The Color of Jade #1, monotype print on Hahnemühle paper

The Color of Jade series is inspired by hand-carved jade pendants, which come in a wide variety of hues, including green, red, black, and white. Wearing jade is often seen as a form of protection. It is said that if the jade you wear breaks, it is protecting you from something worse happening.

My first pendants came from my mother, who brought them from Taiwan when her family immigrated to the United States. For me, jade has come to be a symbol of cultural stewardship and community protection.

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Medium: Monotype prints on Hahnemühle cotton rag paper, 300 gsm. Deckle edge. One of a kind. Hand-signed.

Dimensions: 15.5" x 11".

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 It brought me a great deal of joy to create these monotype prints. Woodcut has been my specialty of the print mediums, but I love the freedom, play, and spontaneity that are inherent with monotype printmaking. Thank you to Sue Bachemin and Samuel Havens for inviting me to come print with your monotype students at The Church in Sag Harbor, New York, and to Sue for running the printing press that day and helping me pull these prints.