"q?is" explores the serpent's place in Klamath cosmology through the intimate medium of intaglio copper plate etching. Created using drypoint technique, this print captures the essential nature of the snake—neither good nor evil, but a being of transformation and renewal that moves between worlds. The copper plate, scored and scarred by the artist's hand, mirrors the snake's ability to shed and regenerate, each line pressed into metal becoming a pathway of meaning. In Klamath tradition, q?is embodies the cycles of earth and season, the necessary medicine of change that allows life to continue. The print's matrix of marks creates a visual language for this ancient knowledge, translating the snake's wisdom into contemporary form. Through the pressure of the printing process, the image emerges from darkness into light, echoing the snake's emergence from winter's underground world into spring's renewal. The work honors the serpent not as symbol but as teacher, acknowledging the profound intelligence that moves through the world in forms both seen and unseen.