Description
Do you know that feeling when you’re having a hard time and someone is just there for you? Present, and will listen if you want to talk, hug if it helps. Or maybe s/he just is, accepting you fully, just as you are. I remembered a children’s book called “The Rabbit Listened”, in which different people had different ideas on what to do with the problem. Finally the rabbit came and sat down, very close. And when the boy wanted to talk and process all these emotions again, the rabbit was there and listened, even the difficult ones. I wish everyone such supportive relationships in which they can experience and give acceptance. Starting with your relationship with yourself! You can give yourself a hug sometimes, too.
This is an original hand-made print. Print was made in linocut technique, which involves manually cutting out the design on a rubber (linoleum) surface, covering its surface with printing ink each time and transferring it to paper using a press.
The ‘Hug’ print series includes 10 pieces only. One (1/10) will stay with me, I will send the rest in numerical order.. It’s a closed series – which means I don’t plan on reprinting it. Each one is signed and numbered, and marked as H.M.P. (Hand Modified Print) as I added collage elements. Black curvy lines (the ‘hands’) are painted and cut paper. Collage elements differ slightly on each copy.
Printed on smooth, cream 90g paper (quite thin, but holds well in a frame).
Printed in January 2024 in my home studio in Jeżyce, Poznań.
This print is 21 x 29,7 cm (A4 size) and will fit standard frames.