Woodcut (The artwork of Bryan Nash Gill)

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If there’s, indeed, nothing lovelier than a tree, Connecticut-based artist Bryan Nash Gill shows us why. Creating large-scale relief prints from the cross sections of trees, the artist reveals the sublime power locked inside their arboreal rings. Gill creates patterns not only of great beauty but additionally year-by-year records of the life and times of fallen or damaged logs. He rescues the wood from the valuables surrounding his studio and neighboring land, extracts and prepares blocks of more than a few species (including ash, maple, oak, spruce, and willow), then makes prints by carefully following and pressing the contours of rings and ridges until the intricate designs transfer from tree to paper. The results are colored, nuanced shapes—mesmerizing impressions of the structural integrity hidden inside every tree. These exquisitely detailed prints are collected and published here for the first time, with an introduction by esteemed nature creator Verlyn Klinkenborg and an interview with the artist describing his labor-intensive printmaking process. Also featured are Gill’s series of printed lumber and offcuts, such as burls, branches, knots, and scrubs. Woodcut will appeal to anybody who appreciates the grandeur and mystery of trees, in addition to people who work with wood and marvel on the wealthy history embedded in its growth.

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