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I'm honestly not very satisfied with how this piece turned out.

I think this subject would need a different technique, such as etching...

I studied etching during art school, I'm sure it's the perfect technique but now I don't have a press to print copper plates.

Maybe if I could do some flea markets or sell my prints somehow I could afford one.

Honestly it would also benefit the quality of my current prints.

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José Olivarez

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“Sardine”

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I Made it!

“Bird skull” linocut on handmade paper

The first sheet of paper is made of newspapers and very fine chilli powder, the paper is yellowish and slightly stinging when touched by the hands; the print was made on recycled lined paper from an old 70s school notebook.

The second sheet is made by recycling paper from medicine leaflets, chopped very fine and boiled for 3 hours. The color is given by a natural coloring powder that comes from Romania (it's a gift from friends). The print is made on a cardboard cutout.

The third sheet is made by recycling newspapers and magazines, plus I added handmade paper confetti during the process of draft the pulp. The gray color is that of recycled paper without the addition of whiteners or dyes. The texture is pretty gross. Once again the print was made on a scrap of cardboard.

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New project ready!

Bird skull, digital sketch made in procreate.

Next step: transfer the drawing on linoleum

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Falene in technicolor

Moth made in linocut

With lots of love for lights

This is a little joke, but I really love moths. They are fascinating and beautiful creatures, with a very complex life.

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I live in a very small town.

I waited two hours with my camera and I only saw 5 cars go by...

I wanted to take a photograph that in a flash of light expressed all the desire I have to escape from home, to go away, to run far away without ever turning around backwards.

I never want to come back

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1”. F 8. ISO 150.

3” F 8. ISO 150.

5”. F 8. ISO 150.

6” F 8. ISO 150.

Movement

Night lights of the city

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Habibi (2011) dir. Susan Youssef

Habibi, a story of forbidden love, is a fiction feature set in Gaza. Two students in the West Bank are forced to return home to Gaza, where their love defies tradition. To reach his lover, Qays grafittis poetry across town. Habibi is a modern re-telling of the famous ancient Sufi parable Majnun Layla. The full Arabic title is ‘Habibi Rasak Kharban,’ which translates as “Darling, something’s wrong with your head.” — from the Palestine Film Institute

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Claude Michel, 'Clodion' (French, 1738-1814) Satyr and Bacchante, ca.1780s Nationalmuseum, Stockholm

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Sorry mom but I stole all the clothespins.

Linoprint on handmade recycled paper

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paradise exists

Greenhouse reading nooks 🌱

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Scarabeo difettoso

This print is dedicated to a special person for me, who due to an accident will never be able to use his legs again.

The beetle for me symbolizes tenacity despite adversity.

The struggle for survival.

Even when everything seems lost we must find the strength to move forward, for ourselves, for the people we love and for time.

Because time passes inexorably and does not wait for us. Time doesn't wait for anyone and every second lost is a moment of life wasted.

Don't give up and use your means to the fullest.

Don't give up and use every second of your life to the fullest, smile, sing, dance, do what you like.

Or do like me, get some linoleum and etch your thoughts.

Linoprint made on self-produced recycled handmade paper.