Seasons, February, spinach
€300.00
store information
year
2023
size
44 × 61.5 cm
17.3 × 24.2 in
paper color
white
paper weight
270gsm
printing
screen print
inks
green
glass granulate
printer
Gal Šnajder
edition
15
signed
yes
numbered
yes

Seasons is a series of twelve prints and functions as a calendar of seasonal food. Each print shows a fruit or a vegetable that is in season that month or from that month on. February is represented by spinach, printed on white paper with green ink and glue. The glue was later covered with micro glass granulate that resembles snow, which usually still covers the first spinach of the season. Instead of using the guillotine, each print was trimmed by hand. The torn ragged edges show the original colors of the paper.

Availability of prints is based on the availability of the produce they depict in the local shop where I usually buy food. If the food is not available, the print is "out of season" as well. The fruits and vegetables were determined by the seasonal cycles in Ljubljana, with the exception of December, represented by the Japanese seasonal citrus Dekopon. This particular print ships flat so the shipping cost is a bit higher than of most other in series.

All the prints were made by Gal Šnajder at his newly established print house Čiračara in Maribor, Slovenia. Each print is signed and numbered in a limited edition of 15.

High resolution image for a more detailed overview, photography by Naoki Takehisa

Print close-up, photography by Klemen Ilovar

Hand-torn edge detail, photography by Klemen Ilovar

The whole set, 12 months