Print making

These are printed onto canvas stained with coffee, using the Lino cut method.

Again, using canvas does not capture the image in the highest quality but it does give the pieces more character and atmospheric qualities. I used text from an old moby dick novel but opted to use part of a song verse titled "This Side Of The Blue" by Joanna Newsom 

I used the following;

Print 1: "And I do not know"

Print 2: "My own way"

Print 3: "To the sea"

Print 4: "But the saltiest sea"

Print 5: "knows its own way" 

Print 6 " To me" 

I chose to work in this manner as the novel of Moby Dick uses allegory with its use of religion and spirituality and even the white whale with its human personification and obsession thrust upon it by the character Captain Ahab.

The lyrics I chose have always stayed in my mind since hearing them, I don't know if I interpret it as it was meant to be, but to me it symbolises;

Spirituality, the sea being this deep and vast journey that we all take that is 'life'. 

The great unknown that is time and the future with our hopes and dreams and doubts, that consistent and unchangeable lack of knowledge of the future and how to proceed. 

Who ever reads this I do recommend having a listen to the song, see past the quirky vocals and try and interpret how it makes you feel. You may remember it from the Orange phone advert a few years back about the power cut in New York and everyone came together in the advert from different cultural backgrounds etc.