Linocut Print "Bird's Nest" 5x7

$15.00
This is an original handmade linocut print of a swiftlet in a nest in a teapot, and an egg in a teacup. When I was little, I was made to eat bird's nest tea, which was actually the solid, white, saliva-hardened nests of swiftlets. My mom would add rock sugar, which made it taste a whole lot worst. I was made to drink it as it would make me beautiful and do all sorts of things like improve my eyesight. It did none of those things.

Image is printed on handmade Nepalese lokta paper with streaks of gold ink.

The process of linocut involves carving out the excess of a design from a block of linoleum. A thin layer of ink is rolled onto the finished stamp and then the inked stamp is pressed into paper. Pressing involves a large flat press but often has to be finished with hand-burnishing with a baren. Due to the way the hand-pressing process works, there are slight variations between each print such as texture or stray marks. Each print is unique in that way, which is what makes linocut printing the way it is.

Please allow 2-3 business days after ordering for the item to ship. Art is unframed and shipped in a flat envelope with chipboard backing.
This is an original handmade linocut print of a swiftlet in a nest in a teapot, and an egg in a teacup. When I was little, I was made to eat bird's nest tea, which was actually the solid, white, saliva-hardened nests of swiftlets. My mom would add rock sugar, which made it taste a whole lot worst. I was made to drink it as it would make me beautiful and do all sorts of things like improve my eyesight. It did none of those things.

Image is printed on handmade Nepalese lokta paper with streaks of gold ink.

The process of linocut involves carving out the excess of a design from a block of linoleum. A thin layer of ink is rolled onto the finished stamp and then the inked stamp is pressed into paper. Pressing involves a large flat press but often has to be finished with hand-burnishing with a baren. Due to the way the hand-pressing process works, there are slight variations between each print such as texture or stray marks. Each print is unique in that way, which is what makes linocut printing the way it is.

Please allow 2-3 business days after ordering for the item to ship. Art is unframed and shipped in a flat envelope with chipboard backing.