dazin'*G*O*R*I*L*L*A*gazin'...

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GORILLA

GORILLA

GORILLA

GIFt

for everybody out there

in the Mist.

crAzy,

this hAze be.

sincerely,

lil' swAyze.

Dr. Hann Sew-Jo & Bored Intellect @ Guthrie Studios (I)

 Godspeed & Good Luck, woodcut, screenprint, xerox, pasted to board. 7' x 24''

Here Today, Gone Tomorrow, letterpress, xerox, pasted to paper. biggish.

Kashima v. Namazu, woodblock on paper. 24'' x 48''

Namazu, fabric. woodblock printed. big boy.

Namazu, fabric. small

 Namazu Headdress, fabric on hat, woodcut and linocut. (wearable!)

 Penitent Namazu, mixed fabrics on wood shelves.

 A view of the 3rd Floor and Colin Ledbetter's installation of recent textile awesomeness.

 Nintendo and pixel magic anyone? I think each of these are screenprinted.

more pictures of the show are coming...

(error in uploading, much more of colin's work to come)

(also my smoke-cloud installation up the side stairwell)

this show is still up for anyone in SLC. Guthrie Studio Artists is at 158e 200s.

smoke&fire

printed from lino block on fabric. soon to enter the third dimension.

On the cutting block...

Cutouts of screenprinted cranes on origami paper.

for the guthrie show. july 20. 

Namazu vs. Kashima Woodblock

I finished the carving of this woodblock, my largest to date, and spent the morning proofing it in my home studio. Here are a few blocks of the process, the proofed print, and the block before being treated with shellac. 

Come see the final print at Guthrie Studios, 158 E. 200 S, SLC, UT: July 20th.

Letterpress Is Coming!!!!!!

My camera was misplaced for the longest while, but I have been needing to document my latest project, the reassemblage of a Chandler & Price 10x15 Platen Press at the Copper Palate Press. Although the plan is to eventually be making photopolymer plates, I couldn't help tracking down some type on ebay to get started. And what better typeface to begin my collection than my much adored Franklin Gothic. This is 24pt. It arrived today and I can't wait to start printing.

I'll be getting more pictures of the press together soon. I'm waiting for a foot treadle to arrive before the bed of the press can be attached to the base. Getting ready to order new rollers and I'm slowly acquiring all the other miscellaneous equipment to get all kinds of great letterpress projects underway. Get ready!

EL-AHRAIRAH: The Prince with a Thousand Enemies (CMYK shirt!)

My latest t-shirt design is based on the 1972 novel, Watership Down, by Richard Adams. El-ahrairah is the rabbits' folktale hero whose mischief and cleverness is much admired by all living rabbits. The name means "Prince with a Thousand Enemies" in Lapine, the rabbit-language. Many of my favorite chapters in the book are these stories they tell of how he tricks/decieves his way out of his crazy predicaments. The text on back is borrowed from the creation-tale Dandelion tells in Ch. 6 describing how the sun-god Frith came to give rabbits their special characteristics.

Colorful halftone image on front with black text-passage on back.

These shirts are hand-screenprinted on 35/65 cotton/poly blend Tultex white shirts. 301 RC Water-based Matsui CMYK inks give the printed portion a super soft feel. I have Unisex sizes (XS-XL) and Girls sizes (XS-L). Limited quantities so order quick (by email for now: jda1984@hotmail.com)! $15 + shipping. [If I'm out of your size I can reprint but please allow 2 weeks. ]

Now, go read Watership Down! (the animated movie is awesome too...)

This shirt also marks my new recent obsession with 4-color process printing and the color halftone filter in photoshop. In all my time printmaking, I've remarkably never printed in this process until now. Makes me want to learn offset really bad! More to come...