Morgan Tartakoff

Blackstone River

woodcut on linen with letter press lettering

8.5″ x 50″

2024

“Blackstone River,” a woodcut hand printed on linen fabric, captures a view from above of the Blackstone River, one of the most prominent features of Worcester County. This river has both carved the land and history of the area. Between each slim, snaking natural section of river you find lake-like spots where old man-made dams still stand in the towns of Grafton, Whitinsville, Uxbridge, and Blackstone. If you look even closer, you can find very small, thin, straight sections of what remains of the long canal that once connected Worcester to Providence.

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