MOCKINGBIRD HANDPRINTS IN OLMOS PARK PRESENTS
Dates October 2 – Nov 15
Artist Reception – Oct 4th, 3pm-5pm
Artist talk – 4pm
Jane Dunnewold
Using a gel plate to produce these mono-prints allows me to capture elusive details of everyday objects that often go unnoticed – and speak to the history of the object being printed. Who wore those gloves or that outrageous blouse? Where did the feathers come from? How many times has that brush been dipped into the paint pot? The nuances of our lives are often in the details. I invite you to slow down and look for the stories the pieces are telling.
Using children’s clothing in these art quilts was a serendipitous choice that plays well with Jane’s gel printed pieces. I made these pieces with the thought that for all we claim to treasure children, our world offers threats to their wellbeing both in increasingly frequent natural disasters and increasingly violent human behaviors. Just looking at numbers of children who die or are injured from school shootings, is appalling. Since 2000, the number of school shooting fatalities and injuries has skyrocketed — in 2000 there were 6 school shootings. In 2024 there were 56. These pieces of children’s clothing are loving memorials to those who died since 2000: 462, including the shooters who were often children as well. Twenty-five more children have died in school shootings in 2025. (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_school_shootings_in_the_United_States_(2000%E2%80%93present)
