2020; 1/11
Multi-layer woodcut. 10 x 8 inches (Image) 12 x 9 inches (Sheet).
This original fine art print was created by hand carving each color layer into different blocks of wood and inking each layer, using oil-based inks. The end product is a delicately layered print in a limited edition. This print edition was hand-pulled at Penland School of Craft during an artist residency.
Nikki Jabbora - Barber (she/her), a gay Seattle-based printmaker and teaching artist, was born in Bellingham, WA to a Lebanese-German mother and Anglo-Swedish father. Her work focuses on her mixed race identity, centuries of storytelling, and womanhood through symbolic depictions of herself, flora, and fauna.