The Twilight Hour of each day, the luminous space between day and night, is where the imagination creates images of things unseen. In my recent prints I am using laser etch technologies to create digitally mediated relief plates into a variety of wood veneers from digitally composite images.  The laser images are combined with other processes to present the impact and relevancy of digital processes as they relate to printmaking’s graphic identity, the creation of unique matrixes, and the interconnectivity of printmaking as a system of visual language.  By researching laser etch technologies I am interested in developing a new graphic identity within current printmaking practices.  As with all technologies and techniques there is a host of possibilities, and limitations. Understanding what is possible by using digitally mediated information enables me explore the creation of a matrix with an unprecedented freedom.  It is important to understand that it is not my intention to re-create other processes by digitizing a mark, color, or surface.  Rather, I am interested in new forms of expression, knowledge, creativity, and the expansion of printmaking studio practices.