Fresh Impressions: Letterpress Printing in Contemporary Art

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Fragments, 2005

Letterpress printed on photograms
Series of six , 12in x 16in each

My work often consists of overlapping materials and techniques, a process conveying complexity of human thought and emotion. In the work Fragments I recorded the ephemeral thoughts that occur to come up with an idea. Without altering the brainstormed text through the time consuming technique of hand setting I letterpress printed over a photoram. Within the photogram the iconic and stereotypical light bulb is shattered and distorted as the broken pieces splatter across the pages becoming ethereal jagged shapes. The work is a documentation of the documentation of coming up with an idea.

Detail of Fragments, 2005

Detail of Fragments, 2005