Hanele Zane Putniņa lives and works in Riga. Hanele’s graphic prints are most often based on mythological images from folklore and legends, which she often recreates in large-scale linocut technique. Her large-scale compositions of cosmological images alternate with modest absurdities of everyday situations, which she calls “broegels”.

Hanele is interested in historical printmaking techniques and everything related to them. She continues her search in the world of linocut, taking as large a chisel as possible and trying to find a treasure among the linoleum shavings. The first hectare carved in linoleum is fast approaching.

Since the publication of her large-format book “Smurgulis un Īscaurule” in 2012, she has established the underground publishing house “Rakete” in Riga. The connection between graphic techniques and the book is so striking that when evening falls, she goes to her underground print shop to assemble some spreads.