American Crow • Letterpress and Linocut Print

Crows are one of the most fascinating and misunderstood birds around, and I love seeing them in my neighborhood. Although I probably hear them more than I see them. I often wonder what they are saying to each other. It sounds like noise to us, but I suspect they have a complex language. Perhaps it's time to give the term "bird brain" a new meaning? I used some wacky typesetting to create the egg-shaped cloud of letters. Amongst the swirl of random letters is text that reads:Your inability to understand me is not a measure of MY intelligenceand Wtf is ca-caw? This 3 color print was made from a 2 linoleum cuts, a wood cut, and hand-set metal type. The feather details are a shimmery metallic silver ink, and the woodgrain background circle is a vintage pink-ish color.Just a note about the metal type- I used discarded type from our shop's Hell Box (a bin of spent type that eventually gets melted down and made into new type. Printers don't like to waste anything!). I really liked the idea of