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Tycho! Copernicus! Sea of Nectar! Ocean of Storms! In celebration of this weekend's Supermoon, here's a little guide map to "THE MOON"!
The moon's craggy grey terrain is imaginatively brought into focus in this new large-scale print. This 36" x 32" hand-drawn, hand-carved woodcut celebrates the moon as a popular icon of wonderment and also serves as an interpretive map to familiar geographic locations on the moon's distant, silvery surface!
The labels on "THE MOON" print above are not part of the final printed image. Just there for reference, y'all. The finished print can be viewed & purchased, framed or unframed on our site HERE. Limited edition of 200 prints (act fast, only 25% of the edition remains!)
"THE MOON" is a collaborative artwork, created start to finish by the two of us here at Tugboat Printshop (Paul-n-Valerie). We make all of our traditionally crafted prints by carving original drawings in low relief on blocks of birch plywood and then print them onto archival paper to create the finished artworks.
Tugboat Printshop's framing service is back in action and "THE MOON" print can now be purchased framed directly from our website! Pictured above & below in our oversize natural walnut frame with spacers, our frames display artworks simply & elegantly and are also eco-friendly!
All frames are custom made to order by hand, from quality, local PA lumber (oak, walnut, or maple) using all archival materials. Available with spacers or cut mat window options. 2-3 weeks for delivery. Contact us if you'd like a special quote!
Also, thanks to some great recent press on DESIGN*SPONGE and THIS IS COLOSSAL, copies of "THE MOON" are going really fast! If you have been waiting to pick up your copy, don't wait too long!
While we almost always print as a team, printing "THE MOON" especially requires the team effort, with sheets of paper each over 36" x 31" and the blocks nearly the size of our press bed! Each of us rolls one of the two jig-sawed blocks (the moon shape, the sky) that, after inking, are fit together into one and print as the final layer of ink over the silvery grey block, finishing "THE MOON" print. It is a slow, rhythmic process, with great care and precision taken to make sure that each block is carefully and uniformly rolled with ink and, then, that each is locked into position exactly where it needs to be before printing through the press onto paper.
It's a pretty magical experience each time we pull a finished print off the press!
"THE MOON" woodcut is a limited edition of 200 prints, available for purchase framed or unframed in our online shop. You can also see bunches of photos chronicling the development of this large scale artwork on our flickr.
The first layer to print on "THE MOON" print is a silvery grey. The wood block texture really prints nicely in this run!
Final print size is 36" x 31". You can now see the finished 'MOON' print & get a copy of your very own online HERE!
This Friday, April 5th, from 5-8pm, we are having a release party to celebrate & unveil "THE MOON" woodcut print!
Enjoy light refreshments at this free & family friendly event and take advantage of this rare opportunity to learn about traditional woodcut printmaking from artists & printers Paul Roden and Valerie Lueth. Bring along a pal or a bunch of friends, the more the merrier! Party takes place from 5-8pm at our studios (298 Main St. in Lawrenceville, Pittsburgh)
The party will be themed for "THE MOON" print, but we actually have a handful of new prints to celebrate, AND are about to jumpstart our frameshop so everything you see on the walls will basically be available framed & ready to go. PLUS we'll have a couple of our latest BIG works in progress on display, for those curious about process & eager to see what's coming up from Tugboat Printshop…
A good time to stop by, we hope to see you!
"THE MOON" is a 35.5" x 30.5" color woodcut print on BFK Paper.
Also, feel free to join & share the MOON EVENT ON FACEBOOK!
A few shots of our new woodcut print, "THE MOON". We think it turned out rather nice!
A few photos in sequence as the paper is pulled up from the key block after a final run through the press to print "THE MOON" woodcut. We're almost done printing, so the price soon go up. Intro rate available for just a very limited time longer! You can get your copy from the edition here! Maybe the perfect gift for your moon and stars this Valentines?
The first proof of "THE MOON"! We are now in the process of publishing this print here at Tugboat (requires some reconfiguring of our space to handle the scale!). We expect the first batch to be able to ship out from Pittsburgh the 2nd week of January.
"THE MOON" has been a real hit over the holidays! We are planning to print an edition of 200. If you'd like a copy, they are still available for a limited time at the introductory rate HERE.
"THE MOON" is a 35.5" x 30.5" woodcut print on White BFK paper. Two blocks larger than the size of the paper were hand-drawn and hand-carved to produce this image (the blocks print bleed off the deckled edges of the paper).
"THE MOON" woodcut, after the backdrop for the sky was drawn and carved. We then made a secondary 'shadow' block for the grey stars and moon surface.
Carving has begun! We are well on the way to finishing the first block of "THE MOON." Hoping to be started on the second by the weekend, but we'll also be at HANDMADE ARCADE! We'll have the block along with us in our booth, just in case you want to stop by and take a look in person.
"THE MOON" will be a 36" x 32" woodcut printed from 2 woodblocks. The block above will print 2 colors (the yellow line above is our jigsaw line to cut out the moon, the surrounding background will be further developed). Another block will be drawn and carved for the backdrop as well. Expect silvery greys, and twinkly white stars!
Tried to capture the scale of this piece in the photos above, it is quite big! Our largest collaborative woodcut to date! We're offering it right now at an amazing intro rate for the holidays. You can see the drawing in better, upright perspective and check out all the landmarks HERE. Okay! Back to work! More soon!
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