Working on some lino cuts for a special anthology, to be realised later this year (although it's not quite sure yet whether the money for it will be there - I am mentioning this so there will be less chance of jinxing it). Anyway, this is just one design of five. Here are some quick tests which I have done while cutting away details.
Hmm, not so happy with the structure on the ground but at least no letters are in mirror view. That would have been plain embarrassing. There is still a little bit of fixing after this, but not much. Everybody who has done this, knows that it's particularly hard to know when exactly to stop.
The theme of cannibalism still occupies my mind. It has been said that the theme of drawing straws among shipwrecked sailors is a strictly theoretical one, because one dies of thirst long before hunger becomes a lethal problem. I wouldn't know...
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Unlike so much of your work, this print is actually creepy. It's excellent, but wow.
Great work, I love your distinctly original characterization of the human figure, vaguely reminds me of African tribal sculptures. Are you familiar with the movie Ravenous? One of my favorite cannibalism films, favorite one's gotta go to Texas Chainsaw Massacre.
Thanks Donaldh and Aeron! I have been looking at Romanesque sculptures which strangely look akin to African "primitive" art (which was an influence years ago) so maybe that shows. Ravenous is an excellent movie, I loved it. And the orginal TCM from '74 is a milestone, of course.
This one is really approaching medieval woodcut, i love it a lot. First picture remind me dotted manner in some way. The only point is, as always for me on modern works, calligraphy which is not bad at all but not as neat as medieval should be!
wonderful
Sometimes canibalism is part of the mores : people eat their ancestors for religious purposes. I read that in some social groups men eat the flesh and women and children eat the visceras (brain, liver etc.) which implies that the women and children are more vulnerable to Kreusfel Jacob.
@Alkbazz: I know I would get busted on the calligraphy. I just can't do it! ;-)
@Gaspard: True, there are tribes who eat enemies and those who eat ancestors. (Never heard of tribes who do both!) In any case, I believe that particularly the eating of brains contains the risk of getting diseases.
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