FINE-TUNING "OVERLOOK" BLOCKS

Final proof coming! We're color balancing & carving our last fixes in preparation for printing that for real color proof of the "OVERLOOK" woodcut this week! Hoping to have final print decisions made by Friday, and a newsletter to share it with y'all!

5 total blocks make the "OVERLOOK" woodcut print, years in the making (we haven't counted hours by boy it's been a LOT!) 

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PRINTING "LEFT RIGHT"

Printed up the edition of "LEFT RIGHT" in classic black on Natural Kitakata paper this past week, prints are now dry & ready to ship out! See better photos of the finished print, available at a special rate in a limited edition run, HERE>>>

NEW THIS WEEK!

Triangular woodcut sketch! 1/2 of a new woodcut print to debut this week. Stay tuned for a post or join our news at www.tugboatprintshop.com!

FINE-TUNING "OVERLOOK" COLOR

We're going back through all of the "OVERLOOK" color blocks in preparation for first color proofing! We'll print a handful of copies during the proofing process, slowly fine-tuning color on each of the 5 blocks and carving the last block details, before we arrive at a finished 1st color proof. The 1st color proof will be a guide for how we mix & print during production. The full edition size of "OVERLOOK" will be 100 limited edition prints.We are planning to unveil the 1st color proof on Friday, August 21st, 2015 in the T.B.P.S. newsletter. Join up by entering your e-mail at www.tugboatprintshop.com and be the first to see & hear the latest details about the big "OVERLOOK" woodcut landscape!

DAISY BOUQUET - COMING JUNE 5!

Playing, inspired by all the new spring growth, pencil sketches starting directly on on wood and blossoming forth into pen drawings that are now being made into woodcuts! 

This one will be some combo of classic black & white on natural toned paper, a daisy bouquet. 

The 'Daisies' woodcut print will debut online in this Friday's Tugboat Printshop newsletter! (June 5th, 2015) Sign up to our mailing list to be the 1st to see & get an original printed copy of the finished b&w print: www.tugboatprintshop.com

BIG RED!

The red block for the "OVERLOOK" woodcut is now carved, making 3 color blocks. We just proofed the 3 together with the key and now begin the process of going back to each of the blocks to refine, carve more, and fine tune how the colors will layer in the finished print. Throughout this process, we'll also be making one more block, which will add shadows, more greens, and a deeper dimension to space within the tiered landscape. Shouldn't be too long and we'll have a solid 1st proof to share! 

BLUE, RED, YELLOW FOR OVERLOOK

1, 2, 3 color woodblocks so far for the "OVERLOOK"! Plus the key block makes 4 (the key is the detail block, printed in a dark tone, see that on our site). Shouldn't be long & we'll be headed to press to begin the process of inking & proofing! Size of this print will be about 44" tall by 28" wide, bleed off the paper edges. 

Everything we make is totally handmade, drawn & carved & printed by hand. This process takes time, but yields really dramatic results! The blocks above will be carved even more as the print develops on press. An additional 4th color block will be carved to add even more rich color tone after we see these three above proofed together with the key. 

RED BLOCK FOR "LOG"

Just updated the "LOG" page on our site with all of the finished color block carvings! Stay tuned for a color proof in the coming days, hoping to have a copy to show by Friday's newsletter. Join up at tugboatprintshop.com to be the first to see the color print!

RED & YELLOW LOG BLOCKS

More "LOG" updates! Drawing on 2 transfers here, from the key block & the blue block. Carving now begins! Expecting to be mixing ink to proof by early next week! 

BLUE FOR LOG - CARVED!

This block will create  blues, greens, browns & purples. Each block prints one color, layers of ink building with every impression. "LOG" will be a colorful & lush woodcut world in miniature! 

BLUE FOR LOG!

We're making 4 color blocks for the "LOG" woodcut. Here's the blue! This block is the first to be drawn & carved.  When this block is completely carved out, we'll transfer this image back to our other color blocks (since there is some information here that is not on the key, but we want on other color blocks). Should get exciting in the color very soon & we hope to head to press shortly! (See the key detail block below)

"LOG" will be a 5 block, 16" x 20" woodcut print.

www.tugboatprintshop.com/woodcut_log.htm

CELEBRATING 100 TODAY!

100 woodcut prints made! 

100 newsletters sent!

We're celebrating big landmarks with a woodcut special! 

For the next 100 hours we are gifting $20 in T.B.P.S. gift certificates for every $100 spent! A really great opportunity to invest in future prints!(Offer expires 3/31/15 at 2pm EST)

Visit our shop & take advantage of this (once every 100) special special! No coupons necessary, deal is automatic at checkout through the end date (3/31/15). Gift certificates will ship with orders. 

Thanks for all of your support!

Here's to another 100!

COLORING "OVERLOOK"

Coloring in the blue block for the "OVERLOOK" woodcut print in progress. Each of our wood blocks is hand-drawn before being hand-carved in low relief for printing. This print is sure to be unlike anything we've ever made before! We have been working on it alongside many of our other projects for the past 2 years.

Hoping to be printing by March!

SNEAK PEEK RUBBING

The paper was a bit small, but it's neat to see how the image is shaping up! Once this key block is carved in full, we'll be moving on to making color blocks. Excited to add patterns and shape beyond the key in the colors! Special limited time pre-order is up on our site HERE.

CARVING THE "LOG"

Mushrooms & ferns & and all sorts of smallish forest-y things being carved! "LOG" is now available for special limited time pre-order HERE.

MAMA BEAR'S BACK!

Printing up "MAMA BEAR" prints this week!

"MAMA BEAR" is printed from 4 hand-drawn, hand-carved blocks onto a natural toned Kitakata paper. Take a look at a finished print!

THE "OVERLOOK" KEY IS CARVED!

After years of planning and drawing and months of carving, the "OVERLOOK" key block is now carved in full! We will be pulling a couple B&W proofs in the next week as we transfer this image to color blocks (printing the block to newsprint, then printing the still inky newsprint onto new wood).  And then the process of building color begins!

The "OVERLOOK" landscape will start to take on more dimension as we are able to sculpt the key drawing with shadow and color and light. We are very excited! This has been a momentous project, showing us new ways of working together (even after 7 years of collaboration) and really allowing us to stretch our conceptions of what it is possible for us to make. 

This print will have 4 color blocks. As the natural world is rich with vibrant color at its most glorious vantages, so we hope to affect the "OVERLOOK".  Forests, trees, leaves in ranges of rich green; fields of golden flecked grasses; the gentle fade to pastel that happens as one looks out across a great expanse. Oh, the wonderment of diverse & beautiful living systems at work in the outdoors!

There is much still to do until the print is officially completed, but we wanted to remind you all again that the "OVERLOOK" has just a few more days of earlybird pre-order! 

The price on "OVERLOOK" will be going up soon, so please place an order if you'd like to secure a copy for your collection.  This will be a limited edition print. Payment plans are now available, last chance to lock in at the current rate!

>>> SEE ALL THE NEW BIG PHOTOS!