"GARDEN" BLUE!

Two key blocks drawn and carved (check!) One yellow block drawn and carved (check!) One red block drawn and carved and transferred back to blue (check!) One blue block drawn, transferred on, drawn on some more, and carved (check! check! check! and almost check!)

We're rounding a big corner on our "GARDEN" woodcut this week ~ the final color block (above) is almost carved! The blue block has been drawn to create the colors blue, green, purple, and brown in the "GARDEN" image. When this block is finished, we will begin the process of proofing ALL 5 blocks together and perfecting the color palette for the print. We should have a final decision made and a print ready to show you all oh-so-very, very-soon!!!

This is probably one of the most complex woodcut prints the 2 of us have ever made. The amount of detail in the 5 blocks that have been painstakingly drawn and carved makes our heads spin. And it's almost done! If you haven't been following the progress of this print, more process photos of it's start-to-finish development can be found on our flickr. (You can view all of the other blocks there too.)

And if you'd like to secure a copy of your very own, you are in luck! Pre-order rate still applies! Get a copy of the "GARDEN" woodcut here! Xo!

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!

GARDEN WOODCUT PROGRESS

We're back at work on the "GARDEN" print after a brief hiatus over the holidays to celebrate the birth of our newborn little girl (she's so sweet!). Pictured above is the lower left corner of the wood block (will be the lower right corner in the final printed image). Drawing first in pencil, then in marker pen…and we're almost ready to start carving on this one! "GARDEN" will be a full color 18" x 24" woodcut print! This is the dark blue block…see other photos of this work in progress on our website. "GARDEN" is now available for pre-order at a special introductory rate! More soon!

GARDEN WOODCUT PRE-ORDER!

"GARDEN" (PRE-ORDER)

Series: LIFE OF LEISURE
18" x 24" Color Woodcut Print on Ivory Somerset Paper
Paul Roden + Valerie Lueth, 2011.

CLICK HERE TO PRE-ORDER A COPY IN OUR ONLINE SHOP!

YAY, HOORAY! Our new "GARDEN" woodcut in progress is now AVAILABLE FOR PRE-ORDER! Though we can't make any guarantees about when the print will be totally completed, it is our aim to it wrap up in time for holiday deliveries. What we can guarantee is that placing your order now will reserve a copy of this limited edition, full vibrant color woodcut print for delivery to the doorstep of your choice upon it's completion in the near future!

"GARDEN" will be printed from 5 woodblocks on 18" x 24" Ivory Somerset Paper. See the photo below with the key block printed on paper to get an idea of the final scale.

The image for "GARDEN" is still growing! A vibrantly patterned ring of wild grasses and creatures will encircle the manicured central garden of the key block. So, all of the white space that you see in the test proof below will be filled with the teeming multi-color abundance typical of our woodblock prints :)

Please visit our ONLINE SHOP to read more about the making of "GARDEN" ~ we will be posting progress shots to our FLICKR, FACEBOOK, and TWITTER in the coming weeks!