This artwork was created through a multi-block relief printmaking process. Each color was carved into a separate linoleum block and printed in successive passes, with each layer carefully registered by hand. The inks were hand mixed from multiple hues, and because no two batches can be reproduced identically, the exact color palette of this print is unrepeatable. The layered inks and manual registration produce subtle variations inherent to the process and considered part of the finished work.
Don Rata is the leader of a pirate collection that spans print and ceramic work. He moves forward - what is behind does not matter. The cat at his side is not a threat but a companion, a figure for the private struggles we carry with us that quietly make us better. We are all pirates looking onward.
The composition is rendered in a monochromatic blue palette drawn from the depths of the ocean, referencing the visual tradition of blue and white decorative ceramics while grounding the image in something wilder and more alive.
This artwork was created through a multi-block relief printmaking process. Each color was carved into a separate linoleum block and printed in successive passes, with each layer carefully registered by hand. The inks were hand mixed from multiple hues, and because no two batches can be reproduced identically, the exact color palette of this print is unrepeatable. The layered inks and manual registration produce subtle variations inherent to the process and considered part of the finished work.
Don Rata is the leader of a pirate collection that spans print and ceramic work. He moves forward - what is behind does not matter. The cat at his side is not a threat but a companion, a figure for the private struggles we carry with us that quietly make us better. We are all pirates looking onward.
The composition is rendered in a monochromatic blue palette drawn from the depths of the ocean, referencing the visual tradition of blue and white decorative ceramics while grounding the image in something wilder and more alive.
