I See A Rabbit Abstract Screenprint

I was pulling tape sculptures apart in early 2022, studying how the eye builds shapes from fragments. This piece came from that obsession — the way abstract forms can trick your brain into seeing something specific, then dissolve back into pure geometry the moment you shift focus.

I See A Rabbit is a 5-layer hand-pulled screenprint that plays with optical ambiguity. Some people see the rabbit immediately. Others see caves, or coastlines, or machinery. The forms shift depending on where your eye enters the composition. It's the visual equivalent of those recordings where different people hear completely different words from the same audio.

The process mirrors the idea. Each layer builds on the last, creating depth through transparency rather than opacity. The CMYK build-up mimics how your retina processes colour — cyan, magenta, yellow, black — but hand-pulled through mesh rather than printed by machine. Every impression sits slightly differently. The registration shifts create micro-variations that a digital printer could never achieve.

Two editions capture different moods. The standard CMYK version has that familiar print feel — rich but accessible, like opening a magazine from 1973. The white gold leaf edition transforms the same forms into something altogether more ceremonial. The metallic surface catches light differently throughout the day, so the rabbit appears and disappears with the changing angles.

This isn't about technical perfection. It's about the moment when your brain suddenly locks onto a shape and you can't unsee it. Then someone else looks at the same print and sees something completely different. That tension between the abstract and the recognisable — that's where interesting things happen.

Somerset Satin paper holds the ink without fighting it. 320gsm weight means it won't cockle in the frame. The cotton rag stock has enough tooth to grab the ink properly but stays smooth enough for clean pulls. Each print is signed and embossed — not for ceremony, but because the work deserves that mark of completion.

This is for people who like art that doesn't reveal everything at first glance. For collectors who understand that the best abstract work operates on multiple frequencies simultaneously. For anyone who's ever stared at clouds and seen faces looking back.