Where time stood still by choice Are our thoughts and emotions “tainted” by the current climate of solitude and separation? Should one instead use the word “tinted”, or even more fittingly the word “colored”, when writing about the prints of...
A practice that used to be rather informal or rare, called a print exchange, seems to be on the rise. Increasingly small fine art print presses, print publishers, and enterprising artists make ends meet by organizing these exchanges. The practice...
Even though she studied printmaking in college at University of Wales: Aberstwyth, Mesh artist Laura Boswell promptly turned her attention to new endeavors after her studies, and found work in commercial photography (managing the library of stock photographs, not as a...
Mesh artist Fumiko Takeda has been creating copper engravings for over 25 years. Her masterful skill is apparent, even at first glance. The delicate depictions of nature always have a touch of whimsy without being saccharine, which is a...
Color linocut reduction prints and color woodcut reduction prints basically utilize the same technical trick. It consists in using a single matrix or block (linoleum or wood respectively) to print all colors of the composition. A few of the artists...
Summertime is when art dealers plan their fall and winter activities. Normally we at Mesh would now be looking towards the New York Print Fairs which take place in late October. This year we’ll be sitting these out. A number...
At Mesh, we are all about supporting independent graphic artists, wherever they may live. It is important for printmakers to have access to studio space and a community to help foster their practice. We thought we would attempt the monumental task...
The Rhode Island School of Design, RISD for short, has an amazing museum, with a phenomenal collection of prints and drawings. Over the years the department of Prints and Drawings has also had the good fortune of being staffed by...
At the end of 2018 Mesh started showing the drawings of Kate Hendrickson, an artist who divides her time between Chicago and Sarasota. Who is Kate? What is her path as an artist? What is it about her work that...
