So exciting to have Big Ink in our city and to get to make large woodblock prints with a group of talented printmakers! I had invited Big Ink over a year ago, and was happy that they agreed to make Albuquerque one of their stops. They set up the Big Tuna press at Fusion Theater over a weekend in mid April. I had been working for several months on my large woodcut of my grandmother (Babcia in Polish) “Julianna” who had immigrated in 1910 and lived her life in New Britain, CT. Her neighborhood was known as “little Poland” with such a large Polish community that she never learned English. My woodcut measured 24” x 60” and looked just right when the printed Masa paper came rolling off the press! The whole experience of having Big Ink here was so stimulating for all of us who participated. Thanks to Fusion for hosting us!
