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Printmaking, Handmade paper on Paper
Size: 8 W x 10 H x 0.1 D in
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This sparkle print is on handmade paper that I make myself in my studio. Each one is slightly unique, so expect some variation. You can add a mat for easy framing! About this piece: As a child I would break open a pomegranate and eat it with my grandmother. It was a tradition for us. My grandmother taught me about the Armenians, her people, who thought of the pomegranate as a symbol of survival. There were stories of Armenians, starved during the Armenian Genocide, who survived on a single pomegranate seed a day for a year. This leads into the story of the pomegranate and Persephone and how there is thought to be 365 seeds in one fruit (this isn’t true, but part of the myth). The pomegranate means life, vitality, and birth for a lot of cultures. But it also inspired the grenade— which acquired the name from the French word for pomegranate (grenade). A grenade is similar in form and anatomy to the pomegranate, with death shards instead of seeds inside of it. I have contemplated this merging of life and death for many years. How the same thing can mean survival and also be the cause of death.
Printmaking:Handmade paper on Paper
Artist Produced Limited Edition of:10
Size:8 W x 10 H x 0.1 D in
Frame:Not Framed
Ready to Hang:Not applicable
Packaging:Ships in a Box
Delivery Time:Typically 5-7 business days for domestic shipments, 10-14 business days for international shipments.
Handling:Ships in a box. Artists are responsible for packaging and adhering to Saatchi Art’s packaging guidelines.
Ships From:United States.
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Alexa Karabin is a multi-disciplinary artist. Through a variety of techniques, she creates two-dimensional works that explore themes of natural history, historical occurrence, memory, and cycles. On an aesthetic level, she is interested in complexity of texture and detail, and simplicity of design. She often takes a minimalist approach by painting a single object in space, but painstakingly focuses on the intricacies of the object. Her butterfly series explores themes of natural history, evolution, and metamorphosis. Alexa Karabin received her BFA and MFA in studio art from The School of the Art Institute of Chicago. She has exhibited internationally and her work is in private collections around the world.
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