mixed media - mokuhanga, and relief print process using inks, watercolor, acrylic and colored pencil on acid free rag paper

Emily has years of experience coordinating public and programs and exhibitions. She joined the staff at Volcano Art Center on Hawaiʻi Island in 2009 and has held various positions within the organization. Her philosophy is grounded in the belief that cultivating, sustaining and celebrating the arts is essential to a vibrant community. She gains inspiration from the natural environment and creative people.

This work is an experiment of printmaking techniques trying to capture the delicate details of Hawaiʻiʻs unique damselfly species. Due to the bold nature of relief carving lines I represented both the male and female version of the species as a design element and mirrored it . This result creates a delicate play of positive and negative space and allows the objects to interact together to become a feature rather than the main subject.