Back in the early days of COVID quarantine, I began to pursue an interest I had held for a long time: Pennsylvania Dutch hex signs. I fell down a rabbit-hole of research into what is known as Fraktur art and fell even more in love with the simple, stylized flora and fauna drawn up by the PA Dutch in the 1700 & 1800's.
I started experimenting with my own modern take on the historic design style. Many traditional Fraktur feature birds (distelfink, a folk interpretation of the European goldfinch); I thought it would be cool to fuse my fascination with Pennsylvania's common backyard birds and Fraktur design.
After having so much fun designing and printing , I decided to create another set of 5 in a slightly different color palette. This print features a Dark-Eyed Junco, a winter visitor to Pennsylvania. I named this print "Derstine Party" because I have a small flock of Juncos who like to "party" in the backyard of my studio building. When I open the back door, their white wing patches flutter like confetti as they hightail it out of there!
- TITLE OF PRINT: "Derstine Party"
- GRAPHIC: A modern take on Pennsylvania Dutch hex sign featuring a symmetrical pair of Dark-Eyed Juncos.
- INK COLOR(S): 5 colors; warm red, light pink, grey, black, green
- DIMENSIONS: 12" x 12"
- PAPER COLOR: Bright White
- EDITION SIZE: 1st edition of 39.
This art print is a standard frame size. That means it does not require a matte to frame it! The print shown in the photo is mounted on cardboard for display purposes only; the print is not shipped to customer mounted on cardboard.
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Note: this is a screenprinted product. Please allow for slight variations. Also note that the saturation of the colors might vary slightly from your computer screen to the item itself. Proudly printed by hand in Pennsylvania.
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