An art print of a Giant Bluff Weta in a pixel-painted style, hung on an art gallery wall, showcasing its oblique pose and detailed features.

The Design Inspiration: Great New Zealand Wildlife Photography

The inspiration for the design came from superlative wildlife photographer Rod Morris. Chrissie and I visited Rod’s image library in Dunedin back in the 90s when we were there exhibiting with The Great New Zealand Craft Shows. We were looking for slides that he had cherry-picked. These slides had the potential to be developed into hand-separated wildlife art for screen printing.

Making It Simple: Breaking Down the Colours to Just Seven Stencils for the Original Screen Print

The giant weta t-shirt print finished art, reduced, on a transparent background.
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