Paper Planes
10.5" x 40"

Man-o-War I
15.5" x 34.5"

Man-o-War II
24" x 23.75"

Drone II
17" x 25"

Drone III
17" x 25"

Crawdads
11" x 24"

Coral
18" x 13"

Caravela
6'' x 15.5''

Nighthawks
25" x 15"

Jays I
14.5'' x 10''

Jays II
14.5'' x 10''

Jays III
14.5'' x 10''

Koi Migration
19" x 25.25"

Double Exposure Magpies
13'' x 21''

Magpies I
13'' x 21''

Boombox Tower
21" x 18"

Urban Collage
48" x 48"

Spray Paint Tower
12" x 28"

Black Spray
4" x 6"

Scratch
15'' x 15''

Venus of Willendorf
18" x 24"

Powerlines
14" x35"

Dominoes I
39.5'' x 10.25''

Reflective I

Falling Dunks
18.5" x 24.5"

Dunks and Diamonds I

Dunks I
10" x 17.75"

Dunks, Diamonds, and Rats

Prehistoric Catfish
5" x 13"

32 Teeth
27" x 18.5"

Gear II
15.5" x 7"

Pilon I
46'' x 23.5''

Pilon II
46'' x 23.5''

Philomena
5" x 7"

Bee Tryptic

Untitled 2
9" x 12"

Female Nude
25 x 29

ART OF PRINTMAKING

Messkoub studied the process of relief printmaking at Columbia, focusing specifically on woodcuts. Woodcuts are the earliest printmaking technique and originated from the Far East . Woodcuts of images on paper developed around 1400 in Europe, and slightly later in Japan. These are the two areas where woodcut has been most extensively used purely as a process for making images without text.

The process begins by sketching directly onto a plank of wood which is then carved away with a set of fine chisels. The artist carves away anything that she does not want to receive ink. The raised parts of the block are first inked with a brayer (see image at left), then covered with a sheet of archival paper. The block is then either run through a press or hand-pressed with a baren (see image at right). For each color, a separate block is carved and pressed.

Messkoub uses several different techniques of relief printmaking that include woodcuts, linoleum blocks, and letterpress.