Prints (2016)

$20.00

Extra prints from a series of prints on the Cheapening of Chinese Culture. This project played a huge part in how I conceived my thesis collection and my jewelry today.

Single-layer prints from 7.75”x10” woodblocks on varying paper sizes (7.75”x10”—9”x12”) and types (blue/red/yellow construction paper, white/yellow lined paper, invoice paper). The yellow carbon copies shown come attached to all invoice carbon copy prints (not sold separately).

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Extra prints from a series of prints on the Cheapening of Chinese Culture. This project played a huge part in how I conceived my thesis collection and my jewelry today.

Single-layer prints from 7.75”x10” woodblocks on varying paper sizes (7.75”x10”—9”x12”) and types (blue/red/yellow construction paper, white/yellow lined paper, invoice paper). The yellow carbon copies shown come attached to all invoice carbon copy prints (not sold separately).

All paper types were made outside of the U.S. and generally “cheap.” I hand-cut and hand-printed each of these images in large numbers to contradict the idea of machined and mass produced objects. All of the images represent some part of Chinese culture that has been mass produced— often for western consumption— and cheapened in cultural value. Originally, these prints were puzzled together so that their individual value would be “cheapened” as their multiples joined the larger image. The higher quantity of different blocks I made also lessened the time I could contribute to and therefore quality of each block— another reference to the quality of mass produced items.