new : ROOTS

working with maria on these seasonal print sets has been SO much fun. the process reminds me of those collaborative drawings that i did as a kid. where you fold the paper and draw on one portion of the page, then pass it to a friend who draws on another portion, and so on. then the paper gets unfolded and it’s always a thrill to see what the whole page looks like.

the last photo above is what i gave to maria, after she and i agreed to make ROOTS our theme for the spring set. my initial drawings were just of roots, but they felt too wintry and dead, and i needed to add the tree that grows out of the roots. maria then layered my image with her beautiful overlapping circles inspired by seeds, chose the colors for the prints, and printed them by letter press. when maria sent me a photograph of what she had done it was like opening a wonderful birthday present.

the prints are now available to purchase in the port2port press shop. thanks again to those who bought them yesterday at the brooklyn flea!

8 thoughts on “

  1. Hi Lena,
    I found your blog some months ago by a nice chance but I have never written to you.
    I find your drawings so fine and delicate… I liked them very much.
    I congratulate you for your work and I send you my best wishes,

    Adriana Olvera.

  2. Oh I had forgotten about that game!! It was so much fun! It seems a good idea to start a project from that idea… šŸ™‚

  3. Dear Lena,
    thanks for the lovely blog-it’s always suc a job to get my brain storming. I had a question for you. I notice that some of your lovely cards are taken through a press for texture, and I’ve been DYING to play with a press…is there one here in Brooklyn for public use? I live in billyburg, but would make the trip. Can you help? I’ve heard of the Arm near Bedford, but I’d like a press for texture only not for ink.

    Again, THANK YOU for a lovely lovely blog,
    e