7 Suns Printmaking

Feeling ‘old and broken’ 👴 Towards the end of his two-year stay in Paris, Van Gogh increasingly feared that his place on the fringes of society might be permanent, leaving him feeling ‘old and broken’. He was only thirty-five years old.
However, Vincent was convinced that he could overcome his growing physical and mental struggles. He believed that by continuing to create, he could shape a more ‘humane’ and meaningful world through his art. He headed to Provence in Southern France, where he hoped the rich, vibrant and colourful landscape would help him keep his art youthful and optimistic ‘by doing brilliant colour, well arranged, resplendent.’

‘Three White Cottages in Saintes-Maries’, 1888 © Kunsthaus Zürich

Hope everyone is well

These Illusions Will Blow Your Mind!!

With students going back to school, Howard shared his thoughts while printing one of our school related cuts in our print shop exhibit at the Sacramento History Museum. In this video, Howard letterpress printed a photo engraving from the Brett from Pennsylvania Collection. The print depicts a group of college students in between going to class. This cut, made in the mid 1970s, was published in the AFL-CIO News. The artwork was designed by John Stampone, one of the editorial cartoonists for the newspaper. This was printed with black rubber base ink using our Washington hand press. #backtoschool #school #SacHistoryMuseum #sacramento #museum #history #letterpress #printingpress #asmr #printing

Bad ass brayer. And press of course.

August 5th is National Oyster Day! This day recognizes the mollusk that is is considered a delicacy around the world. Oysters have been a delicacy in Sacramento since the California Gold Rush. For today, Howard letterpress printed an image of an oyster, with a sailing ship in the background, from a woodcut from the Lewis Winter Collection. This rather large woodcut, compared to the other cuts in his collection, was hand carved by Lewis Winter (his name is even in the print) roughly 130 years ago. This was printed with Pantone 209 oil base ink using our Washington hand press. #NationalOysterDay #Oyster #woodcut ##SacHistoryMuseum #sacramento #museum #history #letterpress #printingpress #asmr #printing