On Tuesday juniors in the Printmaking department gathered on the first floor of Memorial Hall to share their series of smart work at a final critique. After taking a deep breath, Sophia Oldsman 15 PR tacked up a series of kooky prints portraying two little girls with oversized hands and buggy eyeballs.

In each edition, the cartoonish caricatures are wearing a slightly different costume associated with playful activities such as skating or snowball making. The artist used a vintage black and white photo of her older sisters to anchor the quirky collection. 

Brian Chippendale 97 PR*, a former Printmaking major who is now a well-known comic book artist and noise musician, served as a guest critic for the class taught by Professor Cornelia McSheehy.

“These are super funny. I love it when people embrace the basic repetition of Printmaking,” noted Chippendale while looking over Oldsman’s series. “It would be great to have the room completely plastered with sister activity. Your work feels like it contains a buried joke.”

Oldsman explained that much of her work is inspired by family dynamics. She plans to continue exploring these themes oversees while participating in the European Honors Program in Rome next semester. “I like to use my memories from childhood to guide my work,” she notes. “It’s available subject matter.”