 Bear in There by Shel Silverstein There's a Polar Bear In our Frigidaire-- He likes it 'cause it's cold in there. With his seat in the meat And his face in the fish And his big hairy paws In the buttery dish, He's nibbling the noodles, He's munching the rice, He's slurping the soda, He's licking the ice. And he lets out a roar If you open the door. And it gives me a scare To know he's in there-- That Polary Bear In our Fridgitydaire. This print was originally design for the Georgina Art Centre Juried show which challenged artists to create a piece inspired by poetry. Loving all things silly, I choose "Bear in There" by Shel Silverstein. However, while carving this print, I couldn't help but think about polar bears today and the shrinking of the sea ice. Suddenly the silly poem took on another more serious dimension. The bears are hungry and trapped like my bear in the fridge. It's interesting how art often says more than the artist intended.
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I've finally finished my house linoprint and called it Inside Out. I've been thinking about how we collect and store things safely in our homes, like squirrels with our nuts. However, it's all very ephemeral. Even if no horrible natural disaster befalls us, our houses will someday crumble and our things will disperse. It's odd because our homes seem so solid. I used my new mangle (clothes wringer) to print most of these. It works surprisingly well!  If you didn't see my mangle on facebook, here it is! I found this curious contraption from the turn of the last century at a garage sale. It's such a great linocut press. I want to get a bigger one now. I'm off to put some of these prints in my Etsy store now. Hope you like them : ) |
 
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