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8/12/15

PROOFING "OVERLOOK" BEGINS!

Proofing on the big "OVERLOOK" woodcut has officially begun! Stay tuned for the big unveiling of the 1st proof in color on Friday, August 21st, 2015! Join up to our mailing list for 1st details.

12/16/13

TUGBOAT PRINTSHOP @ CURE

Many thanks to Cure for hosting us & our woodcut prints for a MADE FROM SCRATCH holiday reception in Lawrenceville this past Sunday, Dec. 15. We took a few photos of the dining room, cozy & aglow, before the doors opened to guests. Thanks to all that stopped by to see us!

8/15/13

"MOTH" WOODCUT SNEAK-A-PEEK!

Delicately building the pattern work on the wings of this "MOTH" block. Drawing the first half was wild, and then redrawing it as a mirror image on the other side? Quite a good challenge!

As with all of our woodcuts, our images start out as original drawings on blocks of birch plywood. We draw first in pencil, then in pen and then carve the blocks in low relief for printing.

Pretty excited about this one, it's been rather mesmerizing to work on. Join up to our mailing list for details about the finished print, coming this Fall (along with many other exciting new prints!) to www.tugboatprintshop.com!

8/1/13

WOODCUT MURAL, CHILDREN'S MUSEUM PGH

A few shots mid-project during our residency at the Children's Museum of Pittsburgh. Tugboat Printshop was a part of the F.I.N.E. Artist Residency and worked with museum visitors to print, cut, and wheatpaste a Woodcut Wall Mural. Kids really, really loved rolling ink, using the brayers!

More photos of the project can be found on the Children's Museum Facebook page.

5/29/13

SILVER GREY MOON LAYER

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!

4/3/13

PARTY FOR "THE MOON" PRINT!

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!

3/13/12

GARDEN WOODCUT UPDATES!

We'll have photos of the "GARDEN" color blocks in progress real soon, but couldn't wait to show you what the 2 key blocks look like printed together! The 2 blocks printed above will both be tinted colors (not straight up black) in the final print but the 2 tone proof above gives an idea what block #1 looks like printed with block #2. Mighty fine, we think! And just imagine the color layering up all magical like behind this…ooo…shivers! chills! O boy ~ can't wait!

"GARDEN" is available for pre-order at an introductory rate right now on our website. SCOOP UP A COPY NOW and save big bucks (the finished print will be listed at a higher rate)! We expect to be sending the pre-order prints in April.

See all of process photos of the "GARDEN" print here, on our flickr. More soon!

2/27/12

GRASS HOUSE WOODCUT

HOORAY! The new woodcut print in our ongoing LIFE OF LEISURE Series ~ "GRASS HOUSE" ~ is complete! Pictured above are (top) the finished print and (below) a shot of the color blocks printed before the key block is printed. We think it turned out rather lovely!

Gentle pastels color this charming little image of a hillside house covered completely in grass. We like to imagine living in little respites like this. Spreading out plaid blanket, throwing down a polka-dotted straw stuffed pillow into the sweet smelling grass and spending the afternoon wondering and cloud gazing.

"GRASS HOUSE" is now available in our online shop ~ soon to be available in our Etsy. Print size is 8 inches x 10 inches, printed on Ivory Somerset Paper. A collaborative print by the two of us at Tugboat Printshop, Paul + Valerie! Enjoy!

1/6/12

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!

8/24/11

TREEHOUSE LOOKOUT (Details)

A few detail shots of the latest new woodblock print in our online shop, "TREEHOUSE LOOKOUT!" Printed from 3 hand-carved woodblocks onto Ivory Somerset Paper. Print size is 12" x 9" and is part of our LIFE OF LEISURE Series. Read more about this new image in this post!

7/11/11

DRAWN IN A DAY

SPACE, 812 Liberty Ave., Pittsburgh, PA

JULY 15-SEPTEMBER 4, 2011

On Friday, July 15, 12 artists will each create an approximately 10 ft. x 10 ft. drawing directly on the walls of the gallery. The gallery will be open to the public during the time of the drawing, which starts at 1 p.m. Drawing will continue until 9:00 p.m., overlapping with the opening (5:30-9:00 p.m. as part of The Pittsburgh Cultural Trust’s Gallery Crawl) so that the public can witness the drawing in process. Following the opening DJ Pete Spynda will be playing until midnight.

Participating artists (all from Pittsburgh except Kissick and Santoleri):
Brian Holderman
David Pohl
Anne Lopez
Eric Stern
Cara Erskine
Valerie Lueth & Paul Roden (collaboration - Tugboat Printshop)
Brett Yasko
Wendy Osher
Cara Lynn Kleid
Alphonso Sloan
John Kissick, Toronto
Paul Santoleri, Philadelphia

GALLERY DETAILS:

SPACE is a Visual Arts project of The Pittsburgh Cultural Trust.
812 Liberty Avenue, Pittsburgh PA
Admission: FREE!
spacepittsburgh.org

GALLERY HOURS:

Wednesday & Thursday, 11 a.m. – 6 p.m.
Friday & Saturday, 11 a.m. – 8 p.m.
Sunday 11 a.m. – 5 p.m.

6/22/11

PRINTING NEW "RV" PRINT!

Printing is almost finished on the latest addition to our LIFE OF LEISURE print series, "RV"! Just one more run to go! Printing the yellow, red, and blue blocks above. Stay tuned for a snapshot of the finished print real soon!

"RV" is now available to order on our website (image pictured there is the first proof) for shipment later this week!

11/29/10

THIRD, FOURTH, FIFTH BLOCKS!

Printing for the "Forest" block is now complete! After 5 color runs through the press, 200+ copies through each time, we are relieved to be finished! The print looks super special, too!

"Forest" is the latest print in our collaborative print series LIFE OF LEISURE and can be found in our online shop under that heading. Paper size is a standard 20" x 16" ~ Ivory Somerset. Limited edition of 200 prints!

((( SEE FOREST ONLINE! )))

11/18/10

FOREST IN COLOR!

"FOREST"
16" x 20 " Color Woodcut Print on Heavyweight Ivory Somerset Paper
Paul Roden + Valerie Lueth, 2010.

LIMITED EDITION OF 200 PRINTS.
$145.00

NOW AVAILABLE IN TUGBOAT PRINTSHOP'S ONLINE SHOP!

11/16/10

SECOND RUN ON FOREST

The second run on "FOREST" is printed! A light, bright orange to give all of our green tones glowing, sunny accents. Two more blocks to print + black!

4/7/10

SHACK WOODCUT

Paul just finished this idyllic 6.5" x 6" woodcut titled "Shack"!Limited edition of 100 prints on Ivory Somerset Paper. Lovely!

"Shack" is now available for $20 in our online store & and Etsy! Order one now and take advantage of FREE SHIPPING on all Tugboat prints until April 15th!

12/27/07

In the Press: The Tennessean

Nashville's The Tennessean ran an article about our show, Assembling Utopia, on December 16th:

"FANCIFUL DRAWINGS, PRINTS EXCITE THE IMAGINATION"
Valerie Lueth's ink drawings, currently on view at Estel Gallery, measure only 4 inches square, but within each of these tightly constructed frames lies a wonderfully detailed marvel.
To stare at these illustrations, which explode in bursts of color and geometrical patterning, is to be drawn into a self-contained universe where dots and lines form their own logic.
Lueth shares this gallery show with her husband, Paul Roden, with whom she collaborated on a series of black-and-white prints called Woodland Creatures, each featuring a different animal or insect. Just as masterfully exectured, these images have a storybook quality, characterized by the stark lines and textures that come from printing with carved blocks of wood. Each creature possesses a distinct personality: the industrious ant, the tired-looking field mouse, the stately deer.
The title of Roden and Lueth's show is Assembling Utopia, a conceit that neatly brings together these two disparate bodies of work. While the couple's densely constructed prints have engaged social and political themes in the past, here they've conjured worlds devoid of human conflict and destruction.
Assembling Utopia is presented by Jerry Dale McFadden of TAG Art Gallery, who is looking for a new downtown gallery space.
The exhibit is on view at Estel Gallery, 115 Rosa L. Parks Blvd., 11 a.m.-4 p.m. Tuesday-Friday or by appointment. For more information, see www.tagartgallery.com or call 429-7708.

-JONATHAN MARX, Staff Writer for The Tennessean

12/4/07

"Assembling Utopia" up in Nashville!

Wall arrangement of our collaborative woodcut series "Woodland Creatures" on display in Estel Gallery in Nashville, TN. All 27 of the "Woodland Creatures" to date are available both framed and unframed through TAG Art Gallery this December!

Many thanks to all who came out to see us on Saturday, December 1st, for the show's grand opening! Thanks also to Estel Gallery for kindly letting us hang our show in their side gallery as TAG continues to search for a new home downtown.

20 of Valerie's archival pen drawings (above).

11/26/07

Assembling Utopia @ TAG Art Gallery

Our first solo show in over a year, Assembling Utopia, will be opening through TAG Art Gallery at Estel Gallery on December 1st, 6-9pm. The exhibition features our entire grouping of collaborative Woodland Creature woodcuts to date--27 total, the first 20 of Valerie's 100 drawing series, and a number of Paul's new color prints. Assembling Utopia: New Works on Paper by Paul Roden and Valerie Lueth runs through December 21st at Estel Gallery, 115 Rosa L. Parks Blvd (formerly 8th ave. North), Nashville, TN 37203.

ESTEL GALLERY HOURS:
Tuesday-Friday: 11am-4pm
Saturday: Noon-3pm or by appointment (615-251-8997).