From start to finish, each piece is colored by mixing feminisms of past to present. In a technical sense, the ink creating the rainbow motifs is achieved through print runs that layer primary colors to create something more than the sum of its parts. The prints themselves are combinations of both wood and metal type, with the color blocking achieved through carved linoleum. TransAction is a tongue and cheek subversion of the capitalist connotation of exchange. As the United States continues to legislate against trans and queer lives. In 2023, the conservative political action campaign known as CPAC, had popular political pundit Michael Knowles declare that “transgenderism must be eradicated from public life.” Transaction exists as both a renunciation of such fascistic rhetoric, and an open statement of fact. Trans people have always existed, and will always exist.

letterpress and lino print

Felix zyrna and Catherine Alice michaelis-Zyrna