10 Women’s Faces

In the series of ten women, Language As My Witness, I used the process of photolithography to print the face. First, I had a large negative made using a mezzotint screen to create the grey scale. I developed the aluminum lithography plates using a light box, and then, printed them applying the technique of water repelling oil. Next, I letterpress-printed the words over each face. After printing the face and text, I cut one print into vertical strips and one print into horizontal strips. Then, I wove them together, starting with the eyes as the focal point and continuing out to where the edges begin to pixilate. I illustrate in this work how these objectifying and degrading words are imbedded in our speech and consciousness. By hand setting and printing these words on a powerful woman's face I challenge the viewer to question why these words exist and how we use them.