Process, Imperfection & Humanity: Sen Mendez Carves Our Stories & Prints Y(our) Legacies
In a studio in Oakland’s Fruitvale neighborhood, Sen Mendez readies themself, gracefully poised above a piece of linoleum. Carving knife in hand, they will cut images into the linoleum in practice known as block printing. Later Sen will cover these carvings in ink and press them into paper or cloth to create prints. Sen, also known as Queen Sen Sen, is a non-binary fat artist born and raised in Oakland, California. A friend introduced them
