LAST BATCH OF 'DAISIES'!

New "DAISY BOUQUET" woodcuts, hand-printed from 2 woodblocks, done & drying in the racks! The last batch of prints from this popular edition (going fast!), available exclusively in our little online shop! More info & pics of the finished print HERE.

NEW THIS WEEK!

Triangular woodcut sketch! 1/2 of a new woodcut print to debut this week. Stay tuned for a post or join our news at www.tugboatprintshop.com!

DETAILS OF BLUE #2

Carving on the 2nd blue block and final color block for the upcoming "OVERLOOK" woodcut has begun! A dense forest to carve through, but this block will add a secondary green tone to the printed image, along with shadow/depth between vertical landscape layers in the print as a whole. (A couple details of the 2nd blue block in progress above) Exciting!

Once carved, we'll finally be able to see the first real glimpses of our vision for the "OVERLOOK" color woodcut print taking shape. The print, which is designed to be both a singular vertical artwork or an infinitely expandable horizontal landscape diptych/triptych/installation, will be lush with color and pattern beyond anything we've ever made.

We have tried our best to document the work on this print, but no number of photos can do it proper justice! It's difficult to communicate both the intricacy & scale. We've collected the best into this photoset. 

Our online shop features a brief intro to the print & process of making it, with the ability to pre-order at an introductory rate (for just a limited while longer!)

Here goes!

"DAISY BOUQUET" WOODCUT PROGRESS

 

Some details from the carving of the key block for the "DAISY BOUQUET" woodcut. Big blooms burst from branching stems, each blossom fringed with white-tinted petals (the 2nd block prints this petal color). Flower centers are tipped with a varying patternwork of star-snapped pollens. 

A still-life composition, printed from 2 woodblocks in dark & light, the "DAISY BOUQUET" is a pretty & classic print.

The "DAISY BOUQUET" print has now been proofed and is currently in production here at our shop! Stay tuned for printing photos & see the print here!

BIG RED!

The red block for the "OVERLOOK" woodcut is now carved, making 3 color blocks. We just proofed the 3 together with the key and now begin the process of going back to each of the blocks to refine, carve more, and fine tune how the colors will layer in the finished print. Throughout this process, we'll also be making one more block, which will add shadows, more greens, and a deeper dimension to space within the tiered landscape. Shouldn't be too long and we'll have a solid 1st proof to share! 

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! 

COLORING "OVERLOOK"

Coloring in the blue block for the "OVERLOOK" woodcut print in progress. Each of our wood blocks is hand-drawn before being hand-carved in low relief for printing. This print is sure to be unlike anything we've ever made before! We have been working on it alongside many of our other projects for the past 2 years.

Hoping to be printing by March!

SNEAK PEEK RUBBING

The paper was a bit small, but it's neat to see how the image is shaping up! Once this key block is carved in full, we'll be moving on to making color blocks. Excited to add patterns and shape beyond the key in the colors! Special limited time pre-order is up on our site HERE.

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

CRYSTAL SKULLS

"CRYSTAL SKULL" prints - almost sold out! 

Last copies available 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!

DRAWING "OVERLOOK"

It's been a long process, 2 whole years in the making! And the "OVERLOOK" drawing is now complete! Well, we still have some photos to take to really show you how the block wrapped up...but here's a sneak peek of the last few days spent penning in fields, mountains and trees, trees, trees.

More about this new work in progress HERE>>>