PREFACE print portfolio

2024, handset and polymer letterpress, screenprinting, reductive and laser-cut relief printing, laser-cut papercutting, 60 copies.

Top center: carved block used to create Removal by Tona Wilson
Middle Left: Adrift by Islam Aly
Middle Right: Exile from a City: MOVE by Kellee Warren
Bottom Left: Hogar Dulce Hogar (Home Sweet Home) by Nabil Gonzalez
Bottom Middle: Mar working on her contribution.
Bottom Right: Home Dulce Hogar (Home Sweet Home) by Mar González Palacios

Introducing PREFACE: Making a New Home Despite Displacement print portfolio. This is our second in the Black and Brown Hands Making series.

A different group of collective members works together each year to determine their focus and which techniques they will use to create a set of prints.

Throughout 2024, five collective members- Kellee Warren, Tona Wilson, Mar González Palacios, Nabil Gonzalez, and Islam Aly- discussed the role of Black and brown hands in constructing a new home in response to immigration and displacement.

Year: 2024

Media: handset and polymer letterpress, screenprinting, reductive and laser-cut relief printing, laser-cut papercutting

Dimensions: 11 x 14 inches

Edition size: 60 copies plus 6 artist’s proofs

Order: Email tia at bookprintcollective.com

Collections: Baylor University, Brown University, Harvard University, Los Angeles Public Library, Newberry Library, New York University, Ohio University, Pennsylvania State University, Princeton University, Rijksmuseum, the School of the Museum of Fine Arts at Tufts University, Swarthmore College, University of Chicago, University of Miami, and private collections.