A collection of Collagraph prints in series -

On color, on shape, on marks, on the simplest of structures to edit, on the hand.

This series of seven images will consist of small-scale, hand-printed editions that work together or alone. Shifting focus to small images in editions of, loosely, a dozen means that original prints remain affordable, and there are more opportunities to share.

Printing plates are made using simple materials like cardboard, sand, a binder. To make a transfer of ink, they undergo thousands of pounds of pressure when run through the etching press with dampened paper. They only hold up for so many prints, and that means new images will have their moment, as the plates are exhausted and retired. Instead of recycling old images in open digital editions, the images have a life and an ending.

On honoring color

On boldness, even in small packages

On being intentional

On being open to what may come

On the colors I wouldn't normally choose

On the tactility of something handmade

On the simple surprise of layered color

On the mysterious object

On imagined histories

On just the right amount

Artist’s proof (test print) showing the final colors.

Prints are shipped in flat envelopes, with plastic protector sleeves, via UPS.