Fruit Bat Bones

Original Illustration:



Serigraph Transfer/Hand Etching with Chine Colle of bark paper and asian rice paper for block color:

Punch to the gut of the world...

"The apocalypse is not
something which is coming. The apocalypse has arrived in major portions
of the planet and it's only because we live within a bubble of
incredible privilege and social insulation that we still have the luxury
of anticipating the apocalypse." - Terrence Mckenna

http://www.boston.com/bigpicture/2010/06/caught_in_the_oil.html

Penland School of Arts and Crafts

This place has been amazing! Thousands of tiny twinkling fireflies flicker all night along the gentle sloping hills of the blueridge and there are so many artists and awesome creative work spaces. Here's a small glimpse of the printing station which is where I will be spending much of waking life for the next two weeks.



Started off with lithographic monoprints. This one involved a photocopy of a flower and fallen moth that I found on a windowsill. The silhouette is my sister symbolizing women healers in the world.