“Talismans” – diptych printed onto handmade paper. Arielle and I traveled hours into northwest Vietnamese countryside to meet the woman who hand makes this paper from mulberry trees growing on her property using traditional techniques. The pig and rooster are traditional subjects of Vietnamese print making. They are also talismanic tattoos, said to deliver sailors safely back to land. You can find out more about this paper making process from the Zó Project page.
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“The Anchor Radius” used three plates printed onto navigational charts. These charts were used in navigation of Foss tugboats. “Anchor Radius” is a term describing how far an anchored vessel can pivot around a fixed point (the fast anchor).
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