Vigil

VIGIL
Watercolor woodblock (moku hanga)
11 x 17 inches (28 x 43 cm)
Made from 5 blocks, 10 hand-rubbed applications of color
Edition of 10 on Yukimi paper
Shapes derived from four video stills of a group of candles.
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vigil
/ˈvɪdʒ·əl/
​noun
• a period of staying awake, to be with someone who is ill or to call public attention to something
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So we gather together and stand shoulder to shoulder. We watch and wait, and we try to stay awake.

The way the grain printed, with the suggestion of a current of energy running between the individual flames, was everything I could have hoped for when I chose that piece of wood for the final layer.

As usual, here are some process shots.