Grief is Love Letterpress Poster Off-White
This 12"x16" poster was printed on a Vandercook letterpress. I designed and printed as an artist in residence at Directangle Press in Bethlehem, NH.
The paper is 80# cover stock from French Paper. Each print is signed and editioned on the back. The off-white poster is an edition of 40. I used a variety of antique wood type to create a poster layout that reads:
Grief is the art of attending both life and death,
Of standing vigil and bearing witness to that which is no more.
Grief is an act of devotion, of remembrance. It's an act of love
The words of this poster are from a podcast called A Temple Wild. Mira Karakitsou is an artist and herbalist in Greece. “[Her] work explores the sensual landscapes of Nature and the body — how soil, stone, water, and wildlife shape our bodies and our cultures.” (from her website.) Mira uses plants of Mediterranean Greece to contextualize Greek mythology.
I was surprised to hear such poetic words around grief in a podcast about plants of the underworld and am thankful Mira granted me permission to borrow her meaningful language. A portion of proceeds will be donated to Wild Ones.
The print will be shipped in a tube.
This 12"x16" poster was printed on a Vandercook letterpress. I designed and printed as an artist in residence at Directangle Press in Bethlehem, NH.
The paper is 80# cover stock from French Paper. Each print is signed and editioned on the back. The off-white poster is an edition of 40. I used a variety of antique wood type to create a poster layout that reads:
Grief is the art of attending both life and death,
Of standing vigil and bearing witness to that which is no more.
Grief is an act of devotion, of remembrance. It's an act of love
The words of this poster are from a podcast called A Temple Wild. Mira Karakitsou is an artist and herbalist in Greece. “[Her] work explores the sensual landscapes of Nature and the body — how soil, stone, water, and wildlife shape our bodies and our cultures.” (from her website.) Mira uses plants of Mediterranean Greece to contextualize Greek mythology.
I was surprised to hear such poetic words around grief in a podcast about plants of the underworld and am thankful Mira granted me permission to borrow her meaningful language. A portion of proceeds will be donated to Wild Ones.
The print will be shipped in a tube.
This 12"x16" poster was printed on a Vandercook letterpress. I designed and printed as an artist in residence at Directangle Press in Bethlehem, NH.
The paper is 80# cover stock from French Paper. Each print is signed and editioned on the back. The off-white poster is an edition of 40. I used a variety of antique wood type to create a poster layout that reads:
Grief is the art of attending both life and death,
Of standing vigil and bearing witness to that which is no more.
Grief is an act of devotion, of remembrance. It's an act of love
The words of this poster are from a podcast called A Temple Wild. Mira Karakitsou is an artist and herbalist in Greece. “[Her] work explores the sensual landscapes of Nature and the body — how soil, stone, water, and wildlife shape our bodies and our cultures.” (from her website.) Mira uses plants of Mediterranean Greece to contextualize Greek mythology.
I was surprised to hear such poetic words around grief in a podcast about plants of the underworld and am thankful Mira granted me permission to borrow her meaningful language. A portion of proceeds will be donated to Wild Ones.
The print will be shipped in a tube.