You Are Here is a large scale installation completing my 4-year Visiting Artist position at the Hamilton Wood Type & Printing Museum. The opening of the exhibition coincided with the Museum’s November ‘22 Wazygoose, when many printers and print enthusiasts gather to celebrate the art of letterpress and type in all its forms.
Resembling a giant landscape of buildings and natural elements, You Are Here was printed over six days at the Museum. It utilizes various sizes of large wood type, set and printed in overlapping layers before trimming and assembling into repeating patterns. Some of the smaller elements were printed in the same manner at the studio. Effort was made to showcase the unique and detailed qualities of each letterform, reexamining its day-to-day task of straightforward communication. “Windows” within the installation feature comments from the global print community, gathered in response to prompts. You Are Here offers viewers a chance to reflect on the power of print, and the sense of place it inspires.

Survey prompts:
To me, print is:
I can create when:
I worry about:
I make space for:
I can heal by:
I contribute to printing by:
I am comforted by:
Making prints:
Working with my hands:
My community is:
I can build:
___makes me feel safe.
___brings me joy.
___ is home to me.