Name: Reciprocity - Handmade lino print
Brand: Dalee Ella Prints
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$180.00

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Approx 38 x 50 cm linocut print with natural deckle or ripped edges, hand carved and printed on ethically and sustainably made nepalese lokta paper, printed with Cranfield caligo safe wash water based inks, each print is unique in its perfect imperfections.

A Signed and very limited edition print, I make small runs of each design in different ink colours on different papers. This edition is of 4 prints. Once they are gone they are gone.

These archival quality linocut prints are a labor of love: they are 100% originally designed, carved, inked, handprinted and packaged by hand for you from my small home studio.

About this design

One of the illustrations from the Milkwood Permaculture handbook, this print is an ode to reciprocity and our interconnection to the living world. Featuring marigolds as the central image, a very special flower to Dalee. Her recent trip back to India reminded her of the beauty in growing marigolds in our gardens to then offer back as gifts of reciprocity. Their beautiful bright orange is known to be the colour of the highest enlightenment of the mind. Marigolds are also an incredible companion plant in the vege patch, offering protection to other plants from many pests and were also a favourite flower in her grandfathers garden. The smell bringing back memories of connection, family and childhood.

It is from these original designs that our hand printed fabrics are born.

Handmade with love for your home

By lino print artist, Dalee Ella.

Artist bio

Dalee Ella is an artist printmaker, illustrator and textile designer who works to create intricate lino prints for papers and fabrics. She handcrafts all her own paper from recycled waste products infused with homegrown and foraged botanicals and loves to work with Australian made organic cotton, linen and hemp fabrics.

Dalee's processes have evolved out of and reflect her land-based lifestyle. Featuring imagery that tells the stories and expresses the beauty of a slow paced, earth centered, handmade and homegrown reality.

For the past 11 years she has lived on a beautiful intentional community, on Bandjalang country in northern NSW Australia, with her husband and two boys where they continue to work together to build natural homes, educate outside of school and grow abundant food gardens.

Their deep connections to each other, the land they live on, the plants they grow and animals they care for are direct results of choosing to live a simple, DIY life, that allows the time flexibility and space to learn diverse skills and develop practices as artists and low impact contributors to the future.

It is directly from her earthy everyday experiences, living this chosen lifestyle, that Dalee draws most of her inspiration.

Dalee Ella holds a bachelor degree in fine art with a major in Printmaking from the Qld College of Art, Griffith University, Australia.