Metate Comal Collage, 8.5”x11”

CMYK Risograph print,
Original artwork hand drawn by me, then screenprinted by hand as well.

This artwork was created with the intention of showcasing the traditional use of a metate, a stone grinding tool used for processing maize. Metate comes from the Náhuatl word “Metlatl.” The central figure is an Indigenous woman engaged in the act of grinding corn, a practice that has been passed down for generations. The metate in the drawing is depicted as a rectangular stone slab, accompanied by a mano, the handheld grinding stone used to crush and refine the maize into masa (corn dough). This meticulous process has been an essential part of Mesoamerican and Indigenous North American cultures for thousands of years.

to CMYK screen print, you use four transparent process inks—Cyan, Magenta, Yellow, and Black—layered as tiny halftone dots to create full-color, photorealistic images