Birch Wood Etching - Autumn Leaves Edition octopus waiting on its chicken legs

waiting on its chicken legs

The Giant Pacific Octopus

Hand pulled etching of a Giant Pacific Octopus in sepia ink base with an overlay of reddish orange ink added via the a la poupée method of gently hand tapping and rubbing additional ink on top of an already charged plate

Hand pulled etching of Duncan

It's the largest of the octopus branch of the family of cephalopods and is an intelligent

Birch Wood Etching - Autumn Leaves Edition octopus waiting on its chicken legsI love driving through the birch forests at the edges of the mountains of the Northwest. They also make me think of Russia and I wonder if maybe Baba Yaga's hut is somewhere just out of frame, waiting on its chicken legs. In this version of the print, I've employed the chine coll technique of using thinner cut paper to add color and texture to the larger print by using the press to collage and print on top of it simultaneously. I use a teeny tiny leaf