
This broadside combines a poem by poet Mary Wehner, Color lithograph print by Cuban artist Pollyanna Fernandez
This broadside is a combination of a poem by Mary Wehner and lithograph artist Pollyanna Fernandez. I think this broadside is a good illustration of total immersion as mentioned in the essay by Kyle Schlesinger. This broadside is single sheet, letterpress printed in two colors on “dampened Somerset printmaking paper”. This broadside contains text in english and spanish making it more interesting for the readers to look more closely at the text. We can see that the text in the upper left hand corner is aligned to the left while the text in the bottom right hand corner is flushed to the right giving it a more balanced feeling. I perceive the image to be very powerful and very striking to the eye. Also the image partly overlaps the typography. Since image is text and text is image, I could say that the image serves as the focal point in the print since it draws your eyes immediately due the placement and color choice and how ambiguous the picture is. The font size is very consistent, very small to create mystery in some way. Letter spacing is even, therefore creating a very attractive easy flow. Since the letters are very small and the spacing is evenly distributed, it portrays a feeling of lightness throughout. Also the warm color choice used makes it very welcoming to the eye.