PRINTMAKING

Printing is, like UI/UX design, process and problem-solving. Multi-plate printing gives more margin for error, but I enjoy the mental puzzle and risk of a linocut reduction print: one lapse of concentration can ruin a week’s work. The hardest thing to learn in printmaking is patience.

SONORA (Orange) sold out before the ink was dry. One copy is currently part of a touring exhibition in Mexico.

I love portraiture. Peeling back the paper from a lino plate and the reveal of a face excites me as much today as it did the first time.

I learned my trade in Mexico. So it only seemed fair to leave copies of Kahlo, Villa and Zapata behind when I left.

I photographed works and digitally printed stickers

I worked in Tlalpan, in the south of Mexico City. It was a 16km trek from my home, but worth it: I learned the craft from several Mexican artists working there. I owe them, and their country everything.

@warrencrawfordart

“I’ve never seen anyone improve as quickly as this hijoeputa” - Humberto Valdez, México DF 2017