This stencil mural was spray painted onto the bulkhead of the Ocean Giant’s Engine Room. Photos record the process and final result. The image is approximately 2 1/2′ by 3′. The ship tends to make a circuit between the arctic and Antarctic, and I was aboard during the 2023 trip to McMurdo station in Antarctica. I also used the stencil to make poster-sized prints onto navigational charts that had been used aboard the ship.
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Tagged as antarctic, antarctica, arctic, chart, compass, globe, heavy lift, map, mcmurdo, mcmurdo station, north pole, ocean giant, pengine, polar bear, Print Making, printmaking, seabulk, seacor, ship, shipping, south pole, Stencil
“Ocean Giant” is a single plate printed on Navigational Charts as well as Wanderings Handmade White Deckle Edge Blank Paper. These charts were used in the navigation of the Ocean Giant, SeaCor’s heavy lift ship. A shop press in the engine room of the ship was used as a printing press.
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Tagged as block print, blockprint, chart, container ship, heavy lift, lino, lino print, linoleum, linoprint, map, ocean giant, print, printing press, printmaking, reduction print, relief print, seabulk, seacor, ship, shipping, wood block, woodblock
“St. Christopher” used five plates printed onto navigational charts. These charts were used in navigation of Foss tugboats.
St. Christopher is the patron saint of travelers and sailors. He was a giant who offered to carry a child across a rushing river. When, halfway across, he began to struggle under an unbearable weight, the small child, revealed to be Christ, explained that St. Christopher was holding the weight of the world and responsibility for its safe passage as he crossed the river.
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Tagged as block print, blockprint, chart, christopher, lino print, linoleum, linoprint, map, print, Print Making, printmaking, reduction print, relief print, saint christopher, st. christopher, wood block, woodblock
“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 absorbent. This is the first print made using the printing press that my father and I made using a vice press to generate pressure. The title is a reference to John Donne’s poem, “A Valediction: Forbidding Mourning.”
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Tagged as block print, chart, compass, donne, flower, john donne, lino, lino print, linoleum, linoprint, map, print, Print Making, printmaking, rose, scrollwork, wood block, woodblock
“The Tower” was printed on navigational training charts. Cal Maritime students used these charts to learn navigational skills and prepare for licensing exams. The paper is heavy and absorbent. This image was pressed by hand and without a press of any kind.
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Tagged as chart, linoprint, map, printmaking, relief print, tarot, the tower, tower, training chart
Josh Barlas