Day 23 #artAdventCalendar is My hand-carved, hand-printed lino block print of the well-known, ancient Chinese folktale of the magpie bridge linking the lovers, The Weaver Girl & the Cowherd, separated by a great river, which is the Milky Way, is printed on lovely Japanese paper.

There are variations of the folktale across Asia, but the story tells of lovers, the Weaver Girl, symbolized by Vega, & the 🧵

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Day 3 of #FolktaleWeek2025 prompt is rain. My hand-carved, hand-printed lino block print of the well-known, ancient Chinese folktale of the magpie bridge linking the lovers, The Weaver Girl and the Cowherd, separated by a great river, which is the Milky Way, is printed on lovely Japanese paper, 11” x 14”.

There are variations of the folktale across Asia, but the story tells of lovers, 🧵

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Working on a print for a folktale well-known across Asia with different names and versions for #folktaleweek2025 #FolktaleWeekRain. This is the story of the magpie bridge which once a year can reunite the lovers, The Weaver Girl and the Cowherd, separated by the great river which is the Milky Way.

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