{"id":1552,"date":"2011-01-28T20:36:57","date_gmt":"2011-01-29T01:36:57","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/svmedaris.wordpress.com\/?p=1552"},"modified":"2013-12-02T18:04:16","modified_gmt":"2013-12-03T00:04:16","slug":"new-reduction-print","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/marketweightpress.com\/here\/new-reduction-print\/","title":{"rendered":"New reduction print"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"color:#993300;\"><strong>The story behind this scene (or what happened afterwards)<\/strong><\/span><br \/>\nFor this folio exchange, <strong><em>Hand, Eye, Bird<\/em><\/strong>, I took the literal approach (as usual). In fact this image is the first thing I thought of when I read about this folio. For me, there is no stare more intense than a predator focusing on it\u2019s prey, and although that was not my intent (to feed a helpless, cute little chick to Dexter), it was clearly Dexter\u2019s.<\/p>\n<div style=\"width: 590px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"http:\/\/svmedaris.com\/2011art\/handbook_said.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" title=\"The handbook said...\" src=\"http:\/\/svmedaris.com\/2011art\/handbook_said.jpg\" alt=\"color relief print of terrier about to eat a baby chick\" width=\"580\" height=\"auto\" \/><\/a><p class=\"wp-caption-text\">&#039;The handbook said&#039; \u2022 5-color reduction linoleum print on mulberry \u2022 10in x 16in \u2022 click image to enlarge (and read the text)<\/p><\/div>\n<p>As you can read in the print, <strong><em>The handbook said&#8230;<\/em><\/strong>, I am doing just what is recommended, showing Dexter one of the chicks (out of the box full of chicks that I just brought home from the post office). I am telling Dexter: \u201cGentle, good boy!&#8230;Mama\u2019s chick&#8230;gentle&#8230;good boy!&#8230;.\u201d which I\u2019m sure he translated to \u201cBlah, blah, blah good boy, blah, blah, blah, blah, blah, good boy&#8230;.\u201d (I now realize that I was praising him for staring, \u201cpointing\u201d and anticipating the kill as he trembled with anticipation). He is vibrating here (as little terriers do), eyes growing wider and wider. What you don\u2019t see in the print, is the split second after&#8230;. Suddenly, in the blink of an eye, Dexter had the chick\u2019s head in his mouth! \u201cNO!! Dexter!!! BAD boy!!!!\u201d I shouted, and in the next instant, Dexter had opened his mouth and the chick\u2019s head popped out (chick wasn\u2019t harmed), and then Dex was cringing and trembling with fright that I\u2019d yelled at him (which is SO Dexter). It all happened in seconds\u2013so fast that the chick didn\u2019t even blink an eye or register the fact that it was almost swallowed alive.<\/p>\n<p>Another typical vignette of life on our farm. It is never boring when you live with terriers.<\/p>\n<!-- AddThis Advanced Settings generic via filter on the_content --><!-- AddThis Share Buttons generic via filter on the_content -->","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The story behind this scene (or what happened afterwards) For this folio exchange, Hand, Eye, Bird, I took the literal approach (as usual). In fact this image is the first thing I thought of when I read about this folio. 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