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A PLACE AT THE TABLE | HEIRLOOM FINE ART PRINTS

A PLACE AT THE TABLE | HEIRLOOM FINE ART PRINTS

$45.00
$45.00
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Museum-quality, velvety-matte giclée prints, available in multiple sizes. Made to order, and printed in the USA on archival, heavyweight fine art paper with a subtle watercolor texture.

For those who aim to experience my work as closely to my intent as possible, these prints offer the most immersive experience available, short of being present when I create it.  If you think it looks lovely on the screen, wait until you see this print in person!

A full collector’s guide to caring for your print can be found HERE

Why invest in a fine art print?

OUTSTANDING LONGEVITY

Each of my Heirloom giclée prints is created using certified archival paper and inks. With proper care and display, your print will maintain color and quality for up to 100 years in home display and 300 years in dark storage, enduring long enough to pass on to future generations of art collectors.

EXCEPTIONAL COLOR ACCURACY

Utilizing 7 dye-based inks, giclée printing offers enhanced color accuracy via a vibrant, expanded array of printable colors. A wider palette ensures that my artwork is reproduced the way I intended it to be viewed: with vivid colors, rich blacks, bright whites, smooth gradients, and exceptional image clarity.

READ ALYSSA'S ARTIST ESSAY FOR "A PLACE AT THE TABLE"

Reserving a seat or setting a table for loved ones who have passed is a tradition for some. This is a cherished and enduring custom in many families, cultures, and communities worldwide. Western culture often views death as fearful, silent, and off-limits in conversation. These feelings are not without cause. Death is an unknowable plane, a hidden place bordering our lives. These coordinates on the universal map of mortality are a place we cannot go if we wish to return. As such, it is a formidable adversary. However, there is healing to be found in welcoming your beloved dead back into your life. For me, saving a seat is an act of remembrance and reverence. The water I drink at a table shared with the dead is a healing elixir, a fortification of the self and protection against the eerie, lingering fog of grief.

The table does not need to be something wooden with four legs. Including your loved ones who have passed in conversation can serve as a table just as well as a tangible surface. Speaking of the dead is more than fleeting, simple remembrance. A conversation need not be somber, or sad - it can be a celebration of someone's unique existence in sound and color. Talking can also be a way to navigate the waters where the disparate oceans of resentment and grief often meet. Developing a personal practice of frequenting memories offers the dead a thriving place in your heart. Discussing this practice with others can help to destigmatize end-of-life care and grieving in your community and family spaces.

“A Place At The Table” is a requiem - a visual marker of the ceremonies I perform for my dead loved ones. It is also Memento Mori, a Latin phrase that means “remember that you must die.” When you recall that you will someday be the ghost in the room yourself, how do you want your life and legacy to be remembered? Lamented sharply for a time and then forgotten to the numbing winds of grief? or mourned, but remembered and cherished. Pitchers were often used in classical still life to indicate hospitality. This is representative here of hospitality for the dead. This cup and pitcher may be empty, but they still signal that our loved ones are welcome at the table anytime and will always have a place of honor, even in death

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