Snake & Iris

A black and white blockprint of a snake sitting coiled up on a rock, surrounded by irises in bloom. The edges of the paper are deckled and hand-torn, and the print sits on top of a backdrop of rumpled striped fabric.

A carved linoleum block of a print, inked up in black ink. A brayer and inking plate are visible in the background.

Many black and white illustrations of snakes, slightly overlapping on a flat surface.

A black and white illustration of a snake, framed in a thin black frame. The frame sits above a rumpled blue and black striped fabric backdrop.

$75.00
Paper dimensions: 8×10"
Limited edition size: 50

This snake (へび hebi) keeps an eye peeled for signs of danger as he perches amongst the irises.

If your birthday falls in 1953, 1965, 1977, 1989, 2001, or 2013, then you were born in the year of the snake and this print is for you!

Each of these works is an original handcarved and handprinted linocut blockprint, part of a limited edition of only 50 pieces. Each blockprint is handprinted on archival cotton printmakers’ paper with four hand-torn or deckle edges. Because each print in the edition is a handmade original, there will be slight variations between pieces. Each print is sold unframed.

Zodiac Animals: Each blockprint in this on-going series highlights one of the twelve Japanese zodiac animals. Subscribe to the newsletter and get notified when more prints in the series are released.

Shop other prints in the series:

Dragon & Pine
Monkey & Persimmon
Rabbit & Camellia
Rooster & Ginkgo
Tiger & Bamboo