Prints
Welcome to the Prints page.
Each print is a ‘Share in the Hollander Project, we use them for fundraising and sponsorship. In each image is a ‘1 S’ that is ‘One Share’ The Critter project is non profit, and we use the Art side of things to keep things up and running.
Each print is designed to fold up and fit into an ordinary envelope, and to travel through the post to you anywhere in the world. If you want the bigger A1 prints flat again, just iron them between sheets of paper or material, easy and fun.
The prints are original woodcuts, the paper is handmade from New Zealand flax, or cotton rag mixes There are two sizes, A1 Poster size 32″ by 24″ and the smaller ones are A4 Price US$50.00 inc. postage.
These Prints were part of an Exhibition called ‘Art at Work’ in the Ashburton Art Gallery here in New Zealand
'Vase Of Lillies'
'First Fruits''
'Iris Still Life'
- ‘Watchdog 1′
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'Fountain 1'
'Watchdog 2'
The Smaller A1 prints are a series depicting the papermaking process, here you can get an idea of their size. They come as a set of nine woodcuts on Handmade cotton rag / flax mix paper.
Gathering, Paper is made from Cellulose fibers from Plants
Cooking the plants, boiling them in a pot with lye
Rough Pulping , Two figures stamping the fiber.
Washing the pulp with clean water
Into the Hollander beater, A little person is filling it with water and pulp.
Sheetforming with a Mould and Deckle in a Vat.
Cooching, transferring the wet sheets down between layers of felts.
Pressing out the water from the Post of new papers.
Drying the finished paper out in the sunshine.
These woodcuts are printed on a 1908 Eagle Letterpress
The complete set of nine Papermaking woodcuts are available, contact Mark for details