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“All’s Well That Ends” is for those days that have you feeling like Sisyphus before noon, when nothing goes as planned and everything feels forever just out of reach.

After a long series of days like that, I began working, moment by moment, to abandon expectation, embrace patience, and remember that, even in the face of endless struggle, there is much to be grateful for. I once heard gratitude described as a laughter of the spirit, which is the message I hope “All’s Well That Ends” conveys.

Measuring 8″ x 10″ matted, this one-of-a-kind print was pressed using a hand-carved block of linoleum. It was printed using a special technique called chine-collé. After carefully cutting out my desired shapes from tissue paper, I roll ink onto my block of linoleum. I then brush a small amount of rice paste on the backside of each shape and place them atop my block in the desired location paste-side up. Once each of the pieces of  mulberry paper are atop my block, I carefully place a new sheet of paper to hand-press the print. This print, in particular, was pressed onto an eco-friendly paper handmade in Nepal from the fiber of the Lokta Bush using Black light-fast vegetable-oil based ink. May it serve as that daily invitation for you to throw expectation right out the window where it belongs and embrace the uncertainty that’s waiting up ahead for all of us with laughter and abandon.