Masculine Feminine

“Hearsay” series

The four images in “Masculine feminine” is part of my “Hearsay” series. I start with a photograph I’ve taken while walking in the city. These pipes are in a wall that faces the entranceway to the artist cooperative where I live and work. What was their original purpose? Nowadays they leak creativity which seeps into our building.

image of pipes in a wall

Then I use pen and ink to create a drawing inspired by the photograph. The drawing is not meant to duplicate the photograph or in any way be representational.

The drawing then serves as a springboard for the third piece in the series, which is usually a print. For this particular print, I used a combination of collagraph and relief printing techniques:

The fourth and last piece in the series is inspired by the third piece. Usually it’s a mixed media piece. For this particular piece, I printed and drew over collaged squares from a gelli print:

Masculine feminine
2025
Series of 4, framed originals
Each framed piece is 10″ x 10″ x 1″
Inkjet, pen & ink, mono print, gelli print
$550 (framed)

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Wendy Fernstrum

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