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Visiting the Saguache Crescent

June 16, 2017

I drove through Saguache, CO (suh-WATCH) on my way home from a road trip and was able to visit The Saguache Crescent. The Saguache Crescent is a weekly newspaper, notable for continuing to use linotype.

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View fullsize Throwback to a lifetime ago, (three and one half weeks) when I was demonstrating the stone lithography printing process in the galleries of the Kirkland Museum. Any guess what question I was answering? Probably something about how thick the limestone
View fullsize Even though they can be as cheap as $10, I don’t own calipers. No real reason, I simply never bought some. This is how I check the thickness of my stone to make sure it’s even all around. A straight edge and a ruler, nothing more. I alway
View fullsize Here's a fun research project for everyone to try at home! Find an artwork in a museum's collection through their online database and then find a similar artwork from a contemporary artist you know or admire. I stumbled across this polychrome litho
View fullsize Impressed: Upside Down Here it is! Art Gym Gallery is so thrilled to present Impressed: Upside Down, the fourth in a series of national juried printmaking exhibitions in the Art Gym Gallery. Impressed: Upside Down brings together works from 29 art
View fullsize One of the events of Mo’Print 2020 that I organized and am excited to take part in is today. From noon to 5, Emily, Brady and myself will once again be printing on site at the Kirkland Museum! Made possible by a one of a kind 9” wide comb
View fullsize The third memento mori part of the BLACK INK exhibit and MoPrint fundraiser. This Friday at TRVE, 7pm, $10. Love to the sponsors: @speedball_art @trvebrewing @genghiskern #linocut #reliefprint #printmaking #vandercook #moprint #moprint2020 #blacki
View fullsize Note to self: don’t let your mounted linoleum block get saturated with water in a flooded garage and then try to run it on a press. Sucker was so warped the only way to ink it was by hand, after an insane packing job underneath to try to level
View fullsize πŸ’€ Here’s one of my three linocuts that are part of the BLACK INK show at TRVE Brewing. Grab it this Friday for only $10! Pay no attention to the grumbly motor on the Asbern press. Friday, March 6. Prints on sale at 7 pm! $10 per print. 44+ lo
View fullsize http://www.1of1magazine.com/moprinting-at-genghis-kern/ Head on over to @1of1mag to read the article about how the Mo’Print 2020 Black Ink fundraiser at TRVE Brewery all comes together. This event is graciously sponsored by Speedball and Gengh
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View fullsize πŸ’€ A quick 8x6” linocut. Printed in an open edition. 12 copies will be sold at $10 on March 6 at TRVE Brewery 7pm-midnight as part of the BLACK INK Mo’Print fundraiser. #skullart #mementomori #linocut @trvebrewing @moprintcolorado #skull
View fullsize πŸ’€ A quick 8x6” linocut I carved last March while at In Cahoots Residency. Printed in an endless open edition. Will be sold at $10 on March 6 at TRVE Brewery 7pm-midnight as part of the BLACK INK Mo’Print fundraiser. Deluxe version with
View fullsize πŸ’€πŸΉ Another 6x8” linocut. Carved for the Mo’Print fundraiser at TRVE Brewery on Friday, March 6. #skullart #mementomori #linocut @trvebrewing
View fullsize I’ve been the chair of Mo’Print, a biennial printmaking event here in Denver, for almost four years. It’s been a privilege to organize and lead the charge among the printmaking community for the 2018 and 2020 print brouhaha. Mo&rsqu
View fullsize πŸŒΉπŸ’€ A quick 8x6” linocut I carved yesterday. #skullart #mementomori #linocut
View fullsize Supporting the arts means buying art. And some art has wonderful, personal stories behind it. Drawn and printed by Lee Turner, his dad was a Richard that preferred to be called Dick. The father of Lee’s litho teacher was a Richard that went by
View fullsize As a child in the 1980’s I was always warned to be cautious when on the beaches of Long Island. My parents would shout, “You may step on a needle!” And they were right. This series is my response to the ever persistent and growing d
View fullsize Looking back at the year reminds me how grateful I am to be part of this printmaking community. I’m amazed that so many have chosen to follow and support me in all my printerly journeys. This year came with many joyful surprises I could never a
View fullsize Happy Holidays to you all! @lilyredstudio took this wonderful family photo last month! If you’ve ever met Polu and Lava you’ll appreciate his special it is everyone sat still for 10 seconds and is looking in the same general direction.
View fullsize πŸ’€ “Vita Brevis” (life is short) Stone Lithograph 10x8 inches Edition: 4 More memento moriare planned for 2020 after physical therapy begins and I can get back into production. This little guy is the most recent and final piece of art fr

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