Here’s some not so current work in progress that I’ve been very bad about photo documenting the development of.
The woman is my great-grandmother, Celestina, maiden name, Murguia. The rope refers to the trauma she experienced more than once as a young girl watching soldiers during the Mexican Revolution threatening her mother with hanging if she would not tell them where her husband had gone to hide their older daughters. I’m still doing a lot of digging through oral family history to get at the corresponding specifics of documented history and for this reason have been hesitant to post this sooner. In English, the text reads “Of these memories, one does not speak.”
Anyways, etching on 11”x18” zinc plate. Begun at Josephine Press last October. Needs further development in the blank areas. I’ll likely include more imagery or chine cole elements in the future but I’m reluctant to commit to any ideas so far.
Also, happy Mothers’ Day according to the Mexican date for the holiday.
