. It faces 3/4 to the viewer's right, and its head is covered in white circles that might be eyes or maybe just texture. There are a lot of them and I like to think that they are eyes because that's weirder. Rey Armadillo is framed with a black layer of various objects that surround him. There is spiky grass that he is standing in, and he is flanked on either side by lizards or alligators that run vertically along the frame. The lizards are exuberant and each holds a handful of flags above their head. Hovering over the king is his crown, a simple stylized affair with a round ball atop each tine. Finally (also in black), several lines and triangles radiate away from the king, further lending him an aura of mystique and wonder. The paper is fairly thick and deeply embossed, giving a very pleasing texture to the print. The overall effect of the image is ever so slightly eerie, which is part of why I love it
A linocut print of "Rey Armadillo" (King Armadillo), a print my parents got for me and I've only just been able to get my hands on. I'll do my best to describe, it's a bit abstract: A stylized red armadillo stands on its hind legs. It faces 3/4 to the viewer's right, and its head is covered in white circles that might be eyes or maybe just texture. There are a lot of them and I like to think that they are eyes because that's weirder. Rey Armadillo is framed with a black layer of various objects that surround him. There is spiky grass that he is standing in, and he is flanked on either side by lizards or alligators that run vertically along the frame. The lizards are exuberant and each holds a handful of flags above their head. Hovering over the king is his crown, a simple stylized affair with a round ball atop each tine. Finally (also in black), several lines and triangles radiate away from the king, further lending him an aura of mystique and wonder. The paper is fairly thick and deeply embossed, giving a very pleasing texture to the print. The overall effect of the image is ever so slightly eerie, which is part of why I love it
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Ele Willoughby, PhD
@minouette@spore.social  ·  activity timestamp 3 weeks ago
My black and white linocut the Chinese folktale of The Weaver Girl and the Cowherd, shows the Cowherd at the bottom right, reaching up towards the weeping Weaver Girl at the top left. Each stands on a stylized raining cloud. There are 6 magpies in flight, flying over raining waves of the river between them. As you look from the bottom left of the river up towards the top right the waves transform into the simple dots of the stars in the Milky Way.
My black and white linocut the Chinese folktale of The Weaver Girl and the Cowherd, shows the Cowherd at the bottom right, reaching up towards the weeping Weaver Girl at the top left. Each stands on a stylized raining cloud. There are 6 magpies in flight, flying over raining waves of the river between them. As you look from the bottom left of the river up towards the top right the waves transform into the simple dots of the stars in the Milky Way.
My black and white linocut the Chinese folktale of The Weaver Girl and the Cowherd, shows the Cowherd at the bottom right, reaching up towards the weeping Weaver Girl at the top left. Each stands on a stylized raining cloud. There are 6 magpies in flight, flying over raining waves of the river between them. As you look from the bottom left of the river up towards the top right the waves transform into the simple dots of the stars in the Milky Way.
Ele Willoughby, PhD
@minouette@spore.social  ·  activity timestamp 3 weeks ago
My black and white linocut the Chinese folktale of The Weaver Girl and the Cowherd, shows the Cowherd at the bottom right, reaching up towards the weeping Weaver Girl at the top left. Each stands on a stylized raining cloud. There are 6 magpies in flight, flying over raining waves of the river between them. As you look from the bottom left of the river up towards the top right the waves transform into the simple dots of the stars in the Milky Way.
My black and white linocut the Chinese folktale of The Weaver Girl and the Cowherd, shows the Cowherd at the bottom right, reaching up towards the weeping Weaver Girl at the top left. Each stands on a stylized raining cloud. There are 6 magpies in flight, flying over raining waves of the river between them. As you look from the bottom left of the river up towards the top right the waves transform into the simple dots of the stars in the Milky Way.
My black and white linocut the Chinese folktale of The Weaver Girl and the Cowherd, shows the Cowherd at the bottom right, reaching up towards the weeping Weaver Girl at the top left. Each stands on a stylized raining cloud. There are 6 magpies in flight, flying over raining waves of the river between them. As you look from the bottom left of the river up towards the top right the waves transform into the simple dots of the stars in the Milky Way.
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