Orange Barrel on Etsy + Blake’s New Website Design
I started an Etsy shop back in 2009, posted a bunch of items, and made a few sales. It was fun! A great way to… Read More »Orange Barrel on Etsy + Blake’s New Website Design
I started an Etsy shop back in 2009, posted a bunch of items, and made a few sales. It was fun! A great way to… Read More »Orange Barrel on Etsy + Blake’s New Website Design
WE’VE FINALLY STOPPED TRAVELING FOR A WHILE! I loved our printmaking adventures to Nashville and Milwaukee, but I am plumb worn out on the car.… Read More »DIY Kitchen Printshop Project, Part I
I got this Vandercook 2 up and running today! All it took was a bit of SAE 30 in the “grease nipples” (or so I… Read More »Part-Part Time Job
I have been planning on making a post about student work from last semester for quite awhile now, but I have just gotten around to… Read More »Flashback: Blake’s Student Work from Murray State
These photographs aren’t great, and they aren’t edited very well (sorry.) But I think these 2 drawings are done. I’ll get up to school sometime… Read More »Flocking to the Pump: One Day These Little Drawings Will Grow Up Into Prints
So, how do you get kids involved in relief printmaking without all of the sharp knives and gouges and the inevitable bleeding thumbs? Scratch-foam boards.… Read More »DIY Scratch-Foam Art: The Poor Man’s Relief Print
We had a great time at our first Mid America Print Council Conference! We spent the last three days in Cape Girardeau, Missouri and had… Read More »MAPC: No “Lotering” in Cape Girardeau
After 23 years in Beresford, South Dakota, Lloyd “the Frogman” Menard, professor Emeritus of the University of South Dakota, is closing the doors to his… Read More »Dissecting A Frog: The End of Frogman’s Press
While studying with the Amazing Hancock Brothers 2nd week of Frogman’s, Uncle Chuck taught us his famous rubber stamp technique. I will now share it… Read More »DIY Eraser Stamps with Uncle Chuck
I had a great time second week at Frogman’s studying with The Amazing Hancock Brothers: Charles + John. We learned down-n-dirty carving, printing, transfer and… Read More »The Amazing Hancock Brothers