Monday

Close Crush refers to the unseen moment when the inked plate meets paper: the printmaker’s magic of positioning these two elements under pressure, calibrated just so, to create something new. Read another way, Close Crush may indicate nearness and adoration, pointing to the early, swooning stage in Humphreys and McMullen’s relationship that ultimately landed them married with a child. Through the double meaning of Close Crush, the artists also signal a desire to transmit intimate moments of life via image and material.

In another series titled for the days of the week, Humphreys works with kitchen sponges, soaking them in vats of dye and pressing them down upon embossed paper to create an image that is scaled one-to-one with its source. Her clear-eyed examination of the porous monochrome serves to elevate the material traces of homemaking, perhaps with a bit of humor. 

Shown pictured with other works from this series, all artworks sold separately.