skip to main |
skip to sidebar
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.
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.
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.
The biggest piece we've tackled to date--AND we have a special offer for the holidays to be able to get one at a really great price!
Subject of myth, fable, story and wonderment…our constant extraterrestrial partner, producer of tides and stepping stone to the great abyss beyond…THE MOON!
We look to the sky knowing that shining little circle is out there, it's radiant face reflecting light down through the dark of night. Nestled into a backdrop of twinklin stars (yes, this print will have those!), "THE MOON" is blown up to fantastic degree, illustrating the terrain and seas of craggy grey surface, both a map and an image.
Really just so excited about this new print in the works that we can hardly contain ourselves! Shown above is the key block being drawn in for this new 36" x 32" print. "THE MOON" is now available for a limited time intro pre-order rate (delivery by Dec. 25th!) on our site.
1200px.jpg)
