THE "RUBY RED ROSE" PRINT

For beauties, loves, dears & romantics, the "RUBY RED ROSE" woodcut! Triumphant blazing blossoms are forever captured in their loveliest bloom. A striking combination of vibrant ruby red and satin-y chocolate brown are printed from two hand-crafted woodblocks onto 14" x 11" Natural Kitakata paper to make the finished "RUBY RED ROSE". Edition size is 100 prints.

Orders for the "RUBY RED ROSE" can be placed here!

This image is printed by hand, by the artists, from this block & this block.

MORE MOON!

Wrapping up the carving on the moon image for "THE MOON" woodcut. Then, on to the backdrop!

WINDMILL WOODCUT

And last, but not least, for the Element Air, a "WINDMILL"! We thought of the West and the plains where the slightly undulating flatness is a perfect passageway for gusting swooshes.

The "WINDMILL" (often showing up in our prints these days, like here and here) has surfaced yet again, but here as a subject on its very own. Topped with a rooster weathervane on the tip of a tiger striped log, this "WINDMILL" has the leathery brown, weathered kind of feel that comes from long stretches planted in the great windy gusts of the prairie lands. The air curls circularly about itself as wind, round and round the piece of paper. Both dusty and sunny, friendly and fearsome. 

And so, there you have all four of the new "THE FOUR ELEMENTS" woodcuts! "CLOD" (Earth), "FIREPIT" (Fire), "AQUIFER" (Water) and "WINDMILL" (Air, this post). The prints are available only as a set, but at a bargain of a price and a mighty fine grouping, we think. Sets are grouped by edition number (so, for instance all #34's are together). Edition size is 100.

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AQUIFER WOODCUT

The "AQUIFER" woodcut! When we began this print back in August, we began the entire "THE FOUR ELEMENTS" series. Our ideas for what each element would be changed quite a bit during the project…

The "AQUIFER" represents the element 'Water'. Fat blue raindrops plunk down through the sky, soak into the vibrant green earth, seep around stone, and trickle out as crystal clear waterfalls. An old well dips its long rope into the recess and retrieves a bountiful, dripping bucket.

Just one of four prints making up "THE FOUR ELEMENTS" woodcut set. See them all & purchase in our online shop! Prints are packaged in sets by edition number (So, for instance, all #36's are grouped together into one set). The set of 4 is $200.

COLOR BLOCKS FOR "GARDEN"

Finished planning the color blocks for our latest big woodcut print in the works last week ~ "GARDEN" ~ and now we're onto the carving stage. Lots and lots of time spent pouring over all the little details in the 3 color blocks & how they will work together to layer just right into just the color we imagined for the print…boy-o-boy woodcut can be such a process! And girl-o-girl this "GARDEN" print has a whole lotta detail!

So, we've finished carving the yellow block (first 2 pics above) and work on the red is full tilt. Check out this CARVIN' VIDEO we posted to TUGBOAT'S YOUTUBE!

We are planning for the proof to be ready mid-April, with pre-orders shipping out by the end of the month. Ya-hoo! PRE-ORDER "GARDEN" is still available for a limited time ~ get a copy of this print-n-progress at the introductory rate HERE!

HANDMADE ARCADE, PITTSBURGH

Tugboat Printshop'll be attending this year's HANDMADE ARCADE with the Print Cart full of woodblock prints! Downtown Pittsburgh at the David L. Lawrence Convention Center for ONE DAY ONLY ~ April 16, 2011!

LIVING ROOM

"LIVING ROOM"
8.5" x 11.25" Color Woodcut Print on Ivory Somerset Paper
Valerie Lueth, 2011.

LIMITED EDITION OF 100 PRINTS.

Just released in our online shop! New 4 block woodcut print "LIVING ROOM" is a peaceful image of a cozy room woven of natural materials with earthen, collected accessories. The title of this print, "LIVING ROOM", refers to both the room as a personalized place in which to live, and also serves to describe all of the gathered organic items that make up this particular room.

The colorful vista at the center of the image looks upon a steeply rising dusty pink and lilac mountain. Imagine yourself in this quaint, baskety escape!

Now with FREE U.S. SHIPPING through March 28, 2011!

"BIG, BAD WOLF"

Just finished! See our online shop for more details!

PRINTING BIG, BAD WOLF

HOMEMADE BOAT

"HOMEMADE BOAT"
10.5" x 13" Woodcut Print on Ivory Somerset Paper
Paul Roden + Valerie Lueth, 2011.

LIMITED EDITION OF 100 PRINTS.
$65.00

A couple sits adrift upon a raft at sunset, their toes dipping into the rainbow colored waters. The sunlit beams stemming from the horizon catch the plaid umbrella and set it aglow. "HOMEMADE BOAT" is a 10" x 13" Woodcut on Ivory Somerset Paper.

See it now in our ONLINE SHOP!