Mojándose (Crossing) II
Etching, chine collé, thread drawings, relief and blind embossment.
21″ x 27″
2015
This print reflects on the border between Mexico and the U.S. — a place shaped by movement, memory, and silence. It quietly traces the journey of migration from south to north, where every mark carries longing.
Fragments of 17th- and 18th-century books in Spanish and English are sewn and chine collé into the surface — stitched histories layered with weight and meaning. A relief-printed figure drifts across the page, swimming through the Rio Grande. Over it all, a blind embossment of the Codex Mendoza lingers like a ghost — the quiet presence of histories that refuse to disappear.
In the collections of:
-The Smithsonian American Art Museum, Washington DC.
-The Amon Carter Museum of American Art, Forth Worth, TX.
-The Blanton Museum of Art, Austin, TX.
-Digital Public Library of America.
*Print co-published at Flatbed Press