• Material Ceramic
  • Use Indoor
  • Style Minimalist
  • Care Hand wash

Made by pressing ink directly onto paper from the cross-section of a fallen New Hampshire ash tree, this print captures what no illustration could replicate — the actual topography of a life lived in wood. The concentric rings read outward from a quiet center, each one a season recorded in fiber and growth. The ink sits with a slight texture you can nearly feel, the bark edge ragged and honest at the perimeter, the whole image occupying the paper with a settled, unhurried authority.

Because each print is pulled by hand from a specific piece of wood, no two impressions are identical — ink distribution, edge definition, and tonal depth will vary naturally from one to the next.

- Hand-pressed woodblock print technique

- Ink applied directly from ash tree cross-section to paper

- Source wood gathered from a fallen ash tree, Concord area, New Hampshire

- Deep black ink on light-ground paper stock

- Bark edge and grain variation are inherent to the process

- Each print is one of a kind

Width: 18 in / 45.7 cm

Height: 24 in / 61 cm

Handle by edges to avoid oil transfer onto the print surface.
Store flat or rolled in archival tissue if unframed.
Keep out of direct sunlight to prevent ink fading over time.
Do not expose to moisture.

Shipping calculated at checkout.

30-day returns on unused pieces.

The Story

Made by pressing ink directly onto paper from the cross-section of a fallen New Hampshire ash tree, this print captures what no illustration could replicate — the actual topography of a life lived in wood. The concentric rings read outward from a quiet center, each one a season recorded in fiber and growth. The ink sits with a slight texture you can nearly feel, the bark edge ragged and honest at the perimeter, the whole image occupying the paper with a settled, unhurried authority.

Because each print is pulled by hand from a specific piece of wood, no two impressions are identical — ink distribution, edge definition, and tonal depth will vary naturally from one to the next.

Details & Materials

- Hand-pressed woodblock print technique

- Ink applied directly from ash tree cross-section to paper

- Source wood gathered from a fallen ash tree, Concord area, New Hampshire

- Deep black ink on light-ground paper stock

- Bark edge and grain variation are inherent to the process

- Each print is one of a kind

Dimensions

Width: 18 in / 45.7 cm

Height: 24 in / 61 cm

Care
Handle by edges to avoid oil transfer onto the print surface.
Store flat or rolled in archival tissue if unframed.
Keep out of direct sunlight to prevent ink fading over time.
Do not expose to moisture.
Shipping & Returns

Shipping calculated at checkout.

30-day returns on unused pieces.

PRESSED BY HAND

A print that deepens the longer you look

The bark edge softens in your eye over time; the rings, once counted casually, begin to hold specific meaning — drought years, wet seasons, decades that narrow or widen with quiet insistence.

A print that deepens the longer you look