Reframing Women offers a powerful and much-needed reexamination of the role of women in printmaking, challenging long-held assumptions about artistic authorship and gender. Through a combination of historical analysis, striking visual examples and interviews with practicing artists, the book sheds light on often-overlooked female artists whose contributions have been marginalized in mainstream art history. The writing is thoughtful and well-researched, offering both scholarly insight and accessible narrative, as well as a broad look through time and cultures. This is an essential read for anyone interested in feminist art history, print culture, or the broader redefinition of women’s roles in the creative industries.

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I am a digital artist who has recently begun teaching myself printmaking so this book was right up my alley! There are many print examples in this book that I could not believe were prints! This book did an excellent job of showcasing works that demonstrate the versatility of printmaking. It does beyond what the everyday person would expect. I especially enjoyed the chapter on printmaking in protest. Although, I must say my favorite part was the interview with the founder of Black Women of Print. In the very short amount of time I’ve been in the printmaking sphere, I have encountered very few black printmakers so this was a pleasure to see. I will be seeking out more information on this group.

Reframing Women Printmakers offers an exciting new perspective into Printmaking from the women that created it, made it their own, and changed the industry/art practice. The book offers a nuance look into the history of printmaking and the relationship of printmaking with women, nature, protest and politics. Often many of the artists represented in this book have been overlooked, ignored, or just forgotten. The addition of the artist and writer interviews were awesome, reflecting own voices and shedding light on previously unheard opinion. It is a thoughtful, well researched and well written art book and I’m excited for this to be published! Definitely one that should be on college and university art reading lists.

My only criticism of this book is that it felt overly academic at times when I was expecting more of an art book, it felt like I was reading a theoretical paper.

Also loved that there are illustrations on every page!

I’ll just dive right in and say that I think that this is an essential read if (like me) you are a women and a printmaker, or even an artist of another kind, or just has an interest in print, but also that it should be included on reading lists for art courses. The author has done a great job of covering women printmakers across history considering how sidelined they’ve been throughout and therefore how sparse records can be. Learning just how oppressed women were made me simultaneously angry and depressed, but on a happier note I learnt about so many amazing women, not just white European women (again, this book reminded me how depressingly male and Eurocentric my art ‘education’ was), but women from all around the world including First Nations’ artists.
The book is split into nine chapters on a particular theme which is then complimented with interviews from prominent women printmakers for each chapter - I think this is what really drew me to the book and made it more compelling than the average art book. I also enjoyed how the history of print, not just fine art printmaking but the advent of the printing press, more commonly associated with pamphlets and books, was interwoven with the advances of women in printmaking and its importance in feminism, activism and women’s rights.
The whole book was informative and inspiring from start to finish, my only complaint? Not enough of the amazing art work was included, which I fully understand you can’t just fill the book with hundreds of images so I have a lot of notes of artists (and techniques) to research, so in case you hadn’t guessed, 5/5 for me.

This history of printmaking and its visual record of methods and gifted printmakers can only encourage and inspire. Whether making art as statement, protest, or observation, women have created prints with strong impact. The photos are beautiful!

Well-researched and illustrated, this is an informative and beautifully written textbook for art students, teachers, and artists alike.