rachel prints

Rachel says about her work: “The image in my Practice series depicts a pixelated image of a young woman in crow posture (bakasana) with the same image overlapped, shifted, and distorted. I hoped the busy image evokes a sense of time, movement, and repetition. To emphasize this idea, I did many experiments by printing the same image on top of each other two or three times, such as in Practice (Triple Drop). The semi-aligned result with a CMYK color scheme creates a subtle illusion of movement to the viewer. Additionally, the lotus printed over some of my single dropped images features a verse from the Hatha Yoga Pradipika, and ancient yoga text, which in summary means “Practice and all is coming”. All images were produced from a laser-cut wood matrix.”

Rachel says about her work:  “I was interesting in exploring yoga via printmaking. I hoped the busy image evokes a sense of time, movement, and repetition. To emphasize this idea, I did many experiments by printing the same image on top of itself two or three times, such as in Practice (Triple Drop).”