Salmon for Dinner

Linocut Print

Open Edition

Story

Salmon are a large part of my childhood. Almost every weekend my family would raft, camp, and fish the Kenai River in Alaska. 

The entire weekend felt dedicated to the salmon; carefully attaching your hand-tied flies to the line of your rod, exercising patience as your lure lazily fumbled down the river, celebrating a big catch with a "yip!" or a "wahoo!", collecting river rocks to build a small pen in the water to keep the fish cold, tediously prepping the fillet and storing it away to eat for months to come. As kids, my best friend and I would even pluck the teeth (yes they have teeth!) out of old salmon carcasses and keep them as pocket treasures... creepy children! 

This is part of a small series that celebrates locally caught & gathered food, and the various ingredients it is prepared with. 

Process

Hand carved linoleum block printed on 80gsm white washi paper with oil-based printmaking ink. Each piece of paper is hand torn with a deckled edge. 

Paper Size - approximately 9 x 12 in

Image Size - approximately 8 x 11 in 

To Note 

Due to the nature of hand carving and printing, each piece will vary slightly. This variation adds to the character of the final print. Each piece is signed, titled, and editioned in pencil. 

Does not include frame.