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Luck at First Strike: Three Winning Filipina Printmakers at International Print Exhibition

By Marz Aglipay

“Striking” is a printmaking term, meaning to lay paper on an inked plate to make a mark. It is also a convenient word to describe the winning works by three Filipina printmakers at the 2021 Awagami International Miniprint Exhibition (AIMPE).

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