Hi #PortfolioDay !

Here’s what I’m up to:

a trenchcoat for the king’s man, a work in progress. #woodcut and acrylic paint on coat.

#printmaking

current events

#woodcut #printmaking

Boulders are mobile.

Ten years from now, how many enablers of and apologists for the current administration’s attack on our democracy will wonder how they can recover the integrity they have lost? However long their careers may be, whatever else they may accomplish, a lot of people are defining their legacy right now.

trench coat, work and tragic dismantling of our constitution in progress.

#woodcut #printmaking

drawing with #charcoal on the block for the next #woodcut

Wardrobe: Security, Razor Wire, Seedling

#woodcut, #linocut, and acrylic on clothing.

#printmaking

When asked if he needs to uphold the Constitution, Trump says: ‘I don’t know’

#woodcut, stars and barbed wire

Thank you!

Five Stars! a #drawing

I wore a few of my #woodcut pieces as I deinstalled “Shelter”. And I enjoyed playing with the draped barbed wire.

#printmaking #mixedmedia

concrete babies!

#woodcut baby blanket and wallpaper, concrete baby, from “Shelter” by Marc Snyder and @martiarti.bsky.social Marti Haykin

Join @martiarti.bsky.social Marti Haykin and me at Blankspace in Pittsburgh this Saturday, March 8, from 6 -9 pm for our collaborative art installation “Shelter”.

Blankspace, 843 Holland Ave, Pittsburgh.

#printmaking #sculpture

@martiarti.bsky.social Marti Haykin and I are putting “Shelter” together this week, our collaborative installation at Blankspace in Pittsburgh PA. Free public reception on Saturday March 8 from 6 - 9 pm. We would love to see you there!

Lying under a blanket, #mixedmedia with @martiarti.bsky.social Marti Haykin. #woodcut #printmaking #sculpture #workinprogress

Fun stuff!

something to sleep under

#woodcut #mixedmedia #printmaking

Beautiful!

a poncho and the moon, bits and pieces for “Shelter”

#woodcut #printmaking #printsky #relief #mixedmedia

Studio moon shadow

#woodcut

Yes, linocut is probably the best place to start. There are even easier things to cut but Lino probably gives you the best image while not punishing a lack of experience or demanding the best / sharpest / well maintained gouges.

To work more with the grain of the wood. Broad expressive strokes compared to tight carving of wood engraving. Can be much larger, tends to be looser.

Linoleum is the softest material - easy to carve, has no grain, so nothing fights the gouge. Limited in that it crumbles if cuts are too tight. Wood engraving uses end grain of wood - very hard - you can use engraving tools to get very very tight precise lines. Woodcut fights you a bit, you tend

a necklace, #workinprogress, printing #woodcut on a nasty old piece of fabric

#printmaking #printsky

Please join us on March 8 at Blankspace for “Shelter”, a collaborative installation by Marti Haykin and Marc Snyder.

#mixedmedia #printmaking #sculpture #woodcut