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New 2011 Storyprint Subscription

March 30, 2011 in Moku Hanga, Printmaking, Prints, Subscriptions, Uncategorized | No comments

My subscription for 2011 has a few new bells and whistles. This year I’ll be producing a set of four multi-color woodblock prints printed in the traditional Japanese style of Moku Hanga, where water-based pigments and rice paste are used to print the relief prints rather than oil based inks which are rolled onto the surface of a woodcut with a brayer.

The prints this year, as they were last year, are storyprints, meaning that each print will be printed with text and represent a vignette of a broader but untold story.  The theme for this years subscription suite of prints is the moon.  They will all involve the moon in some form or fashion.  See the first print in the subscription here in this post.  The text is printed and dusted with gold pigment; it reads “I promise, no matter what happens, we’ll be alright.”

One print will be completed and shipped every quarter. There are two options available this year to subscribers:

  1. Prints can be delivered as they were last year, where I provide a handmade case with the first print and the remaining prints shipped flat to be either inserted into the case or framed by you. I also had a new paper marbled by marbling artist Steve Pittelkow especially for this years edition.  I also had a new paper marbled by marbling artist Steve Pittelkow especially for this years edition.  OR…
  2. Prints can be delivered already framed.  Two framing options are Natural (pictured here) and Satin black finish (the frame profiles are the same)  I frame all my work for all my gallery shows and home in the natural.

If you’re interested in subscribing this year email me to let me know at andy@fablewood.com
or download and fill out an order form here.  Order before May 31st to get the best cost for this year’s edition:

  1. All four Prints delivered with a case $750 (save $300 off the cost of purchasing the prints separately).  You can either pay the full amount or pay half now ($375) and half by Aug. 31.
  2. All four prints delivered framed in your choice of either natural or black frame $1100 (save $400 off the cost of purchasing the prints separately). You can either pay the full amount now or half ($550) now and the remainder by Aug. 31.

Returning subscribers receive either a free case ($50 value) or one free frame ($80 value).  If you’re local to asheville and want to pickup instead of having work delivered contact me for a revised cost that excludes the shipping.

what does it mean, the world in a fox’s tail?

April 29, 2010 in Moku Hanga, Musings, Prints | No comments

foxtailIt always seems to happen that the pieces of art that I do off the cuff are the more popular of my works.  I get a lot of response from this particular print, which was actually done as a part of a workshop where I learned the Moku Hanga water color woodcut technique from master printers from japan. I ended up sending most of these proof prints as gifts to the men and women who ran the workshop.  The print was never actually finished and I had only printed 7 of them as proofs.  Now I plan to finish it up… It was never that far off from being done and living with it for awhile has allowed me to grow to like it as is.  But one must move on.  I’ll post a couple of progress shots of the printing process when I’m done printing the edition (by the end of May… my own mini celebration of spring)

Peace

July 8, 2009 in Moku Hanga, Musings, River Gallery, River Prints | 2 comments

peace

The making of this print from the book “river” was pretty different experience for me.  Using abstract colors and color combinations to attempt to convey one of the more abstract ideas from the book.  At first I had felt like this particular print was a failure but the more I look at it the more it grows on me.  When I first showed the book at the Flanders Gallery in Raleigh I was surprised at the response to this particular print.  It seemed to garner the most attention and was many people’s favorite from the book.  It comes from a part in the story where the river is about to finally take a rest from it’s constant flowing.  In essense, the river is actively instituting its own peace for itself at the expense of everything around it.  When I first conceived the story, this pivital moment I likened to those moments of selfish choice in our own lives and the consequences they lead to.  Now looking back it forces me to re-examine the notion of peace I’ve become accustomed to and perhaps most importantly how that idea is connected to all other things.

I promise to post the entire story in the near future…check back soon.

River Print #1

January 12, 2009 in Galleries, Moku Hanga, River Gallery, River Prints | 8 comments

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River print 1

The first print from my new book River.