Working in series since the 1980s, Harmony Hammond’s monotypes represent an extension of her interest in materials and process to push the boundaries of traditional printmaking. Viewing the press as a collaborator, Hammond works in a “state of peripheral control,” or intentional unpredictability, allowing the pressure of the press to move the ink and activate the surface. By applying layers of wet-into-wet ink printed on handmade paper, she imbues these works with a sculptural quality and textured surface that recalls that of patinated metal, skin, and leather.
