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

"MAMA BEAR" IS BACK!

The last of the "MAMA BEAR" woodcuts are in the online shop! Printed from 4 handmade blocks onto natural Kitakata paper, 16" x 20". Final picture coming soon! Reference the oldie on the site for a general idea. 

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!

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OVERLOOK PROGRESS

In the final stretch  carving the "OVERLOOK" key!

Come and see it on Saturday (details here)!

2 years drawing and weeks & weeks of carving and it's almost complete!

More photos here | Pre-order here

THE GIANT "OVERLOOK" IN PROGRESS

The elaborate detailing of the "OVERLOOK" woodcut, 2 years in the making so far. We've been drawing & carving on this block as we worked on many other prints over the past couple years, and are so excited to be nearing completion on this key block! 

The "OVERLOOK" print will be a color print, sized approximately 28" x 46". It will probably be a bleed print, with the image spilling off the edges of the paper (like "THE MOON"). The sky, to be drawn and carved only in the color blocks, will add additional height to the finished vertical print.

THE RAINBOW-Y VALLEY

The "VALLEY" woodcut, framed up for Tugboat's upcoming museum exhibition in West Virginia! Pictured here float-mounted with spacers in a pickled maple frame. "VALLEY" is a multiblock color woodcut, printed to paper from 4 hand-drawn, hand-carved wood blocks. More about the making of this new print & process photos HERE!