03 ꩜
Dragens År Lunar Calendar
The 2024 Year of the Dragon Lunar calendars are here 🌑🐉
The Wood Dragon epitomizes charisma and confidence. Their ambition and determination drive them to set lofty goals and pursue them tirelessly, displaying remarkable resilience and adaptability in the face of challenges. If my introverted self has felt apropos of these traits, I’m sure you have too. Out with the old to make space for the new.
There’s a Chinese idiom, 畫龍點睛, that roughly translates to “the finishing touch” - the final mark applied in just the right way and place to bring an entire work to life. A tale about caution as much as it is about mastery - In the 6th Century CE, A painter named Zhang Sengyou was commissioned to paint four Dragons on each wall inside the Anle Temple in Nanjing. But when completed, the monks couldn’t help but notice he missed the obvious - the eyes were pupil-less. “The eyes are the spirit of the dragon,” he explained. “The other parts are just the form. Once you dot the eyes, you give it life force, and it will fly away.” But at the insistence of the artist's patrons, the eyes were dotted onto only two of the dragons. With the final brushstroke, the thunder did sound, the lightning struck the wall, and the two dragons flew off into the sky. The monks ordered him to stop, leaving only two dragons to remain in the temple. Zhang insisted on leaving the works incomplete, and even painted locks on the Dragons to keep them grounded.
The artwork is hand drawn and type-set by Kimberly Bager.
︎︎︎ 11x17” in
︎︎︎ Printed on Neenah Classic Crest 80lb. Cover
︎︎︎ Edition of 50
The 2024 Year of the Dragon Lunar calendars are here 🌑🐉
The Wood Dragon epitomizes charisma and confidence. Their ambition and determination drive them to set lofty goals and pursue them tirelessly, displaying remarkable resilience and adaptability in the face of challenges. If my introverted self has felt apropos of these traits, I’m sure you have too. Out with the old to make space for the new.
There’s a Chinese idiom, 畫龍點睛, that roughly translates to “the finishing touch” - the final mark applied in just the right way and place to bring an entire work to life. A tale about caution as much as it is about mastery - In the 6th Century CE, A painter named Zhang Sengyou was commissioned to paint four Dragons on each wall inside the Anle Temple in Nanjing. But when completed, the monks couldn’t help but notice he missed the obvious - the eyes were pupil-less. “The eyes are the spirit of the dragon,” he explained. “The other parts are just the form. Once you dot the eyes, you give it life force, and it will fly away.” But at the insistence of the artist's patrons, the eyes were dotted onto only two of the dragons. With the final brushstroke, the thunder did sound, the lightning struck the wall, and the two dragons flew off into the sky. The monks ordered him to stop, leaving only two dragons to remain in the temple. Zhang insisted on leaving the works incomplete, and even painted locks on the Dragons to keep them grounded.
The artwork is hand drawn and type-set by Kimberly Bager.
︎︎︎ 11x17” in
︎︎︎ Printed on Neenah Classic Crest 80lb. Cover
︎︎︎ Edition of 50
02 ꩜
Kaninens År Lunar Calendar
2023 is Year of the Rabbit.
Symbols of the Moon themselves - Rabbits embody passiveness, auspiciousness, cleverness, and re-birth. This year's lucky animal will soothe the ups and downs of last year, giving more room for tenderness, relaxation, and self-protection.
While Rabbits are an architype in most cultural histories, I've brought it back to the motherland 🇩🇰 In Danish folklore, Rabbits were believed to be messengers under the Moon, between the Goddesses and the living. A favorite myth of mine is about the Easter Bunny. Ostara, Scandi Goddess of the Spring, stumbled across a bird in the snow. Her wings were frozen and she would soon perish, so Ostara transformed the bird into a rabbit. A land animal to hop away and burrow in the cold. The rabbit retained the ability to lay eggs, and as gratitude, laid colorful eggs during the arrival of spring. Creating the children's tradition we know today of hiding decorated eggs for Easter.
The artwork is hand drawn and type-set by Kimberly Bager.
Danish translation from Isabel Münter.
︎︎︎ 11x17” in
︎︎︎ Printed on Neenah Classic Crest 80lb. Cover
︎︎︎ Edition of 50
2023 is Year of the Rabbit.
Symbols of the Moon themselves - Rabbits embody passiveness, auspiciousness, cleverness, and re-birth. This year's lucky animal will soothe the ups and downs of last year, giving more room for tenderness, relaxation, and self-protection.
While Rabbits are an architype in most cultural histories, I've brought it back to the motherland 🇩🇰 In Danish folklore, Rabbits were believed to be messengers under the Moon, between the Goddesses and the living. A favorite myth of mine is about the Easter Bunny. Ostara, Scandi Goddess of the Spring, stumbled across a bird in the snow. Her wings were frozen and she would soon perish, so Ostara transformed the bird into a rabbit. A land animal to hop away and burrow in the cold. The rabbit retained the ability to lay eggs, and as gratitude, laid colorful eggs during the arrival of spring. Creating the children's tradition we know today of hiding decorated eggs for Easter.
The artwork is hand drawn and type-set by Kimberly Bager.
Danish translation from Isabel Münter.
︎︎︎ 11x17” in
︎︎︎ Printed on Neenah Classic Crest 80lb. Cover
︎︎︎ Edition of 50
01 ꩜
Beginning No. 5: On the Perception Underlying Life
By Agnes Martin
A printed booklet of Agnes Martin’s writing with 5 accompanying illustrations of the same size.
︎︎︎ 28 Pages
︎︎︎ 216 x 140 mm
︎︎︎ Staple bound digital offset wrapped in Mulberry paper
︎︎︎ First Edition of 104
︎︎︎ ISBN: 978-0-578-29201-4
By Agnes Martin
A printed booklet of Agnes Martin’s writing with 5 accompanying illustrations of the same size.
︎︎︎ 28 Pages
︎︎︎ 216 x 140 mm
︎︎︎ Staple bound digital offset wrapped in Mulberry paper
︎︎︎ First Edition of 104
︎︎︎ ISBN: 978-0-578-29201-4
