Wonderful piece from @zeeshanaleem.bsky.social “In the political arena, first-generation Americans and racial minorities are celebrated under certain terms and conditions, but if they violate them, their status can just as quickly be used to stigmatize them as alien and un-American.”

Delighted to share that I have been accepted into the Doctoral School at Akademia Sztuk Pięknych we Wrocławiu (ASP) where I will pursue my practice-based PhD over 3 years within the Printmaking and Book Art areas. All things considered, I am thrilled to stay in Poland. Excited for this next chapter.

Here’s a few images from my exhibition reception „Czas pod Ciśnieniem / Time under Pressure” at Galeria Miejska Pracownia. Huge thanks to everyone who made it possible! #fulbrightpoland #mezzotint #printmaker #time #pressure

Two small interior mezzos to round out this first water tower series. Taken from the Gliwice Sobieskiego water tower, a gorgeous gothic revival structure from 1918. #mezzotint #spiralstairs #interior

You, Me, and the Moon (part II) Across a Great Distance and Increasingly Dire Circumstances. Follow up piece to a past print from 2020, You, Me, and the Moon. Revisiting a theme with new imagery. So great to finally see all three plates of this triptych printed on one sheet! #mezzotint #printmaking

Toner aquatint demo day with ASP experimental drawing studio students. Such a great group.. and quite pleased with results of our collaborative print! Fun morning

Tam, Gdzie, Miękko / On Dwelling and Yearning on view at the Concrete Gallery at ASP! Works by Shannon Ferguson and Ivy Manska (visiting Wrocław on exchange from UTK! 😁) gorgeous lithos, etchings and relief prints. It’s great they are here this month!

Side panel mezzotint plate.. one more to complete this triptych! Can’t wait to see all three printed together on one sheet. #printmaking #mezzotint #intaglio #watertower #polska

Międzyrzecki Rejon Umocniony - Muzeum Fortyfikacji i Nietoperzy, German WWII underground bunker system / military defense line, and now, Europe’s largest protected bat sanctuary! Very interesting place to explore.. so much mining technology employed during wartime construction of bunkers like these.

Weekend in Bremen to visit my friend Jen. Very cool city. Haven’t been to Germany since last summer, despite being so close now. Got some really excellent park sits in, and a little sketch session!

Recreating water tower structures from archive images of the industrial plants they used to serve in Śląskie (Silesia) a postindustrial region I have been focusing on during my time in Poland. Based on Huta Zabrze at the former Zabrze steelworks, and Chorzów at the Zakłady Azotowe nitrogen plant.

It is finally spring in Poland 🌸

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Also met the cat of Užupis, some phenomenal figurative sculptures and spent time with an excellent guy. Too many photos to choose four, but these are a few of my favorites. I am the first Stackonis (Stockunas) in 4 generations to return to Lithuania! It meant so much to visit 🇱🇹

Very lucky to meet artists I’ve long admired from this side of the world, Roman Sustov and Nastassia Pazniak My printmaking heart is so full! 🖤🖤🖤

Rasų (Rasos) Cemetery is the oldest in Vilnius, and is very beautiful (especially with these blue flowers coming up everywhere). Many famous Polish, Lithuanian and Belarusian writers and cultural figures are buried here. I’ve never experienced a cemetery like this before. #rasų #cemetery #vilnius

A load of Lithuania content incoming…. Incredible first visit to Vilnius, including a tour of the printmaking department of the Vilnius Academy of Fine Arts! Gorgeous presses from the Netherlands and some older Soviet equipment. It was great to meet professor Rimvydas Kepežinskas and see the studios

Szymanowicz Krzysztof LINORYTY exhibition opening at ASP.. My relief printmaking brain is shattered looking at these. Krzysztof is a visiting artist from Lublin, Poland. Very surreal works. #aspwro #linocut #relief #printmaking #detail

First proof of this new mezzotint plate! There’s a few things I may brighten up, but I’m pleased with how it printed overall. This is the center panel, so the side plates are in the works 😉 #printmaking #mezzotint #aspwro #fulbrightpoland #printmaker #moon

It’s spring in Poland! Visited Wieża Ciśnień Na Grobli today and Hydropolis museum at the site of the former waterworks. I would love to get permission to see the interior of this tower. It has the largest castiron spiral staircase in Europe and very ornate fly wheels, currently closed to the public

Results are in! Hahnemühle # 10105729 300 gram soft and smooth copperplate paper performed best out of the 5 that I tested with mezzotint. This paper gave the clarity and subtle tonal transitions I was looking for in the darks, like I am able to achieve with Zerkall copperplate. Soaked 20+ mins.

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Small mezzotint test plate to print several kinds of Hahnemühle copperplate printing paper. I’ve been burning through my reserves of Zerkall (the best mezzotint paper imo) but since the mill flooded in 2021 and there is no more.. it’s time to find a new go to printing paper. I’ll share my results!

Double feature tonight - Lisa Maria Baier exhibition opening! Lisa uses Al to generate images inspired by postwar testimonies and inherited stories, considering the historical relationship between Poland and Germany. She then transfers them to paper with anastatic printing. #printmaking #animation

Mikael Kihlman exhibition at Oficyna Graficzna Tyszkiewicz - almost entirely drypoints inspired by Wrocław from 1990 on. So incredible to see these in person! #printmaking #drypoint #intaglio #wrocław

ASP Printmaking department retreat in Luboradów this weekend. It was a great experience, and I’m happy to have come along. Faculty presentations, interesting conversations, and yes, wódka. Also, check this wood fire ceramic kiln out!!!

First time to Amsterdam. Such a great weekend trip with Claire. Biig Piig concert Saturday night at MelkWeg, Rembrandt house, canal tour, and some excellent meals. Could easily spend a week here.. will return sooner than later!

Fulbright Poland mid-year meeting in Gdańsk. Finally made it to the Muzeum II Wojny Światowej here (WWII museum). It was expansive and incredibly thorough, and would take at least 8 hours to engage with all exhibitions. Great to reunite with my cohort who are based in cities across Poland. #gdańsk

Began scraping this week on the new plate, center panel for a mezzotint triptych I’ve been planning for a while. I use Nu-Kote typewriter carbon paper for the transfer. Works great. #mezzotint #printmaking #process #copper #intaglio

today’s version: diorama in a hatbox, with an etching, monotypes, suminagashi and birch bark… #printmaking #printmaker #diorama #photography #monotype #intaglio

Really excellent print exhibition up at Wrocław ASP of visiting artists Paulina Buźniak and Nastazja Ciupa from Warsaw ASP. Buźniak’s 12 structural lithographs printed from same stone, and Ciupa’s lithographic portrait series on manipulated canvas. #printmaking #aspwro #lithography #polska

Pair of white-tailed eagles in a tree by the ponds of Żmigrod, crane sighting and swans (not pictured). It was a great weekend spent mostly outdoors. I needed that. #gobirds #whitetailedeagle #polska #ptakipolski

The Paper Mill in Duszniki-Zdrój, one of the oldest preserved traditional paper mills in Europe (erected in 16th century). It was badly flooded in 1998, but has been revitalized as a museum and still produces beautiful hand made paper! Happened upon it after day of skiing at Zieleniec. #papermaking

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Ink drawing for the next plate/s. I’m dreaming up a triptych! Really enjoyed rendering these jagged verticals. Thinking of support systems, torn edges, dreams and space between…Definitely calling back to some older prints. Feels good. #printmaker #ink #drawing

Works by Marian Henel, long-term patient of the hospital for psychiatric and neuro diseases in Branice. Erotic rugs he created on display at the Muzeum Etnograficzne in Wrocław. These were so outstanding to see in person.

Zamek w Żmigrodzie i Zamek w Goszczu. Got to explore two ruined palaces of Lower Silesia this afternoon. And there was sun! 🌞

Shipped my edition out today for Salt & Blood. I enjoy putting together sturdy boxes for shipment, and always include an inner waterproof layer! Lessons learned..Last image is my print for the portfolio. I got a fresh cut this morning also. Solid day. #printmaking #printpacking #pixiecut #process

2 more “Sonoran Desert Stories”. 22x22”, the left one is watercolor, pastel and gold leaf with a bunch of cutting and gluing, the right one is watercolor, charcoal and collaged cactus thorns. It’s hard to see the thorns so I added a detail shot of that one.

Printing these two plates together with 3 inks. Here’s the process in photos… First establishing some deeper values in the shadows followed by a softer sepia blended on top. And isn’t the intaglio evening studio light dreamy? #printmaking #process #intaglio #happyplace #ink

5th year masters diploma students in graphics review today. Constantly blown away by the works that come out of this academy. Immensely talented students, some gorgeous intaglio prints! #aspwroclaw #printmaking

Printing for Salt & Blood of Hidden Kinships portfolio. Mezzotint on one in a deep sepia black mix, and drypoint in black on the second. It’s been a while since I’ve had to register two plates! Worked best sending drypoint through as first layer (tried both) 🙂 #mezzotint #mining #printmaking #rat

Madison friends! Our portfolio exhibition “Palimpsest” opens tonight at Gallery 1308, UW-Madison Union South. 5:30-7:00 pm! Some phenomenal prints in this exchange.. Check it out! #palimpsest #printmaking #wudart #uwmadison #portfolio

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Two mezzotints from 2020 where I really felt that I hit my stride, during residency at Guttenberg Arts. Thinking about these as I approach a triptych project involving water towers here in Poland. Feels great to reinvest in a medium I love after some time away. #mezzotint #printmaking #intaglio

Here’s some images from my 2024 thesis exhibition at Tandem Press. I’ll share some past works this week. RETAINING WALLS is an artist book installation rooted in ancestral labor history, resource extraction, and inhabitation of the Pennsylvania Coal Region. www.devonstackonis.com/retaining-wa...

I’ve been working on this plate for a while, so today made a few small ink studies between proofing. I’m thoroughly in love with Polish water towers, planning a book project involving them, and would like to have some moody interior scenes.. #abandoned #wieżaciśnień #interior #ink #study #sketch

(Images 1-2) drypoint bit of this plate I’m currently working on, and (images 3-4) from friend Vinicius Libardoni’s talk and exhibition „Konkrety” last night at Galeria Miejska Pracownia in Wrocław. I love his new series of the Śnieżka observatory printed onto concrete. Great prints, great night.

Here’s a plate I’ve been working on for Salt & Blood of Hidden Kinships, an exchange portfolio organized by Corinne Teed and Ron Abram for SGCI PuertoGrabando 2025. Thankful to have this project and obligation to print an edition this month!