Posts From Old Journals

  • August 23, 2021 – Meditations on the Buck that Visited Us Each Night

    Written as a part of an email home while working on a tugboat in the Arctic Circle of Northern Alaska. We had an adolescent buck that would visit our backyard each night, and we’d taken… Read more

  • The Anchor Radius

    “The Anchor Radius” used three plates printed onto navigational charts. These charts were used in navigation of Foss tugboats. “Anchor Radius” is a term describing how far an anchored vessel can pivot around a fixed… Read more

  • Three Of Swords Greeting Card

    The greeting card design was based on Tarot imagery and the sacred heart. They are printed on any scraps or appropriately sized cardstock, and more are printed as I need them. I include a greeting… Read more

  • The Age Of Exploration

    “The Age Of Exploration” is five plates printed onto Speedball Arnhem 1618 Printmaking Paper using a homemade printing press. It is based on an image of Ernest Shackleton’s ship, The Endurance, which was shipwrecked in… Read more

  • Nicholas Assists The Wayward Mariner, And All Those Aboard

    “Nicholas Assists The Wayward Mariner, And All Those Aboard” is 8 plates printed onto Speedball Arnhem 1618 Printmaking Paper. It was made using a homemade printing press. Sold Out Read more

  • The Way Of Things: One Perspective

    “The Way Of Things: One Perspective” is a cyanotype photographic print. It was made on Legion Rising Barrier Paper, Clearprint Drafting Velllum, and Arches Platine Paper, and developed using sunlight. I used three paper types… Read more

  • Not Yet A Breach, But An Expansion

    “Not Yet A Breach, But An Expansion” is two plates printed onto expired navigational charts. These charts had been used to navigate aboard Foss tugboats. The paper is high quality, untextured, and is not highly… Read more

  • Cyanotype Photographs of Gualala

    These photographs were my first experiment with cyanotype photography. They are printed on Canson Watercolor paper, hand mixed emulsion, and exposed in the sunlight. Inquire if InterestedTo purchase, contact me via instagram DM @joshbarlas or… Read more

  • Daguerreotype

    “Daguerreotype” is six plates printed onto either Speedball Arnhem 1618 Printmaking Paper or Canson Edition Paper. The Speedball paper ended up being best suited to the print, as I was still printing by hand, without the… Read more

  • Covid 19

    “Covid 19” is a woodblock print made using a single, laser-carved plate. I designed the image, and then commissioned Mike Stark at Pink Line Press to carve the block for me. The image is printed… Read more

  • The Christening

    “The Christening” made use of five plates on Blick Masterprinter Paper. It is hand-printed without the use of a mechanical press. If interested, contact me via instagram DM @joshbarlas or email joshbarlas@gmail.com Read more