harshini
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prints

desert story,
screenprint on paper,
2023

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harshini enjoys printmaking of all kinds.
she graduated from brown university in 2023.

full portfolio, resume available upon request

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screenprint: absurdist fish

metamorphosis,
screenprint on paper,
2022
nausea,
screenprint on paper,
2022
waiting for godot,
screenprint on paper,
2022

this project places fish into scenes from my favorite Western existentialist and absurdist stories. from left to right: Metamorphosis by Franz Kafka, Nausea by Jean-Paul Sartre, and Waiting for Godot by Samuel Beckett. i hoped to convey the feeling that came to me as i read, through these bookplate-style interpretations.

linocut/block print

self-portrait,
linoleum block print on paper,
2023
Palestine Sunbird,
linoleum block print on paper,
2024

each block print is a meditation. using personal and cultural symbols, i contemplate our relationship to our environment.
"hummingbird heart" was featured in the 2024 Southwest Print Fiesta print exchange in Silver City, New Mexico.

hummingbird heart,
linoleum block print on paper,
2024

bookmaking: desert, living book

this book was created during a RISD course called Letterpress and Non-Stitch Bookbinding. it uses letterpress printing, drum leaf binding, and pop-up/paper engineering techniques to depict life in the desert, which is often mischaracterized as lifeless and barren.

risograph printing

this past year, i've enjoying exploring and experimenting with the risograph machine!

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