Paired Artwork

Silk Print Exploration - Art Print Collection is a pair of complementary prints, which look stunning when hung together. The Silk Print Exploration prints are also sold individually.

Akari (red cold) and Niko (red child) - Silk Print Exploration - Art Print

Aoi (strange dependence) - Silk Print Exploration - Art Print

The story behind the artwork

For years, Kristjana has collected books on Japanese woodcuts and silk printing. Everything about the method and style appeals to Kristjana; the graceful, graphical sensibilities and the little personal features and moods that they evoke. In Kristjana's eyes, no one does landscapes better than the traditional Japanese woodcutters.  The intricacy of carving in these old pieces is considered a miracle of sculpture.

In 1853, four American ships steamed into the harbour of Uraga and forced Japan to open up their ancient guarded country to the rigour of international trade with detested foreigners. After an internal struggle, the Japanese felt they had no choice but to adopt western technology in order to compete, so traditional woodcutting and silk printing was replaced by newer western methods. 

Akari (red cold) and Niko (red child) make up the two pieces in Kristjana's Silk Print Exploration, a gentle re-imagining of a portrait of a Japanese woman, and a mother with her child.  Japanese women were famed for their beautiful, flawless skin, so whom better to portray this than a white lear parrot. 

These prints originated from a very old Japanese silk screen print. The piece was so delicate that when it was taken out of its protective glass frame, it started to fall apart, and had to be photographed in order to preserve it.

Artwork details

Printed in our studio in London on Matt Smooth Fine Art Cotton 300 gsm, using giclée inks to ensure you are able to enjoy your print for years to come. All prints come with a physical Certificate of Authenticity.

Edition of 145, signed and numbered by the artist.

Print size:
27.6 cm x 66 cm

Our prints are professionally cut by hand in our studio, therefore sizes can vary by mm.

All Limited Edition prints come unframed.

Delivery & Returns

We offer free worldwide delivery on all Limited Edition prints orders.

Limited Edition prints are delivered within 3-5 working days

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