"Nothing great in this world has been accomplished without passion."
These words by the philosopher Georg Wilhelm Friedrich Hegel summarize how I feel about printmaking, art and life. The smell of the materials, the feel of the paper and the physicality of pulling a print by hand invoke in me the passion necessary to become a successful printmaker and artist. Many believe the passion in printmaking has gotten lost with the increased use of digital techniques within the traditional printmaking world. The idea of finding passion in the balance between traditional and digital printmaking is part of the research I would like to work on during my graduate studies. I have been exploring papermaking, layering and both hand drawn and digital imagery in graduate school.
