Process of “Mass Incarceration is a Labor Issue” Part 1

April 16, 2013

While Justseeds was in Milwaukee, I took process shots of the print I created, to show the process of creating this print. Here is the final print:
The first step in creating this print was researching labor and prison issues, including reading The New Jim Crow by Michelle Alexander as well as this article from The Nation

I proceeded to start sketching possible imagery, which led to drawings like this:

and this:

Tune in next week for Process Part 2!

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