THE SCULPTOR’S IMPRINT, PART 1
On Exhibition: July 25, 2026   through   September 12, 2026       
 

Gallery Hours:  Tuesday - Friday 10am-5pm  and  Saturday 12 noon-5pm

Throughout its history, Flatbed Press has welcomed sculptors into the collaborative environment of the print studio, where ideas rooted in three-dimensional form find new expression on the picture plane. These collaborations demonstrate that printmaking is not simply a means of reproduction, but a medium of discovery. Here, sculptural thought is translated through line, tone, texture, pressure, and the physical act of making an impression. In some works, the sculptural object itself becomes the matrix, collapsing the distinction between sculpture and print. Together, these works reveal printmaking as another language for sculptural thought.

The Sculptor's Imprint inaugurates a three-part exhibition series celebrating Flatbed Press's longstanding collaborations with sculptors and the remarkable ways they have embraced printmaking as an extension of their artistic practice. The first exhibition features prints by John Robert Craft, Luis Jiménez, Linda Ridgway, and James Sullivan. Each artist approaches printmaking from a distinctly sculptural perspective, exploring the expressive possibilities of line, surface, material, and process while extending ideas developed through their three-dimensional work.

Rather than serving as reproductions of sculpture, these prints stand as independent works of
art that reveal the sculptor's imagination through the language of print. Together, they demonstrate how printmaking can expand sculptural practice, offering new ways to explore form, gesture, material, and touch through the collaborative process. For more than three decades, Flatbed Press has fostered collaborations that encourage artists to push the boundaries of printmaking, revealing the studio as a place where sculptural ideas continue to evolve in unexpected and compelling ways.  Below is a summary about each of the artists.

John Robert Craft
John Robert Craft is a sculptor whose practice explores the expressive qualities of material, form, and process. His collaborative printmaking extends these investigations by using sculptural objects and constructed forms as sources for printed impressions, creating works that move fluidly between object, image, and print. Featured in this exhibition are prints from his Fire Etching Series:  Degradations. The prints in this series were printed from steel plates with sculptural heat shadows “etched” by 1500 degrees heat.

Luis Jiménez (1940–2006)
Luis Jiménez was one of the most influential American sculptors of the twentieth century, celebrated for his vibrant fiberglass sculptures inspired by Chicano culture, the American Southwest, and working-class life. Alongside his public sculpture, Jiménez created powerful drawings and prints that translated his dynamic sense of form, movement, and color into two-dimensional works. Jimenez, who had extensive experience with print worked with Flatbed first in 1995.  His last print, a lithograph, was created in 2006.  Both the first and the last prints at Flatbed are in this exhibition.

Linda Ridgway
Linda Ridgway is recognized for sculpture, drawing, and printmaking that reflect a deep engagement with nature, mythology, and the handmade object. Her work often blurs the boundaries between sculpture and print, incorporating sculptural forms and found objects as sources for direct impressions and monoprints, emphasizing touch, memory, and material presence. She has been known to cast into bronze her handmade matrices like the string-tatted “Frost Lines” used in making prints.  

James Sullivan
James Sullivan is a sculptor, printmaker, and educator whose work investigates memory, place, and the passage of time through sculpture, drawing, and printmaking. Now Professor Emeritus at Southern Methodist University, Sullivan has collaborated extensively with Flatbed Press, creating prints that extend his sculptural vocabulary through richly textured surfaces and expressive mark-making. His recent woodcuts and etchings that make use of  laser imaging technology are featured in the exhibition.

Gallery Hours

Monday: By appointment

Tuesday-Friday: 10am-5pm

Saturday: 12pm-5pm

Sunday: Closed