ABOUT
Donau's Journey (El viaje de Donau) is not only a journey along the wise river but also a journey through all of our lives, from biological birth all the way to the sea, with many surprises along the way. Donau's Journey takes the form of the classic game "El juego de la oca" and it's more than a just board game. I used the goose game structure as a geometrical base for numerology, links between squares and relationships everywhere. And it can be used for play as well!
Myriad details wait to be discovered, some more hidden than others. Maybe you can feel for yourself the meaning of each square. This has been quite a personal project and at the same time an explanation of my vision of the Cosmos.
"The highest artistic aspiration is the creation of a one's own universe with one's own aesthetic, symbology and ideas."
THE PROCESS
I saw and admired a version by Rafael Alberti in Reina Sofía museum many years ago. I've always wanted to do something similar and finally started to put ideas together in April 2016. This new creation was growing quite fast and a huge quantity of inspiration came to me both day and night. I was fully focused on this project in April and May 2017 in order to complete it. I was too immersed in this fascinating and crazy river. Now, June 2017, the project is completed!
I mostly used Rotring Isograph with Rotring ink and watercolors for the drawings, pencils for some details and fountain pen for the text. Of course all hand done. No tech applied.
I'm happy to introduce Donau's Journey version in English.
The difference with the original print is not only the language but also the enriched frame.
It's printed in high quality vergé paper 160g/m2. Here some photos of the final print:
It's printed in high quality vergé paper 160g/m2. Here some photos of the final print:
Every print is signed by hand.
Paper: Vergé 160g/m2
High quality print.
Print size: 63 x 63 cm
SHIPPING:
Worldwide shipping
Delivered in tubes 67 cm long
SHIPPING:
Worldwide shipping
Delivered in tubes 67 cm long
PRICE:
Spanish version: Not available
English version: 85 EUR. AVAILABLE
English version: 85 EUR. AVAILABLE
HOW TO ORDER:
Please email me to naranjacorreo@gmail.com to place an order. Worldwide shipping from Spain.
Additionally USA customers can also buy directly in Amarillo Stationery shop. Link here:
Amarillo Stationery is an online shop based in USA. You can pay directly in USD. Domestic shipping from Chicago.
6 comments:
I got the prints today, thank you so much!
Your drawings are amazing! I am a big fan of your work.
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It is a wonderful work！！！
Looking at his picture I feel excited as if i had returned to my child.
Thank you for the gift where many dreams gathered
I had the exclusive chance to meet Jose in person and it made his art and notebook even more special to me, because it literally came to live when he talked about the meanings behind the drawings. For example in the Orange Manuscript, but also on Donaus Journey. This artist and his fantastic notebooks are so very inspirational and yet so approachable, someone please, please make a documentary about him!
You can buy his art also at www.cafe-analog.nl
Me encanta la densidad de simbologías que se pueden encontrar en la lámina. Es un desafío encontrar tantos significados comprimidos en sus casillas. Resulta muy interesante descubrir las correlaciones y coincidencias entre elementos, todo un universo propio de significados.
Estéticamente muy completa, estoy encantado de tenerla en mi salón.
It is so amazing work, that I have no words to describe it! The colors, the detail and the meaning behind each little design is stunning! Jose is a great artist and we are very happy to have his Donau’s Journey. It is dreams concentrated!
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