Showing posts with label talisman. Show all posts
Showing posts with label talisman. Show all posts

Friday, July 25, 2008

Artist's Proof


Latest print does not have a rabbit in it, here it is anyway; 5 by 7 inches, two colors and black. It's anatomny breaks down as follows. Based on my own humble calligraphy, the larger black characters mean health and healing, they are always used together.

The red block is based on a page from a rather curious woodblock accordion book of Taoist origin dating from the Ming Dynasty, approximately 1444. The book, a reprint of a lost 12th century work, is titled Talismans and Diagrams of the Wondrous Scripture of Supreme Rank on the Infinite Salvation of Numinous Treasure this page is a talisman for summoning the nine transformations of great obscurity. Probably a very handy thing to know.

 
The green block is columns of characters relating to important concepts in Chinese Medicine. From the top these are Yin, Yang, Heaven Human, Earth, Qi, Blood, Shen (spirit), and Jing (essence). 


OK, here are some rabbits. I had some more printing tries at my first design. I am getting better at the solid background, but I see I need to do a little fiddling with the second block to get it just right.