Red-legged Grasshopper

Red-legged Grasshopper, linocut, 7" x 4", Ele Willoughby, 2019

I made a cloud (or edition) of tiny grasshoppers! Red-legged grasshoppers are the most common grasshoppers in this part of the world. I’m made these prints for Wing Tip Press Leftovers print exchange. Printmakers exchange mini prints (< 7” x 5”) and raise money to combat hunger. So I wanted something related to hunger and my other flora and fauna sciart prints. I chose the grasshopper because it can be both an agricultural pest or a food source.