{"product_id":"kitty-koppelman","title":"\"Your Queer Ancestors\" by Kitty Koppelman","description":"\u003ch4\u003e11 x 14 inches\u003cbr\u003eLinocut\/Letterpress\u003cbr\u003e$75 unframed, $175 framed\u003c\/h4\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003ca href=\"mailto:kittykoppelman@gmail.com\" class=\"global-button\"\u003e Contact Kitty to purchase\u003c\/a\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch3\u003eArtist Statement:\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eIn my work, I’m trying to cut through stories and myths and labels - political, personal, social – in an attempt to understand who I am and who I want to be, and to see how we’re all built - in spite of how we’ve learned to think and see things. Humor, optimism, and beauty are essential tools in this process.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eWith letterpress and linocut, there’s a special kind of alchemy when combining solid, specific, concise words with a rougher, imperfect handmade image. It’s as if the image has the kiss of humanity, and the words are more mechanical and solid. Like complementary colors, they complete each other, and they command more attention and consideration together than either could separately. My current work integrates handmade linocut images with letterpress messages that attempt to elevate visibility and strengthen identity, especially for LGBTQ teens and children. I'm also inspired to recognize and pay homage to the natural world.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch3\u003eAbout the Artist:\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eBorn in 1960, Kitty grew up in the NY suburbs and left for the west coast immediately after high school. She's about to retire from a 40 year career at the Olympia Food Co-op, where she's been part of the management collective since 1987. Self-taught, Kitty has worked primarily in pastels since about 1998, and has been a printmaker since 2012. Kitty has been making art all her life, and considers it her truest purpose, but it’s always taken a back seat to the day job. Over the past 10 years she's been working to reverse that. In her future she plans to dedicate her time to printmaking and teaching.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/www.kittykoppelman.com\" class=\"global-button global-button--text image-text__button\"\u003eArtist Website\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/Start_Something_Goods\" class=\"global-button global-button--text image-text__button\"\u003e Follow on Instagram\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"The Copper Wolf","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":48433279172791,"sku":null,"price":175.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0264\/4990\/3713\/files\/queer-ancestors-kitty-k.jpg?v=1777953433","url":"https:\/\/thecopperwolf.com\/products\/kitty-koppelman","provider":"The Copper Wolf ","version":"1.0","type":"link"}