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The Old Log Cabin Relief print

CA$250.00

Wells and Oille had purchased property near Creighton, Ontario with the intention of homesteading and writing articles about it for the Toronto Tribune Newspaper, but they didn’t have a place to live. They found an abandoned cabin a few farms down the road from their property that had not been used in decades. It was in total disrepair, but they saw the potential and thought it had good bones, and could vividly imagine it being built from virgin old growth timbers. They hired a crew to disassemble it, move it (by horse), reassemble it with repairs at its current location near Creighton, Ontario. Aside from that amazing feat, the woodcut print that this is based on is the first print Oille had ever done, it can be seen on the cover of some editions and on page 3. When they were preparing to publish “The Owl Pen” book, Oille thought woodcut prints would be more charming than photographs, so she taught herself printmaking and created all of the images, a testament to her skill and talent as an artist.

This image is 4×6 inches and comes framed.

Handprinted with black archival oil based ink on 44g white Kozuke paper.

As seen in The Owl Pen Revisited print show at Orillia Museum of Art and History.

Wells and Oille had purchased property near Creighton, Ontario with the intention of homesteading and writing articles about it for the Toronto Tribune Newspaper, but they didn’t have a place to live. They found an abandoned cabin a few farms down the road from their property that had not been used in decades. It was in total disrepair, but they saw the potential and thought it had good bones, and could vividly imagine it being built from virgin old growth timbers. They hired a crew to disassemble it, move it (by horse), reassemble it with repairs at its current location near Creighton, Ontario. Aside from that amazing feat, the woodcut print that this is based on is the first print Oille had ever done, it can be seen on the cover of some editions and on page 3. When they were preparing to publish “The Owl Pen” book, Oille thought woodcut prints would be more charming than photographs, so she taught herself printmaking and created all of the images, a testament to her skill and talent as an artist.

This image is 4×6 inches and comes framed.

Handprinted with black archival oil based ink on 44g white Kozuke paper.

As seen in The Owl Pen Revisited print show at Orillia Museum of Art and History.

About Relief Printing: This print was created by carving the image into a block of linoleum, which is a flat material made of flax, pine rosin, wood flour, cork dust and calcium carbonate that is held together with a jute backing. Linocut is also known as lino printing and linoleum art, and is a printmaking technique that is a variation on woodcut, where the piece of linoleum is used to carve into rather than wood. The image is carved into the surface using a gouge (similar to a chisel), with the un-carved areas creating a reversal of the image to be printed. The linoleum is inked with a brayer, and printed onto the paper, either by hand or using a press.

About Kozuke Paper: Kozuke Paper is 30% kozo and 70% sulphite fibres. Kozo is fibre from the inner bark of a mulberry tree, and sulphite fibres are composed of cellulose from wood. 

Shipping: Within Canada, shipping is included. All prints are shipped by expedited shipping with tracking.

Please inquire for orders outside of Canada.