night owl
February 26, 2010 by nateduval
circular shapes
February 17, 2010 by nateduval
A first look at a new art print!
Based on the art I created for my St. Vincent poster, this is a limited edition, 4 color, hand-drawn and hand-printed art print measuring 18″ x 24″ in size.
trey anastasio and classic tab- nyc
February 16, 2010 by nateduval
It’s always a pleasure (and a blast!) to get to work with the phine pholks over at Team Phish, and this was no exception.
I present to you, the official print for Trey and the band’s recent stop at Terminal 5, NYC.
Lots of real NYC buildings and landmarks mixed in throughout on this one!
It is entirely hand-drawn and handprinted, measures 18″ x 24″ in size and was produced in a s/n edition of only 170.
I will be releasing some of my copies of this print Wednesday, February 17th at 2pm est in my etsy shop. Be on time!
If you have never shopped on Etsy, I also recommend registering for your free account ahead of time.
Limit one per customer, please. Thanks!
St. Vincent – Philly
February 15, 2010 by nateduval
It was my pleasure to work with the talented and lovely, St. Vincent, in the creation of this hand-drawn and hand-printed poster comissioned for her upcoming show in Philadelphia, PA.
It is a four color, limited edition, 18″ x 24″ poster with an edition of 80.
It will be available at the show and on my site the following day, Feb. 26, 2010.
Big thanks to Mitch at OMGPosters.com (the best poster and art blog in all of the land) for hooking me up with this gig as well!
Gocco Print- A process post!
February 11, 2010 by nateduvalHi, Folks!
Most people wake up on Super Bowl Sunday and start cracking beers over their head or painting their faces or whatever. NOT ME! I felt making two new versions of a popular Gocco print of mine AND documenting its process was THE WAY TO GO!!!
What I love most about my Gocco printer, is that it allows for easy, high-quality “Sunday morning, dining room table fun.” It is wireless, self contained and stored in my office closet when not in use. There isn’t sn easier way to make a hand-printed image in your own home than the Print Gocco.
First Up- The Supplies.
The short list: A photocopy of the art I will be printing (the “burning” of the screens works on a scientific formula involving heat and carbon, hence the photocopy), a cutting mat, a blade, a ruler, some pre-cut 8″ x 10″ French Paper (white and Newsprint Speckletone), ink for this project, and the ever-handy adhesive foam which you will learn about later. Of course there are a few more supplies, but you will see them in just a bit.
Step 1: Prepping the Bulbs
As mentioned before, the way the Gocco exposes an image (meaning, burning your image into the screen, allowing ink to pass through ONLY those areas that you want to create a print from) is through a process beyond my comprehension involving heat and carbon melding together on the screen. We have the carbon already (with the photocopied version of my art) and now comes the heat. To create this heat, I insert 4 Gocco Lamp Bulbs into the Lamp station. Once twisted nice and tight, they are ready to go. More on this in a bit.
Prepping My image: With the lightbulbs ready to go, I now switch my focus to the image. You may have noticed the black box around my art in the previous post. That box is to show me the print size (8 x 10) of the image and I will next cut the photocopy down to size. I do this to avoid fussing and nudging the art around while exposing the screen. With the template I have on the bottom of the press (you will see this in a bit) I know that if the paper is lined up square to that, regardless of its positioning on the screen or press, it will create perfectly straight and centered prints.
With my photocopy cut to size and bulbs in the Lamp Housing, I am just about ready to get expose my screen and “burn” my image into it for printing. Print Gocco comes with a special Blue transparency sheet that I assume is to block out some of the UV rays from the bulbs. It is designed to rest in between the lamps and screen during the exposing process, as seen below.
Next, I close the press and insert the lamp casing into its home.
With the blue screen inserted in front of my screen and my photocopy on the press, I am now ready to burn the image! This part is the most “exciting” for sure.
I press down on the press (no pun intended) and the mechanisms inside of the gocco cause the four bulbs to EXPLODE!!!! This explosion gives me the heat required to cause the carbon based photocopy and my screen to mingle with each other and burn away only the areas in which my drawing resides.
I then take the bulb housing out of the machine, and put it aside to cool. These burnt bulbs smell pretty bad too!
Next, I remove the blue UV screen from the press, as well as the burnt screen that I will be printing with and begin the inking process.
I am planning on doing 2 variations of this print, so I start with the lighter version.
Remember the Adhesive Foam from before? It is now time to use it! I cut small strips of it and attach it to my screen as seen below:
This is one of my favorite features of the Gocco. By planning ahead with your illustration and using this foam, it allows you to print two different ink colors at one time. The foam acts as a barrier and keeps your inks from crossing the border and messing up your print.
Now that I have separated my ink areas, I am ready to apply the ink. Gocco Ink comes in small tubes (similar to travel size toothpaste) and and in a variety of colors. For this first print, I am using Metallic Gold and Brown.
We are almost ready to print!
I close the plastic sheet that is attached to the screen (used to keep the ink in place and contained), slide the screen back into the same, locked in position that it was when we burnt the screen and we are good to go.
Before getting started though, I realized I need some music to print to! So i head on over to the bookshelf and turn on the ipod. (Prints by Lucky Bunny, Berkley Illustration, Handmade Plush Penguin by ZooGuu, Original Wax painting by Amy Ruppel and two, super cute books that my fiance’ Jen Skelley just illustrated.)
With my paper in place, and ink on the screen, I am ready to go.
The Gocco printing process works sort of like a stamp, and requires me to push down on the screen, smooshing the ink through the burnt screen and releasing the ink onto the paper.
THE ANTICIPATION!!!!!!
A firm push down and a finger-croseed, deep breath later, I lift up the press to see if it all worked out. It did! Hooray!
Everything looks perfect, so I repeat the printing process 45 times until I have gone through all of my paper.
While I wait for the prints to dry (about an hour), I begin prepping to print the second version of this print.
Another great thing about the Gocco is, with a little time and patience, you can clean out the screen in the sink and re-use it again, saving you the time, trouble and costs of burning more screens.
To make this print as appealing as possible to folks, I figured I would make sense to offer it in a black and silver color scheme because not all rooms and decor work with brown, right?
Since everything is the same, once I am inked up, I am ready to print immediatey.
I insert the screen back into place, put my white paper on the press and viola!
Everything looks great, and I am thrilled to have another stress/problem free print session with my trusty ol’ Gocco.
But before I finish up, the Boss (Mugatu) wants to give things a onceover to make sure I am abiding to all safety codes, etc.
He gives me the greenlight and I finish up the print run.
Hope you enjoyed this process post and I did an ok job of explaining how the Print Gocco works.
spreading the love
January 29, 2010 by nateduval
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LOST- The Barracks- On-sale Info
January 4, 2010 by nateduval
Happy New Year!
The time has come and I will be releasing some of my copies from the way cool, DamonCarltonandaPolarBear.com project.
Due to the shows incredible following and high demand for a lot of the prints from this series, I will be selling these prints in my Etsy shop starting Tuesday, January 5th, 2009 at 1pm EST.
For those of you who may be interested in obtaining a copy of this print, I suggest heading on over to Etsy tonight and registering for your free account to speed up the checkout process.
phish- portland, me
November 29, 2009 by nateduval
It was an honor to once again work with Phish in creating the official poster for their recent show in Portland, Maine.
This 5 color, 18″ x 24″ poster is completely hand drawn and hand-printed in a s/n edition of 850.
I will be releasing some of my copies of this print (#801-850) on Monday, November 30, 2009 at 9pm est in my etsy shop.
If you are interested in purchasing this print and have never bought anything on etsy, I strongly recommend pre-registering an account there and having it ready to go at onsale time, as the Phish posters tend to sell out very quickly.
One poster per customer, please. If you purchase more than one, you will be refunded for all. Thanks!
jazz mix
November 28, 2009 by nateduval
Impress your family this holiday season and fool them into thinking you are an intellectual!
Tracklist :: Tin Tin Deo – Junior Mance | Them Changes – Ramsey Lewis | Freestylin’ – Greyboy | When I Grow Too Old To Dream – Jimmy McGriff | Don’t Even Kick It Around – Ramsey Lewis | You Are My Sunshine – Jimmy McGriff | Can’t Get Enough – Jimmy Smith | A Hard Day’s Night – Ramsey Lewis | Butterfly – Jimmy McGriff | Lee’s Lament – Junior Mance | In A Crowd – Modern Jazz Quartet
Download Mix: JazzMix.mp3
holiday specials 2009
November 26, 2009 by nateduvalHello, friends.
I am running a couple of specials this Holiday Season in celebration of another great year.
First, all of my US and Canadian customers can enjoy FREE SHIPPING on all orders place at nateduval.com from November 27 thru December 15th.
Coinciding with this free shipping extravaganza, I will be running a promotion called “A-Deal-A Day”, which is well, exactly what it claims to be.
Each day, I will be selecting an item in my shop that will be specially priced for one day only. It is a great opportunity to pick up something from the shop that you have been eyeing for a while, especially combined with the free shipping.
I will be announcing the deal of the day on Facebook and Twitter, so follow me in either place or just check the “Deal-A Day” page each afternoon.
Be on the look out for a very special, end of year liquidation of all the remaining tee shirts in stock sometime very soon as well…
Thanks again for all of the support and have a Happy Holidays.
