I ran across this video - A Brief Introduction to Relief Printmaking by Thomas Shahan - on Twitter today. I thought it gave a really nice overview of the process of carving and printing woodcuts and linocuts.
I had never been to a NightLife event at the Cal Academy of Sciences, so Thursday evening was terrific fun. So strange to be hanging out with the animals and exhibits at night, while everyone enjoyed music and cocktails. The 40 participating artists were broken up into groups and here's what our area in the African Hall looked like. My table (with the blue and gray tablecloths closest to the camera) was next to the penguin tank, which was perfect.
On the off chance you're interested, a printmaking interview I did for Printsy (a team of printmakers from Etsy.com) was recently posted. I found it a little nerve-wracking to so publicly describe myself, but now it's out there!
Last weekend's art and craft fairs in San Francisco and Albany were a blast. My wife took some photos of my Bazaar Bizarre printmaking demo setup. A big thank you to everyone who stopped by.
Last weekend's art and craft fairs in San Francisco and Albany were a blast. My wife took some photos of my Bazaar Bizarre printmaking demo setup. A big thank you to everyone who stopped by.
The Season - 10"x13" Linocut
Bazaar Bizarre starts in San Francisco tomorrow and I've finished carving the holiday linocut for printing during the fair.
I've also packaged some newly finished prints like this winter linocut to the right. This poster celebrates the start of ski and snowboard season, which is always a great time of year. I previously posted about this print when it was in-progress.
Please come by my booth and say hello at one of these shows in December. I'll be selling prints and I'm bringing printmaking supplies to the Bazaar Bizarre show so attendees can print their own holiday linocut poster.
Saturday, December 3
Bazaar Bizarre Holiday Show
Concourse Exhibition Center (East Hall)
620 Seventh St (at Brannan)
San Francisco, CA
Sunday, December 4
Albany Middle School Arts & Crafts Fair
1259 Brighton Ave, Albany, CA
Saturday, December 10
San Francisco Center for the Book
300 De Haro Street, San Francisco, CA
Thursday, December 15
NightLife at the California Academy of Sciences
55 Music Concourse Dr, Golden Gate Park
San Francisco, CA
11"x14" World Map Linocut Print
Telephone Box Linocut
Having lived in England, and creating this new design as a gift, this edition of ten British linocut prints was a lot of fun. It was an interesting challenge to incorporate someone else's design tastes into a print that still reflected my own "look."