Rhus Glabra (Smooth Sumac)
Rhus Glabra (Smooth Sumac)
CA$400.00
19 x 25 inches
Silkscreen printed on dyed abacá paper with ink paste of smooth sumac fruit. Abacá or Manila Hemp, is a palm tree fibre widely used in Asia for paper making and weaving. The abacá paper is chine-collé onto the Rives BFK printmaking. The smooth sumac is a plant indigenous to the similkameen river valley of eastern high desert region of British Columbia and Washington state.
The calligraphy is 蠟漆樹粿 oracle Chinese text to name the plant.
Limited edition of 8, signed.
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