The Lurid low-brow Tiki-Art of Brad (tiki-shark) Parker - Other Crafts

TSA Tiki Shark Art Member Joined: Aug 31, 2006 Posts: 3978	TSA Tiki Shark Art Posted posted on Sat, Feb 9, 2008 12:33 PM Aloha! Hey, so I'm colaborating with Earl, a wood block printer in Oahu. Here's the progress on our first offical joint effort - "Waikiki Mystery" as a wood block print. Earl just finished the carving. Now he's waiting for proper conditions to run some proofs - it's been darned rainy here on the islands - (Hilo got over 23 inches in 1 day!) and it effects the ink in this antique printing press technique. It'll be a limited run - you only get 100 or 150 or so till the wood block gives out. It's not a digitized file that you could print out forever. So, once it's gone, you'd have to hand carve another block to make more. I really dig the extrememly "low tech" nature and retro feel of this process. Later this month we should see how they come out. Mahalo~ Tiki Shark http://www.myspace.com/Lotus_Land [ Edited by: Tiki Shark Art 2008-02-09 14:16 ]

Aloha!
Hey, so I'm colaborating with Earl, a wood block printer in Oahu. Here's the progress on our first offical joint effort - "Waikiki Mystery" as a wood block print.

Earl just finished the carving. Now he's waiting for proper conditions to run some proofs - it's been darned rainy here on the islands - (Hilo got over 23 inches in 1 day!) and it effects the ink in this antique printing press technique. It'll be a limited run - you only get 100 or 150 or so till the wood block gives out. It's not a digitized file that you could print out forever. So, once it's gone, you'd have to hand carve another block to make more. I really dig the extrememly "low tech" nature and retro feel of this process. Later this month we should see how they come out.

Mahalo~

Tiki Shark

http://www.myspace.com/Lotus_Land

[ Edited by: Tiki Shark Art 2008-02-09 14:16 ]

Post #360231 by Tiki Shark Art on Sat, Feb 9, 2008 12:33 PM