Adirondack Drying Rack

Couple a recycled screens in the cooker. After stripping the old screens of ink and emulsion, they are dehazed, degreased, recoated with emusion, allowed to dry, burned with new images and blasted with water until they finally come to rest in the Adirondack Drying Rack.

Pink Eye and Printers' Fair

Big thanks to everyone who came by the Craft Council Craft Fair this past week! I'm looking forward to being at these two great events this coming weekend: Pink Eye Autumn Art Sale on Saturday and the annual Printers' Fair on Sunday. Both are happening at The Rocket (upstairs in the studio space), Water Street, St. John's. I'll have my t-shirts and linocuts at both these events.

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Faux swag

Hot off the press... some faux swag for a long defunct Newfoundland enterprise, the Superior Rubber Company.

Cod Liver oil vintage ad

I took advantage of yet another sleepless night to play around with a vintage ad (circa 1880s) as a possible 2-colour t-shirt design. The graphic shows an option for a light colour shirt and one for dark. I love the line "Palatable as milk" (though they had me at "hypophosphites").

Alphonse goes to Some Good Market

Alphonse finally got his mug on a t-shirt! Printing these today for Some Good Market Comes to Town at Canon Wood Hall (aka St. Thomas Hall) on Military Road, Saturday Oct. 19, 10am-4pm. Come on down! I'll have shirts, linocuts, prints of my paintings, and new embossings. (And please say hello to Alphonse or he'll get his nose out of joint.)

Charles Puffin t-shirts

After a few months of gathering gear and ordering supplies, I've started a little screen printing operation with my friend and t-shirt mentor Doug Bird. Having a great time with the process. Our first screen is based on my Charles Puffin linocut... I suppose Alphonse Moose will have to be next or he's going to get his nose out of joint.

Threadless submission: Skinny party

I thought I’d throw my hat in the ring at Threadless again. Came across this submission to Illustration Friday from three years ago. Why not try and give it some new life? If you like it, feel free to drop by the link at Threadless and give it a like, a tweet, a vote, a wink, a kick in the shins... whatever your urge.

Brightly coloured cocktails, grand stories being told, gin splashing with wild gesticulation. Good times.

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UPDATE: Well that was a quick rejection... declined by the Threadless editors in less than 12 hours.

There can be only one snowman

I was archiving some files recently and came across this relic, based on a cartoon I made a few years ago. I unsuccessfully attempted to get it on Threadless last year then promptly forgot about it. Seemed a shame not to do something with it so I posted it in my Cafe Press shop. So if you ever feel the need for a Calvin and Hobbes / Highlander mash-up emblazoned across your chest, you know where to go.

In other news, props are complete... just need to paint a few of them.

Highlander tees

So, I've finally managed to get all the materials together for making some "Highlander the Snowman" shirts. One is by request from my friend Craig (AKA Townie Bastard). The other is for myself (I need to see how it holds up after a few washes). I don't know if I'm going to offer them in the shop or not.... that would require buying shirts up front (various sizes/colours) and having them at the ready. I don't know if I want to get that involved with selling iron-on transfer shirts. The expense is kind of high for doing low quantities. I'm hoping to get involved with silk-screening in the coming weeks. If that turns out to be fun, maybe in the new year I'll buy a bulk order of shirts and try some different things. I think a silk-screened shirt will last considerably longer than a transfer. Plus there's something nice about wearing a t-shirt that is essentially a hand-pulled print.

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Jeez, I'm barely a few weeks into this blog and I've already managed to ignore it for 4 days. How do people keep up with these things?

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The latest lino isn't finished yet. This weekend was consumed by Christmas parties, Sam Roberts and snow fences. And now I have a cold and don't really want to do anything. Blech.