Better Late than never, Print 18 of 30, underwater frog!

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Framed underwater frog

Do you know frogs breath through their skin when they are underwater? That a frog can hibernate all winter in mud, breathing through it’s skin and living off it’s fat? This frog is a swimmer, right now he is just hanging out at the bottom of the creek, resting, but he is ready to kick to the surface at any time. Now on Etsy for $20.

This is a two color, 2 layer print, the wavy blue background is printed onto 10″ x 8″ Rives BFK paper, and the frog is printed in green and translucent, you can see the translucency in the detail, the frog is 6″ x 4″. The hand printed block does not come framed, it is only for reference.

Frog Detail

Each print is hand printed by the artist, me, Hilary Lorenz in my studio in New Mexico. For the month of January 2015 I will make one new image each day and offer it that day. I will only print 10 and I ship them out after 2-3 days – once the ink dries. This is print number 18 out of 30

Table of Frog

Click here to link to my Etsy store where you can see the other 17 prints completed over January

10″ x 8″ underwater frog

Feral Kitty, Print 17 of 30 in 30 days.

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Feral Kitty, AKA Kitty with a beard, AKA Killer Kitty

This is a kitten with serious attitude, “Feral Kitty”, aka “Kitty with a beard”, aka “Killer Kitty” is the 17th print in a series of 30. I will donate 40% of all Feral Kitty sales to the San Francisco SPCA, Community Cat Program. where my good friend, Audra, is a pro in the trap-neuter-return program. Keeping cats safe, happy and healthy.
This is one determined kitten, but if not spayed or neutered, it can turn into a whole table, or pile, or litter of kittens:

Table of feral kittens

Wow look at all those kittens. So give the SF SPCA and Feral Kitty some love. Now available on Etsy.

Feral Kitty, AKA Kitty with a beard, AKA Killer Kitty

Ladybug, Print 16 of 30, each $20

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Ladybug limited edition linoleum block print

Ladybug fun facts:
1. Ladybug larvae resemble tiny alligators.
2. Ladybugs bleed from their knees when threatened,
3. A ladybug’s bright colors warn predators to stay away?
Weird isn’t it? Well not the bright color warning.

Ladybug linocut print

But these cute and bright ladybugs will not scare anyone away.
January Project of 30 prints in 30 days, each one for $20. Ladybug is now available on my Etsy store.

Each image is 4″ x 6″ printed onto 8″ x 10″ Rived BFK paper in an edition of 10.

Table of ladybugs

Today’s bonus print also on Etsy is a 4″ x 6″ image of a red peacock, printed onto 6″ x 10″ paper. Here is a photo of them drying where I just happen to catch my shadow on the stone studio wall.

Drying Red Peacocks

Kookaburra, print 15 of 30

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Kookaburra

Kook-a-burra, isn’t it fun to say? There are 10 Kookaburra’s now on my Etsy Store or $20 each. This is print 15 of 30.

Seven years ago I spent three months in Tasmania. I loved hearing the Kookaburras, I also like saying the word, Kook-a-burr-a. I am missing my Australia friends, the human ones, so in thinking of them I made the kookaburra.

This print has a complicated rainbow roll of black to mid-lavender to blue. After I finished printing, I had ink left. I also had paper cutoffs. My paper, Rives BFK is 22″ x 30, it yields, 6, 8″ x 10″ sheets and 3, 6″ x 10″ sheets. So from here on out, I am going to print the cutoffs using the same ink but a different block. The peacock is an open edition and is available for $15 on Etsy.

Peacock and Kookaburra

Today you get the Kookaburra on 8″ x 10″ and a Peacock on 6″ x 10″ paper. Image size on both is 4″ x 6″. You can also get free shipping.

Now through Monday January 19, type in “Freeshipping” to the Etsy checkout pager and get free shipping on any purchase $40 and over.

Table of Peaocks and Kookaburra’s

Free Shipping now through Monday!

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Type in “Freeshipping” and get free shipping on any 2 prints or $40 spent at StoneTriggerPress Etsy store now through Monday. This is only good for 5 days, in celebration of the half way point of 30 prints in 30 days.

Tonight at 8pm EST, a new print will be posted right here, along with an extra bonus print! Stay tuned

https://www.etsy.com/shop/StoneTriggerPress

Orange Chicken in Mint Green Turtleneck, print 14 of 30, $20

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Orange Chicken in a Mint Green Turtleneck

Get your chicken here: stonetriggerpress.etsy.com

When I was a really little kid, my grandpa took me and my older sister to the Mcclouth’s farm auction. I was probably 4 or 5 years old but immediately I was captivated by theatrics of the auctioneer and the bidding. I wanted my grandpa, since I was too young, to get in on the bidding and ‘win” us something. And then that “something” appeared, a crate of 6 or maybe it was 8 chickens. I wanted chickens. We begged Grandpa to get those chickens for us, and he did. We were the winners of those chickens. I was so proud!

Later in the day we met one of the Mcclouth, kids as I remembered it, and told him of our big win. He said, “you should have just told me you wanted the chickens, I would have given them to you.” But in my little mind, which still works the same way today, he totally missed the point. I wanted us to beat out everyone else for those chickens! Getting them without the fight would not be the same. But what he did give us, was a really beautiful red and gold rooster. I remember him carrying it out of the barn in his hands, the rooster turned over on his back. We then rode home with a truck full of chickens.

We did not have a pen or shelter to keep our new chickens in, so as soon as we got home Grandpa was out in the backyard, he and grandma’s house was next to my parent’s house with a big field in between. The coop was on Grandpa and Grandmas property but in between our houses. Those chickens must have lived 25 years. It seemed like we had them forever. In the winter, a couple of them almost lost their feet because they did not know enough to stay inside and would venture out into the snow. We had to block their door shut to protect them. They all laid eggs, except the rooster of course and we, thought I think mostly my grandparents, ate the eggs.

When I moved to NYC in 1993, there were chickens all over my neighborhood on the Lower East Side of Manhattan. Huge blocks that had pretty much gone derelict, was now chickens paradise. I loved hearing them in the morning, But as the neighborhood changed and new buildings went up the chickens disappeared.

This year I am out in New Mexico and I want to stay here rather than go back to NYC, and if for no other reason, to build my own chicken coop and go to the action and “win” me some chickens.

The chicken in this print is sporting a mint green turtleneck. The green is a piece of kitakata paper, that has been chine colled onto the printing paper. This is a process of printing and collaging at the same time. It is now available on Etsy at my StoneTrigger Press store for $20, there are only 10 of them available.

This is print #14 of #30. To date here is the line up of the 14

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30 prints in 30 days

Thirty prints in thirty days is a project that I began on January 1, 2015 after listening to a 30 day painting challenge podcast. I carve, print and put one print on my Etsy store at the end of the day for $20. Here is how it works:

1. I hand carve a different 4″ x 6″ linoleum block each day.
2. I hand print on a Charles Brand etching press an edition of 10.
3. I write a blog post announcing the print at 8pm EST, 6pm MT.
4. The print is then available on my StoneTrigger Press Etsy store.
5. After 2-3 days of print drying, I sign and number each print.
6. I package each print in a glassine envelope and cardboard.
7. I put it in the mail to you within 4 days.
8. Shipping is $4.75, that covers actual shipping cost, shipping materials, packaging time and helps off-set the cost of a 12 mile trip to the post office.
9. If you are local you can email me and pick up the prints in person.
10. If you want me to hold prints and I know you, I will.
11. If you are ever unhappy with your print, tell me, I will exchange it.
12. I hope you are having as much fun collecting prints and I am printing.

Hilary Lorenz, Stonetrigger Press

Capricorn Goat Fish, print 13 of 30

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Capricorn Goat Fish

I am doing an early release of the print, because today is my friend Audra’s birthday. In celebration of her birthday I carved a Capricorn Goat Fish, making one print extra special with 6 bedazzled rhinestones. Maybe by the end of the day I will add another 8, one on each star. Happy Birthday Audra!

This Capricorn print is included in the 30 x 30, but instead of rhinestone each print will have silver glitter on the stars. I need to wait for the ink to dry before applying the glitter. You can take a chance and grab one up now, or tomorrow I will update the photo with glitter!!!! Here is a close up of the goat head with two rhinestones.

Here is how it would look framed:

Framed Goat Fish

It is up and available on StoneTrigger Press, Etsy page now.

The Lizard King, print 12 of 30

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iguana, green, print, chine colle, jungle, small, affordable art

The Lizard King

The Lizard King, took a lot of finagling. Maybe it is because Iguanas like warm basking sun and it was only 35 degrees in the studio. The ink was freezing up, the antique Italian paper “chine colle” a printmaking techniques of printing and collaging simultaneously, was not sticking. The acid free adhesive said, “best used in 65 to 95 degrees.” I guess I was off by about 30. But after plugging in a small table top heater with a 200ft extension cord to the house, I have 10 good ones! It is a bright cheery Iguana, setting up on his perch. It will look great in a kitchen, entryway, kid’s room, bedroom or any bright place. The chine colle adds a really nice textural element.

Print comes unmatted and unframed, picture of framed work is only an example. Note, this print image is 6″ x 5″ you can see how it looks in the frame in relations to the other prints. Paper is still 8″ x 10″

Each print is hand printed by the artist, me, Hilary Lorenz in my studio in New Mexico. Each morning I carve a new animal into my linoleum and print never more than 10. I make these cleaver and fun prints available to you on a daily basis through January 31, 2015, This is print #12. And who knows maybe I will extend it!

The Lizard King, Linoblock Print

Hummingbird coming your way, Is it Spring? 11 of 30

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flower, hummingbird, birds of the southwest

Blue Hummingbird

To keep it honest, I printed this three days before I launched 30/30, making it sort of a cheat, but the great news is they are dry and can ship Monday morning.

When I can, during the week, I like to carve one block ahead in case I have other events in my life to participate in. This weekend I had a ski lesson and a snowshoe race, on two separate days, each one was 100 miles of travel. That travel seriously cuts into carving and printing time. But that means tomorrow it will be a real print extravaganza from 8am to 8pm, printing, carving, printing more, packaging and shipping them off to you!

Framed Hummingbird

The image is still 4″ x 6″ linoleum block printed but the paper is slightly smaller 6.5″ x 9″ instead of 8″ x 10″ It is still an edition of 10. It is printed onto German Etch paper which is super rich and heavy.

Print comes unmatted and unframed, picture is framed work is only an example.

Hummingbird detail

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