I have the honor of joining Marie Watt and members of her studio team at the Utah Museum of Fine Art this coming weekend for the opening of their installation of Storywork: The Prints of Marie Watt. On February 21, we’ll be hosting a hands-on printing activity (printing circle) with members of the public as part of the exhibit kick-off. Participants will be guided in the process of making simple word-based card stock relief printing plates, and then have the opportunity to create pressure prints in the museum classroom. Duplicates of the resulting prints are sometimes used in future artwork, a variation of Marie’s practice of making patchwork textile tapestries drawn from multiple sewing circles. You can see an example of the use of pressure prints from printing circles in the piece Companion Species (Passage).
Photo courtesy of Marie Watt Studio