Nova

NOVA is a 9x12” hand-carved linoleum block print made on 11x14” Stonehenge paper in the color Kraft. JOY features a Black woman with a detailed bantu knot design braided into her hair. The design is remincent of supernovas.

NOVA is the sister print to JOY and RHYSE. Nova completes the series/triptych about black feminine joy, sisterhood, and empowerment.

To be a Black Woman is to embody JOY. In a world where we are constantly scrutinized, challenged, and ridiculed our JOY is political and it is powerful. Our hair is JOY as it allows us to explore mountains of self expression, to reconnect to our childhood selves, and evoke the simplest of pleasures like flowers ✿ when we move our body, cook /eat our favorite foods, soak up the sun, embrace our full Black femme beings… we embody Black girl JOY ✿

*Please note that due to the nature of hand-carved linoleum block printing, every print will have its own unique quality. Each edition is inspected to be the best quality and similar, but I cannot ensure exact replica of the print pictured on this site. Part of the magic of printmaking is all of the print-specific marks like "noise" or carving marks that add to the feel of the print. Please take note of this when ordering.