Artist Yael Brotman and Smokestack’s Analog printmaker, Laine Groeneweg, worked collaboratively in the production of Yael’s limited edition print, “Come to my House”, on the occasion of her solo-exhibition and Smokestack Gallery in the summer of 2021.

In response to her experience through the creation and production of the edition, Yael comments:

“Come to my House was created from reflections on the need we have all been experiencing to be with people up close and in-person again following months of our collective isolation during the pandemic. Following months of collective isolation during the pandemic, we are now compelled to invite others to cross the threshold between public and private space again, regardless of the condition of our home.

The process in which this edition was created mirrors the condition of isolation versus the communal. While I worked alone in my studio for several weeks drawing the images that made up each coloured layer for the silkscreen, Laine also worked alone getting the 9 layers of imagery onto the screens in preparation for printing. Then, with masks on, together we spent a fabulous day mixing colours and printing them one by one (Laine did most of the printing!). It was so much fun to work together in the warm space of the Smokestack Studios.

I am really grateful for that experience.”

Laine working with Yael Brotman on her Smokestack Limited Edition

Drying Rack with In-process works by Yael Brotman

Yael Brotman – silkscreen print in process

Through the last 18 months of the global pandemic, artist Yael Brotman took the opportunity to create a brand new series of work, “Sandbags round my life”, that continues her hybrid printmaking explorations by the integration of analog and digital printmaking methods.