“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 use of a mechanical press, and relied on an untextured paper in order to transfer the image smoothly.
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Tagged as block print, blockprint, daguerreotype, lino print, linoleum, linoprint, print, Print Making, printmaking, steam train, train, woodblock
“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 by hand, without the use of a mechanical press, onto Thai Kozo Paper.
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Tagged as cal maritime, covid 19, csum, golden bear, kracken, linoprint, octopus, Print Making, printmaking, relief print, ship, shipping, wood print, woodblock
“The Christening” made use of five plates on Blick Masterprinter Paper. It is hand-printed without the use of a mechanical press.
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Tagged as block print, cal maritime, golden bear, linoleum, linoprint, ocean, Print Making, printmaking, relief print, ship, shipping, woodblock
“Flash: Tattoo For Conrad” is a single block printed on navigational training charts. The image is a variation on a design I’ve drawn and toyed with over the years. Here it’s conceived as a piece of flash, or tattoo art that hangs on studio walls to advertise the artist’s skill and inspiration for the customer.
Flash has come to be considered an artform of its own over the years. Here, I’m commemorating one of my favorite authors, Joseph Conrad, and the transformative value of literature.
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Tagged as block print, flash, joseph conrad, linlprint, linoleum, literature, Print Making, printmaking, relief print, tattoo, woodblock
“Homage” is made with two blocks on Cosmos Blotting Paper. I used blotting paper because I was still hand printing, and needed an absorbent and untextured paper to account for the pressure I could generate by manually. It was a run I made for my cousin, Barry Nitzberg, in commemoration of his father and grandfather, and their roots in Petaluma.
Sol Nitzberg, my grandmother’s uncle, was a union man in Santa Rosa, California, organized the apple pickers, and was tar and feathered in the streets by local businessmen and the sheriff.
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Tagged as apple, appletree, bird, block print, blockprint, clock tower, lino print, linoleum, petaluma, printmaking, relief print, time
“Memento Mori” is four blocks printed on Blick Printmaster Paper, and on bulk washi paper. They’re printed by hand, without any sort of mechanical press.
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Tagged as art, block print, linoprint, memento mori, print, printmaking, relief print, skull, woodblock
The floral image is based on a vintage wallpaper design. The cards have been printed on appropriately sized scraps and cardstock. A greeting card of some variety is included with each print that I send.
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Tagged as block print, floral, greeting card, lino, linoprint, pattern, printmaking, relief print, wallpaper
“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
“The Voyage” was what I considered to be my first successful linoprint. It’s a reduction print, meaning that I carved more and more out of the same block for each successive printing. I used a frame that my dad made for me as a register. The block was carved and printed four times to create each tone of gray.
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Tagged as block print, linoleum, linoprint, print, printmaking, woodblock
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