52 Weeks of Printmakers

Portland-based artist Kelli MacConnell carefully explores landscapes, then translates her natural surroundings into richly detailed prints. For her, printmaking serves as a key vehicle in fostering a relationship between humans and the natural world. She is currently working on an ongoing series of prints called Prints for Preservation. She talks about this project – and […]

Overlook, by Valerie Lueth in collaboration with Paul Roden Log, by Valerie Lueth in collaboration with Paul Roden This week’s printmaker is Pittsburgh-based artist Valerie Lueth of Tugboat Printshop. A self-described “prairie gal” (born in Iowa and raised in rural South Dakota), Valerie creates intricate woodcuts of the natural world. Her work is large and

This week’s printmaker is Brooklyn-based artist Nic Annette Miller. Nic  is a multidisciplinary artist who has a particular interest in woodblock printmaking, installation, concept research, and art direction of photography and video. While trained in traditional printmaking techniques, Nic has taken her work beyond traditional, two-dimensional prints, creating sculptural objects, short videos, and large installations.

Valori Wells is a printmaker, photographer, a professional quilter, a fabric and pattern designer, and the co-owner of The Stitchin’ Post in Sisters, Oregon. Trained as a photographer, Valori experimented with printmaking while she attended Pacific Northwest College of Art, and eventually made her way into the world of surface design (in addition to everything