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Schwass-Drew received her BFA in Printmaking from Philadelphia College of Art; and her MFA in Sculpture from The University of the Arts, where she currently supervises the Printmaking/Book Arts shop and teaches screenprinting. Since her undergraduate years, she has preferred to utilize the democratic and practical aspects of DIY printmaking on wearable textile items, fusing the tradition of popular/social expression inherent in these with a fine arts sensibility, thereby keeping this art form accessible to the general public. Under the name “LS-DrewGraphics,” she designs and hand-prints her own range of garment images, which have been seen at the Delaware Center for Contemporary Arts; and more recently, at local venues The Print Center, SomeThingsLooming (Reading, PA) Chestnut Hill Yoga Studio, and Mt. Airy Art Garage, among others; and which are in a growing number of private T-shirt collections as well. Areas of personal interest and artistic influence include early and mid-20th Century advertising design; Pop Art; historic and post-industrial urban architecture; and vintage machinery/found objects. Documenting antique printing presses and hand-tools became a particular source of inspiration for Laurel, especially as the use of digital printing Schwass-Drew received her BFA in Printmaking from Philadelphia College of Art; and her MFA in Sculpture from The University of the Arts, where she currently supervises the Printmaking/Book Arts shop and teaches screenprinting. Since her undergraduate years, she has preferred to utilize the democratic and practical aspects of DIY printmaking on wearable textile items, fusing the tradition of popular/social expression inherent in these with a fine arts sensibility, thereby keeping this art form accessible to the general public. Under the name “LS-DrewGraphics,” she designs and hand-prints her own range of garment images, which have been seen at the Delaware Center for Contemporary Arts; and more recently, at local venues The Print Center, SomeThingsLooming (Reading, PA) Chestnut Hill Yoga Studio, and Mt. Airy Art Garage, among others; and which are in a growing number of private T-shirt collections as well. Areas of personal interest and artistic influence include early and mid-20th Century advertising design; Pop Art; historic and post-industrial urban architecture; and vintage machinery/found objects. Documenting antique printing presses and hand-tools became a particular source of inspiration for Laurel, especially as the use of digital printing media has only increased. Additionally, she has most lately employed hand-dyeing, digital pattern-printing and other fabric processes, in small batches, on selected garments offered in the LS-DrewGraphics line.media has only increased. Additionally, she has most lately employed hand-dyeing, digital pattern-printing and other fabric processes, in small batches, on selected garments offered in the LS-DrewGraphics line.