Black Lightning Cedar Tree Pressing 18x24

Species: Eastern Red Cedar Latitude & Longitude: 31.9087 - 94.6624 Press Date:  Summer 2020 Dimensions: 18 w x 24 h inches Materials: Strathmore 400 series 100 lb Archival paper and Speedball Ink Style: White Ink on Black Paper Limited Edition- 50 hand prints made  Description -This particular Eastern Red Cedar tree was approximately 40 ft tall, fell in Deep East Texas in 2019 near Nacogdoches(the oldest city in Texas). This tree was a seedling in 1970, during the Vietnam War, the first official Earth Day, and the year the World Trade Center-North Tower construction was finished making it the tallest building in the world. Each tree ring print is prepared and printed by hand in a small limited edition based on the number of growth rings/years, in this case approx 50. The wood is prepared by first sanding, torching, dampening and repeating until the growth rings are raised enough to print. Tree growth rings are made of springwood and summerwood, hence the name. Springwood is softe