PRINTING "CLOD" (EARTH)

Printing Earth for THE FOUR ELEMENTS Woodcut Set. This print, final size 12" x 10.25", is titled "CLOD".  Available as a set here!

WINDMILL WOODCUT

And last, but not least, for the Element Air, a "WINDMILL"! We thought of the West and the plains where the slightly undulating flatness is a perfect passageway for gusting swooshes.

The "WINDMILL" (often showing up in our prints these days, like here and here) has surfaced yet again, but here as a subject on its very own. Topped with a rooster weathervane on the tip of a tiger striped log, this "WINDMILL" has the leathery brown, weathered kind of feel that comes from long stretches planted in the great windy gusts of the prairie lands. The air curls circularly about itself as wind, round and round the piece of paper. Both dusty and sunny, friendly and fearsome. 

And so, there you have all four of the new "THE FOUR ELEMENTS" woodcuts! "CLOD" (Earth), "FIREPIT" (Fire), "AQUIFER" (Water) and "WINDMILL" (Air, this post). The prints are available only as a set, but at a bargain of a price and a mighty fine grouping, we think. Sets are grouped by edition number (so, for instance all #34's are together). Edition size is 100.

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CLOD WOODCUT

"CLOD" (as in a clod of dirt) is Earth in our new woodcut set, "THE FOUR ELEMENTS".

"CLOD" is a lush, thriving clump of dirt and plant in jewel-toned ruby reds and emerald greens. The glow of the sun on the leaves of fanciful trees, the crumbling dirt at it's tapered base, snaking tendrils of leafy vine…a small arrangement of parts all together representing a whole (and yes, there is some ikebana inspiration, too!). Earth!

View the other 3 prints & purchase here!

AQUIFER WOODCUT

The "AQUIFER" woodcut! When we began this print back in August, we began the entire "THE FOUR ELEMENTS" series. Our ideas for what each element would be changed quite a bit during the project…

The "AQUIFER" represents the element 'Water'. Fat blue raindrops plunk down through the sky, soak into the vibrant green earth, seep around stone, and trickle out as crystal clear waterfalls. An old well dips its long rope into the recess and retrieves a bountiful, dripping bucket.

Just one of four prints making up "THE FOUR ELEMENTS" woodcut set. See them all & purchase in our online shop! Prints are packaged in sets by edition number (So, for instance, all #36's are grouped together into one set). The set of 4 is $200.

FIREPIT WOODCUT

The finished "FIREPIT" print! A 12" x 10.5" color woodcut print on Ivory Somerset Paper (printed from 2 blocks). Part of a new 4 woodcut set, "THE FOUR ELEMENTS". 

The red hot coals of this masterly stoked "FIREPIT" cast a deep orange glow. Smoke tendrils ribbon and wisp upwards from the flames. Skewered mushrooms and onions sizzle and crispen while a lidded iron cook pot simmers in the flame tips. Aromas from the feast mix with trails of twirling smoke. Rich blue harkens evening, dusklight a rainbow of orange to pink to blue.

THE FOUR ELEMENTS

Printing "THE FOUR ELEMENTS" woodcut set ~ available on pre-order through end of production!

RAINBOW EARTH COLOR

Printing the first run of two runs on "CLOD" - Earth in a new set of woodcut prints about The 4 Elements. Now available for pre-order here!

RAINBOW EARTH COLOR

Rainbow roll for the "EARTH" print's 1st block…this one. A series of four woodcut prints, each representing one of the four Elements (Earth, Air, Fire, Water).

We'll be debuting the Elements set on pre-order this week! Check back in a few days or join our mailing list on our site to be the first to hear the news!

THE ELEMENTS: AIR'S WINDMILL

The windmill centerpiece for the element "Air"! This block will print in the midst of this wind texture. Part of a developing set of 4 woodcut prints about the Elements ~ Air - Earth - Water - Fire.

Need to take more photos of all of the color blocks in progress, but today we're watching football and canning our reddest garden tomatoes. Happy Sunday!

THE ELEMENTS: FIRE'S FIREPIT

This was actually the first block that we made in our new Elements woodcut series ~ Earth Air Fire Water. We've clocked a lot of drawing and carving hours now and are making good headway on the set of 4 ~ should be proofing by the week's end! Color will be absolutely not the colors we drew in the blocks with. Expect instead bright! rich! lively color combos!

Preorder the set of 4 in our next newletter (join on our website here)! And if you missed our last newsletter, we have a new shipping policy online ~ $5.00 US Shipping on any of our prints (And FREE if your order's over $150)!