The greeting card design was based on a traditional Noh mask of an Oni, a mythological Japanese demon. There is a history of traditional Oni tattoos. They are printed on any scraps or appropriately sized cardstock, and more are printed as I need them. I include a greeting card of some sort with all prints that I ship.
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Tagged as block print, demon, japanese tattoo, lino, linoprint, noh mask, oni, oni tattoo, print, printmaking, relief print, sailor jerry, tattoo, tattoo flash, traditional tattoo, woodblock
The greeting card design was based on a Sailor Jerry traditional tattoo. They are printed on any scraps or appropriately sized cardstock, and more are printed as I need them. I include a greeting card of some sort with all prints that I ship.
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Tagged as art, block print, classic tattoo, lino, linoprint, print, printmaking, relief print, sailor jerry, tattoo, tiger, traditional tattoo, woodblock
“La Estrella” is six plates printed onto four different types of paper using a homemade printing press. This image was inspired by several sources – tarot, Mexican Loteria cards, romantic painting, and symbolism.
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Tagged as art, black and white, block print, la estrella, lino, linoprint, loteria, mermaid, print, printmaking, reduction print, relief print, romanticism, siren, star, symbolism, tarot, woodblock
“Endurance” used six plates printed onto navigational charts. These charts were used in navigation of the Ocean Giant, a heavy lift ship that makes a yearly voyage to McMurdo Station in Antarctica.
The Endurance was the ship that Ernest Shackleton set sail f0r Antarctica in January of 1914. The ship became ice bound in 1915 and sank in November of that year. Ernest Shackleton survived nearly insurmountable odds and managed to save his entire crew. He’s cited as one of the most admirable maritime leaders, though he died broke at the age of 47. In 1959, Alfred Lansing’s Endurance: Shackleton’s Incredible Voyage was published, memorializing the voyage of the Endurance, and standing out as an enduring work of literature.
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Tagged as antarctica, art, block print, chart, endurance, exploration, linoprint, map, navigational chart, print, printmaking, reduction print, relief print, ship, shipping, woodblock
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
“Still Life Of Anniversary Bouquet” is six plates printed onto BFK Rives Printmaking Paper, White, 300 GSM. It was made using a home made printing press. This was a run of 70 prints and they were given away as a gift to guests who attended our wedding.
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Tagged as anniversary, block print, blockprint, bouquet, flowers, hour glass, lino, lino print, linoleum, linoprint, print, printmaking, reduction print, relief print, still life, wedding, wood block, woodblock
“House With Columns” is a cyanotype print of my wife taken on Mare Island, Vallejo, California. It was made on Canson Watercolor paper, Clearprint Drafting Velllum, and Arches Platine Paper, and developed using a lightbox that I made using UV LEDs. I used three paper types in order to learn more about the medium, and used Christina Z. Anderson’s article and book as a guide.
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Tagged as alternative photography, blue print, blueprint, california, columns, cyanotype, mare island, photograph, photography, Print Making, printmaking, vallejo
“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 point (the fast anchor).
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Tagged as anchor, anchor radius, block print, blockprint, foss maritime, lino, lino print, linoleum, linoprint, mariner, maritime, merchant marine, print, printmaking, relief print, seaman, skull, wood block, woodblock
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