The article I chose was linked from printresting to another art blog type page called ashes and milk. Here is the article: http://www.ashesandmilk.com/blog/paper/bryan-nash-gill/
It is about a printer named Bryan Nash Gill who makes relief prints from tree specimens that have been cut down to expose the inner rings. He works over the surface meticulously until it is perfect then hand rolls the ink on. After this he uses handmade washi paper and his very own fingertips to work over the entire surface of the tree stump. each crack and groove must be run over so that the ink will transfer properly. I think the combination of such a natural print and such a directly personal process makes it incredibly unique and interesting. one might think that it seems so easy to just find a stump, sand it up and print away but the laborious process is actually more difficult than it seems. I think the relationship created between the tree itself and the printer in itself is what makes the prints so powerful to take in and the literal translation of natural beauty onto a print carries such a simple purity that it gives the work a very interesting perspective and deeper intention.
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