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Summer Ventis, “Controlled Burn”, Installation: Monotype and Monoprint from Woodblock on Unryu Paper with Steel Structure, approx. 6’h x 10’ x 20’.
Go see glenbaldridge’s window installation. It will be up for the opening of Plus 1, the inaugural show at Planthouse. Wednesday, May 22. 6 - 9 pm. Planthouse, NYC
Sage Perrott/Haypeep, 11” x 14” screenprint, 2013.
Designed and printed in OKC!
If T-shirts aren’t your thing, consider one of these relief organizations.
The American Historical Print Collectors Society will be holding their Annual meeting this May in Yellowstone National Park. Who knew? (via ahpcs)
wingatestudio: Work continues on the Rolling Stones 50th Anniversary Tour etching by Walton Ford. We are getting close to finishing this large edition.
(via Messy Nessy Chic) Human Doll Cloning is So Hot right now in Japan
-Has anyone else noticed that the 3D printing stories just keep getting weirder and weirder?
Kristen Martincic, peach stripe U-back suit, woodcut, monotype on kitakata, stitching, 26½x15½x¼”, 2007.
Second State Press presents HOTDOG!, an exhibition featuring pressed art inspired by hot dogs, Americana, and the expression “hotdog!” The show features work by SSP’s Fob Holders and hotdog enthusiasts, including prints by: Emmett Ramstad, Chris Hartshorne, Genesis Crespo, Jacqui Evans, Grimaldi Baez, Jessica Gatlin, Katie Pomerantz, Eric Lee and Tony Santoro.
(via Temporary Art) What Post-Artists Make Happen- Interesting read by Sarrita Hunn at Temporary Art Review.
Good interview with Kevin Sprouls, the artist behind the WSJ’s ‘Hedcuts’, discusses everything but the historic engravings that inspired them. (via 1 | What The WSJ’s Portrait Artist Can Teach You About Innovation)
anniebissett: This is one of 46 blocks used to create Helen Frankenthaler’s mokuhanga print Madame Butterfly. It looks like all 46 blocks can be found at the National Gallery of Australia. hlmcmordie: I wish that my woodblocks looked like Helen Frankenthaler’s. (block from Frankenthaler’s Madame Butterfly)
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