Black Heart Press

sineadcahill:

Lithograph on fabric and paper, embroidery, velcro

detail from The Life of the White Dog (4500 Worth Street)

Saol an mhadaidh bháin
Proper printmaking badges have to be printed and embroidered, ofc. Sinéad Cahill showing how it’s done.

I liked the title of this work and did some reading about it. Reminded me of a friend who, one day in Bucharest, told me of a saying her brothers had to celebrate the good moments, and it was “living the life of the destiny”.
Obviously bad grammar, but it kinda stuck with me. I have on various occasions confused random groups of friends on strangers by exclaiming “this is the life of the destiny”.

Further reading:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-CTBnqvJKdM
(DAS SYNTHIE MODUL - NEUTRALMASSE)

diehler:

Australian Printmaking - featuring Peter Lancaster of Lancaster Press

Brought to my attention by the lovely Jade, wife of one of my PTP classmates, Adrian who hail from Melbourne, Australia. 

Even more lithography video goodness happening today!
This time curtesy of Emily, your #1 source for all things roller conditioning wise. Also featuring a photo of Helsinki Litho’s (Litho from Hel) very own Valpuri ;)

Further reading:

Bruce, brought to you by MPFC:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_f_p0CgPeyA

Australasia, brought to you by Pelican:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LarwAMC_lNE

Video Stone Lithography Time!

It’s been a while, hasn’t it?
If you’re not into litho (why not?) then the video is still fun to watch for the accent alone. Printing done by Alastair Clark.
From the Edinburgh Printmakers, btw.

Further reading:

Some English (not Scottish, I know, and I’m so very sorry.. not) music:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=27uvVtCTiWc
(someone enlighten me about Scottish music, yes?)

Litho Blues

Photo of my shop shoes, safely tucked in under my 2nd favourite stone in the shop. (favourite stone post here).

Also:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nGcG2y8MmT8

lithoshop:

Raoul Middleman’s (self-portrait) lithography plate from 1985. He brought this over to the shop the other day and asked if it can still be printed. Hell yeah it can. The cool thing about this, for me, is that the person/teacher who turned me onto printmaking, John Sparks, processed this plate in 1985, but never editioned it. It was also the year I started art school, and fell in love with printmaking. John’s dead now. I’ll finish what he started. If I don’t die first, or second. Something like that.

The hands change, the line continues

diehler:

Roller conditioning: #7/body gum

It looks awesome, I’m sure it SOUNDS awesome, and probably feels pretty cool too.

leeyarose:

Drawing some more damn pearls!

I’m curious how this one will look once finished. Into it!

GET A JOB
Nice little litho video - promotional, not educative, and no printshop animals, but great camera and editing. 

For some reason I had to think of this skate video from 1991, which is so very unrelated (but awesome) it’s not even funny anymore.
Aaaanyway, enjoy!

Also nice exhibition title.

finncurryart:

A video of me in the Lithography studio made by Pavel Shmelov. Music off of the ‘Mirror Head EP’ by Louie Christ/ Stag Party to be released at the show!!!

One-Eyed Lithography Skeleton Button!
BHP approves, all the way.

Also:

Fuck Buttons - sweet love for planet earth:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RxVZDxK02QE

Sundial
Today was the warmest day in Helsinki since the end of November 2012, with patches of sidewalk appearing through the slowly melting snow. There’s still fishermen out on the ice, though.

Doubly refreshing therefore to see Emily join Itazulitho on the lonely Olymp of tumblr graining photo awesomeness: outdoor graining on the northern hemisphere, in February, in a tank top, in bright sunshine.

And sunglasses.
Oh my.
I, in other news, will contine to rock my thick woolen sweaters, until further notice.


And of course:

The sun always shines on Tumblr:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9TfV92vVINY
(warning, very 80s)

Mirrorshades, too:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mirrorshades

diehler:

Albuquerque outdoor graining