work6-1 (variant 2)

Pulled from the same matrix as variant 1, this second iteration of work6-1 makes Miyauchi's central thesis literal: the printmaking apparatus, rather than mechanically reproducing a fixed image, generates difference at every pull. Reading variant 2 against variant 1 isolates the variables — ink density, registration, the porosity of the canvas weave, the pressure of the squeegee — that the screen process introduces between matrix and printed mark. The brush gesture that originated the work is held constant by the stencil, but its appearance on the canvas shifts. This pair-wise structure is the same investigative move that drives the rest of Miyauchi's "work" series: a recorded gesture is treated as raw material to be examined through repeated printing, with each variant functioning less as an edition copy than as a separate observation of the same source. The work continues her sustained inquiry into brushwork as a printmaking matrix.