“Because to Question’s to Conclude” – 8″ x 10″ Matted Linocut Print

Gone away on a pinecone-picking, window-fixing, clothes-mending, tree-tending, mushroom-chopping, island-hopping, soil-building, plant-guilding, music-making, Grass Laking sabbatical. See you all on the other side and, as always, thank you for your continued support!

“Because to Question’s to Conclude” – 8″ x 10″ Matted Linocut Print

As a longtime artist and teacher, Sister Corita’s “10 Enduring Rules for the Creative Life” have been intimate guides for me in my teaching and studio work.

While I’ve never been a follower or lover of rules, I find myself (and my students) willing to abide by the 10+ set forth by Corita due to their limitlessness. Her rules impose no restrictions on our bodies or spirits, but instead have a way of freeing us from limitations by making space for our humanness. They have encouraged exploration, curiosity, and experimentation both inside and outside the classroom, and have moved us to remember to only take one step at a time. May they do the same for you in a world that seems to demand from us everything at once.

“Because to Question’s to Conclude” measures 8″ x 10″ matted, and has been hand-drawn, hand-carved, hand-printed, and hand-colored. It is printed on smooth Kitakata paper using Black light-fast vegetable-oil based ink and Prismacolor markers. While this print goes exceptionally well in a classroom space and makes a great gift for the teacher in your life, it is intended for all lovers of making and learning alike.

Please note: All orders are dispatched within 1-3 working days, protected in a cellophane sleeve and posted in a board-backed envelope. If you intend your purchase to be a gift, just say the word! Gift-giving is one of my primary love-languages, so it warms my heart to help facilitate that process for others.

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Title: “Because to Question’s to Conclude”
Materials: Handmade Kitakata Paper, Ink
Dimensions: 8″ x 10″ matted
Description: Hand-drawn, hand-carved, hand-printed, and hand-colored linocut

Note: This print was created to be included in a set of 15. While I continue to carve and print the remaining blocks in this series, there are currently 5 available for purchase in my shop. If you would like to purchase them as a bundled deal, please feel free to provide yourself with a “bundled order” discount of whatever percentage makes the set affordable for you.

Fun Fact: In Designers Don’t Have Influences, Austin Howe explains:

Corita approached creative assignments in a similar way to Paul Rand, encouraging her students to never start a project with a content-driven idea, but to focus on shapes, colours, and whatever interested them visually. She believed, rightly, that this process would eventually produce content. This is, of course, the exact opposite of the ham-fisted approach of most advertising people.