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Oh, those Best Laid Plans . . . which seems an apt title for another pairing from the plant family Solanaceae. That’s Henbane, Hyoscyamus niger, causing the chicken to be a little, uh, chicken. This is the fourth print of unlikely familial pairs from the nightshade family. Although the related vegetable isn’t visible in the above detail, the logical partner for henbane is (what else?) eggplant!
image: Best Laid Plans, block print
Tags: block print, chicken, egg, eggplant, henbane, linocut, printmaking, relief print, Solanaceae
It seems there’s a bit of a theme this week . . .
The next set of prints in the As Potent as a Charm series will focus on Solanaceae, a family of both fierce and friendly plants. All of the chicken’s eggs are in one basket in the first sketch, pairing henbane with eggplant. The layout is complete; eventually it will become a relief print.
The morning after this drawing was finished, the turtle decided to get in on the act. Yertle, AKA Yurt, put to rest any gender debate by producing two eggs of her own. There wasn’t much time to admire them, though – apparently she thought they’d make a good breakfast.
Tags: aubergine, box turtle, egg, eggplant, henbane, sketch, Solanaceae, turtle
