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Reinterpreting Johnny Cash's To Do list with wood type
challenged by my professor Kevin Auer to reinterpret a short piece of text using the RRK collection, I chose Johnny Cash’s to-do list from the 1970s. Kevin then selected three characters for me: J, X, and O.
Using these characters from six different typefaces, I printed the original wood type collage in an edition of 50. I then scanned, recomposited it digitally, and reprinted it on the back using photopolymer and silkscreen. 7 × 9"
collage x letterpress x screen print celebrating the women who crafted despite it all!
initially setting out to collage an artifact of art history, I chose a 1968 edition of The Workbasket as a commentary on the massive yet often invisible role of traditionally “domestic” and “feminine” craft within the canon (and within my own practice). However while scanning the material, I became overwhelmed by the misogynistic messaging embedded within what initially felt like a safe, intimate space for women. I collaged selections of these advertisements and printed letterpress with polymer plates.
I then sought to embody the women of this era by adopting their techniques and persistence to re-collage the print. I used traditional weaving methods to create new negatives for additional plates, which were then reprinted. The final layers feature four women of the Bauhaus whose practices deeply inspire me and resonate with the conceptual framework of this piece. Their names are letterpress printed on the back. 6x7"
pinch collar - exploring corporeality
2 layers of hand inked pressure printing letterpress, combined with 2 layers silkscreen. 11x17"
exploring identity through reflection and registration. polymer and silkscreen. 18" x 24"
Little Boy Blue
2 laser cut blocks printed letterpress and hand stamped linoleum 5x7"
Bug gets his big B!
celebrating my kittens first birthday, this print is composed of 3 layers of silkscreen, and 2 layers of polymer plates printed letterpress. I then scanned my favorites in, and composited in After Effects. 10x10"
It's something I do
crocheted star and coins mounted on chipboard and printed letterpress. Screen print lyrics from It's Something I Do by Frog 4.5x4.5"
Dorio Romantic Pizza Box
custom pizza box designed and screen printed for Austin based band Dorio. 14x14"
collaging the UT design lab's photopolymer scraps
Queen of Hearts
Imagining new imagery from wood type. 3 layers letterpress and 3 layers silkscreen. Final edition of 25. 8.5x11"
Exploring the permanence and physicality of print media. Screen print with small lino stamps. Mounted on wood pane, also screen print.
Printed each layer of CMYK on transparent polyester film & spiral bound in reverse order. 8.5x11"
original sketch scan
original initial scan
Screen printed original drawings from my grandfathers high school textbooks. 11x17"
Flaming Cake
after drawing a noun and an adjective from a selection of my peers, we were assigned with creating a composition including one of the words printed in wood type, and a layer of linoleum carving. 11x17" My words were: flaming cake.
designed in InDesign, printed on Astrobright, hand bound. 5.5x8.5"
german letterform abstracted composition
MAMA NEEDS A MARG wood type
vday exploration
'flaming cake' lino x wood type
be mine p22 block print
