Praeterita

That Which I Do Not Remember, William Kentridge. Image copyright David Krut Projects. David Krut Workshop in Johannesburg, South Africa, is the printmaking workshop that has a long-standing relationship with artist William Kentridge. I have juts discovered a great blog post from the workshop, talking about the latest relief printmaking project that they have been working on together for the last few years. It's a giant woodcut print (plus a little bit of linocut), assembled from smaller multi-shaped blocks. Image copyright David Krut Projects The post has a lot of great photos, and is full of microscopic technical detail about the painstaking process of putting together such a large project. Link here . And here is an even longer blog post about the making of an earlier print in the series.

William Kentridge, etching in progress. 3 layers of coffee lift and drypoint. Photo copyright Liz Chalfin 2019. I have been making prints for more than 20 years, and in the last 6 or 7 years I have practised non-toxic techniques to replace the practices and materials of the traditional etching studio, most of which were/are highly toxic (and capable of causing significant damage to the brain, skin, internal organs, and central nervous system). One of the most valuable resources around for nontoxic printmaking is the website of the Zea Mays studio in Massachusetts. They have a research program for testing non-toxic processes, which they publish on their website. Each section contains the results of their methodical experiments, often containing as much as 20 separate and highly documented steps. One of my many inspirations for etching is the South African artist William Kentridge, who has a lifelong and continued association with printmaking. To my delight, I just found out th...

Here is a short video of me in my studio, talking about me, my art, and my influences.