Cuauhxicalli (2022)

Melanie Cervantes
11″ x 14″, 7 layer (including two metallics layers) handmade screen-print
140lb/ 300gsm Strathmore Vision Watercolor Paper
Printed in my kitchen in San Leandro, CA (December) 2022
Edition of 27 with Dignidad Rebelde’s studio symbol as a dry embossed seal in left hand corner

Cuauhxicalli is my latest experimental print. No premeditated plan for the work, no prepared layers. Just improvisation.

The print is heavy with thick layers of ink. All vinyl stencils and water based inks. The metallics are so… ✨ shiny ✨.