Im Januar 2026 fand O.W. Himmel Erwähnung im britischen contemporary printmaking magazine „Pressing Matters“. Das Magazin versteht sich als eine Hommage an die Leidenschaft und den Entstehungsprozess der modernen Druckkunst.

In der Ausgabe 33 schrieb das Magazin:

FOR THE LOVE OF LABELS
In Southwest Germany, close to the borders of both France and Luxembourg, linocut artist O. W. Himmel works from a 20-foot shipping container in his garden. After a number of years printing with shop-bought lino, he’s become a big advocate of working with recycled materials: „I like to work with the leftovers from society – linoleum from the interiors industry, paper and offset printing ink from printing companies who have sadly had to close their business,“ he explains.

Regarding himself largely as an archivist of the „graphical and typographic moments of everyday life,“ he has a thing for traffic signs, and, in particular, record labels and illustrations on banana boxes. „I really love letters,“ he says, simply. He will create a record label once a month, and artwork from a banana box label every three months or so, depending on the boxes he finds in supermarkets or flea markets. To celebrate the design details of his huge collection of records and boxes, he scales them up to poster size, showing his work in art galleries, museums and record stores.

He’s always been on the lookout for interesting ways to sell his linocuts and over the years has put on more than 125 shows in people’s living rooms – aptly named Kunst Zuhause Abende (Art at Home Evenings). Full of stamina for the project, he’s excited about a recent series of events. „During the last few months, I visited a lot of record stores and bought 7″ singles,“ he says. „I then work on an art and audio show where I present my prints with the sound of the single from the record label I have printed, circling back with information about the logos and the bands featured. I call it We Hear What We See.“

Quelle: Pressing Matters magazine, Issue 33