Hare, important to humans since our early days, is known everywhere as a symbol of fertility, balance, and transformation. Although rare, cave paintings of Hare have been found. With Hare comes the…

The Three Hares is not found in the medieval bestiary but much like The Pelican in her Piety it is a common motif in medieval church carvings. Its meaning is something of a mystery and depictions of it in medieval art have been found as far west as Devon, England and as far East Dunhuang, China. This image was the only one cut from a lino plate while the others have been made to look like linocuts. The plate itself was about 11 inches in diameter which is pretty colossal for a linocut and…

The Medieval Bestiary 3/3 - Tinners Hares

'rabbit/hare trinity' -- here labelled "Unser seindt vier" [We are four/there's four of us]. from the album amicorum of Frederick IV of the Palatine [UB Heidelberg, Pal. Ger. 619 -- this is f.47v. entries are dated 1582-1605]. Here we have an interesting association with the motif of the 2 fools who say "we are three" -- making the viewer by his/her puzzled inquiry the 3rd! The hare also has traditional associations of folly -- cf. Eng. "mad as a march hare"

Corey Egbert on Instagram: “The three hares - an ancient mysterious symbol appearing in many cultures... and as a sticker in my booth at Culpeper tomorrow :) . .…”

While I would have liked to claim this motif as an original idea, my illustration is actually based on a motif that is centuries old. It's called 'The Three Hares' and its origin has been traced back to the 6th Century AD (or CE - Common Era) in China. It seems that many other religions and cultures around the world have also used this rather mesmerizing optical illusion. I enjoyed sketching it in this simple state, doodling around with the background. Micron pens in a sketchbook, 15 cm in…

updated February 2024 Online orders for UK customers only. Original prints are posted by Royal Mail special delivery. Apologies to overseas customers, but I have decided to only ship to the UK My linocuts and woodcuts are printed in my studio from blocks that have been hand carved by me. The prints are 'hand burnished' - I do not use a printing press. All my prints are signed and numbered by me in small editions. ALL PRINTS ARE SOLD UNFRAMED, photos of framed prints are for example only.

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