New prints available! One is a color version of the original Ameressiah print, which I just realized wasn’t shown on the site. I also finished the newest chronicle of the Ameressiah’s adventures: Operation Extintioning! The other is a newly colored Hobo Crab, which I just started making this past week.
The biggest announcement is that my store at Etsy is now up an running. The whooshing sound of progress rings in my ears.
Tags: ameressiah, color, prints, store
A few years ago, back when I was a bright and bushy tailed undergrad student at UAH, I was in a really great multimedia class where we produced five art exhibits at the university gallery space in five weeks. One such exhibit, in its entirety, is captured below:
This week I’m teaching a class at Makers Local and I’m using this image for the demonstration-
Howitzer Cannonpants Wins Again!
There’s a relief print to show off too, but I don’t have a camera. I’m sure one of the boys can help me make slides, so you can meet the Hobo Crab soon.
Tags: bullet, cannonpants, gun, howitzer, preview, print, screenprint
Frat House of the Dead
I think the Frat House of the Dead is one of the best prints I’ve ever turned out. I’m finally getting comfortable with shading and texture in a way I’m satisfied with. I think the next few pieces will be smaller, so I can crank them out faster and they’ll be a little easier to print. And if we’re lucky they’ll fit on a tshirt.
I’m setting up separate pages for the two series I’m still working in- the Zombies and the Ameressiah. Ordinarily I’m against artist statements, I think if you can’t appreciate a piece on its own merit without reading the artist’s explanation of it, then the artist is not communicating properly. But I think the full account of my reasoning behind the work ought to be present for those who are curious.
And then there’s the Paypal setup. And the clothing setup. And I swear I will work on this site someday, just as soon as I get tired of actually making new prints.
Today was an awesome experiment in printing by hand. I say awesome because it was mostly successful and the prints turned out great. I’ve been saving up money and finally ordered a brayer (big rubber roller) for inking up my relief blocks and I bought a door knob for pushing down really hard with. You can see the paper print in the second picture and I even tried it out with a shirt, which I’ve never done before but turned out sweet.
Photo-asplode!
Rolling Ink
Shirt Printing
Zulu Death Shirt
