Artist Bryan Nash Gill has created a series of 12 prints in the traditional block printing style by inking the cross section of a very large stump of hemlock – from the mill next door to him – and then hand-rubbing large sheets of handmade paper into all the growth rings. The prints look beautiful, but at $4k/ea., I think I’ll make my own ;) Now to find a 3.5’ diameter chunk of hemlock…
Some shots of the creation process
[via Craftzine]
And as way leads on to way, I’ve picked up a new term today as well: dendrochronology. Neat!
-- Gary, Los Angeles, video game animator
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