Flatbed Press Recent Publications 2016 | Page 47

John Robert Craft and Heather Parrish, pulling a print of Diamond Back.

iron sculptural pieces are utilized as tools to create minimalistic abstract images that map the energy and direction of the sculpture across the printmaking iron or wood substrate, simultaneously documenting the sculptureā€™s mass, movement, and form. They create nebulous images on paper, suggesting both a microcosmic view resembling particle movement or a larger macrocosmic approximation of stellar movements through space. The work is hard, heavy, and sometimes uncomfortably honest, which is a reflection of the artist and his life as a rancher.