untitled no. 23 [shoulder]

woodcut.
8x10.

The conceptual brother of my arm print, this was the first proper piece I tried in wood. While it is far from perfect, I learned so much about how the qualities of the wood [specific and general] influence what you can do with it. A lot of planned detail got lost in the carving, but I've learned to appreciate the sparseness, as well as the "static" from the wood. It was also a great challenge to try to render this with minimal lines without produce a cartoony effect. There is currently one print from this block in existence and it is available at Mormor in Shelburne Falls!

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