Publishers of contemporary prints
In this new woodcut Hiroki Morinoue pairs images of fish, a butterfly and dragonflies, as seen through and reflected on water.
Dragonfly Pond is a fifteen color woodcut with pochoir, printed from four woodblocks and one stencil, on white Thai Mulberry paper 37 x 28¾” in an edition of 30, plus proofs.
We are very pleased to participate in Denver’s 2016 Month of Printmaking, Mo’Print, with an exhibition entitled “Shark’s Ink: Collaborations II” at the Pattern Shop Studio.
“Shark’s Ink: Collaborations II” opens on First Friday March 4th, from 6 to 9 pm; runs through First Friday April 8th, and concludes on First Friday May 6th. Shark will talk about his collaborations and about individual prints on Saturday, March 12th, from 2 to 4 pm.
Through March and April, the exhibit will also be open for private viewing by groups and individuals any day of the week (call 303-297-9831 to schedule your visit).
The White & Black Set is a ten color woodcut/lithograph with chine collé and collage. It was printed from six woodblocks and two lithographic plates on white Thai Mulberry, white Rives BFK, grey An Jing Meteor Shower, bright yellow Korean Hanji and blue Yatsuo papers.It has been printed in an edition of 30, plus proofs and measures 29½ x 35 inches.
“geo-2-oon” is a forty-three color lithograph, with cut-outs, printed from twelve plates made from mylars hand drawn and painted by the artist.
John Buck’s newest woodcut “The Fountain” is all about water. It features a large central image of a flowing fountain surrounded by a tapestry of incised images in the background. The incised images start at the top with happy mermaids, mermen and fish frolicking in abundant water. Below Buck presents scenes of water polluted by factories, oil wells and fracking and the resulting damage to our essential water supply.