The Olympic Peninsula has its own rhythm. Still undeniably Pacific Northwest with cascading moss, briny coastlines, and ferns for days it carries a feeling entirely its own.
I drove from Olympia along Hood Canal to Bainbridge Island to catch the ferry back to Seattle, stopping in Hamma Hamma for the name alone… and a bowl of chowder. A rainy hike was attempted, though Barkley firmly declined.
On this small side quest, I was pulled toward the Hamma Hamma River, rolling strong and rain-fed. The colors of that dreary, magical PNW day stayed with me. This reduction print was born from that moment—you can almost feel the chill of the rain and smell the damp earth.
This 8 × 10 reduction linocut was carved from a single block of linoleum, layer by layer, each pass slowly destroying the block to build depth and atmosphere. Printed in multiple muted tones to mirror the softness of the landscape, it was run on a Vandercook Universal 4 press at Partners in Print in Seattle.
The Olympic Peninsula has its own rhythm. Still undeniably Pacific Northwest with cascading moss, briny coastlines, and ferns for days it carries a feeling entirely its own.
I drove from Olympia along Hood Canal to Bainbridge Island to catch the ferry back to Seattle, stopping in Hamma Hamma for the name alone… and a bowl of chowder. A rainy hike was attempted, though Barkley firmly declined.
On this small side quest, I was pulled toward the Hamma Hamma River, rolling strong and rain-fed. The colors of that dreary, magical PNW day stayed with me. This reduction print was born from that moment—you can almost feel the chill of the rain and smell the damp earth.
This 8 × 10 reduction linocut was carved from a single block of linoleum, layer by layer, each pass slowly destroying the block to build depth and atmosphere. Printed in multiple muted tones to mirror the softness of the landscape, it was run on a Vandercook Universal 4 press at Partners in Print in Seattle.
