red pine

The view from my cabin during my residency at the University of Michigan Biological Station, as you looked skyward. Red pines are common up in northern Michigan forests, and their complicated swirls of branches ending with thick balls of long needles clusters popped against the darkening sky every night. I sat outside as the sun disappeared over the lake and sketched and pinched myself.

Red pine is a 2-block woodcut handprinted with nontoxic, vegetable oil-based inks on lotka* paper and measures approx 7x10”. Second edition run of only 33.

Environmentally friendly lokta paper is handmade in Nepal from the fibers of the Nepal Paper Plant (a fast-growing shrub that regrows in 4-6 years after cutting). The harvest and creation of these lotka papers serve as a reliable source of income for Nepalese artisans.