Posted by: eric (24 posts)
January 23, 2008 8:40 AM

This is a phosphorescent ink silk-screen print of a small self portrait I did. It is printed on nitrocellulose or "Flash" paper. It is 4.25 inches by 4.25 inches. "Flash" paper is usually used as a stage trick. It burns extremely brightly and almost instantly, without smoke or ash.

These are three states of the same piece; in the light, in the dark and post-ignition view. Click the image to see a larger version.

The title comes from a theory by a "scientist" named Larry Arnold. He believes that Spontaneous Human Combustion occurs because of subatomic particles in the body called Pyrotons. This theory has never been proven though.

Posted by: kerry (54 posts)
December 24, 200712:00 AM

The above image is a paper lithograph. Paper lithographs are amazingly simple to execute but the results are tough to predict. Basically you gum up a xerox, ink it and then run the inked xerox through the press. The paper xerox is your plate! Optimistically you can get 3-5 prints per paper/plate. Each print is rather unique and thus paper lithos are something like monoprints. This image was created from a xerox of an old drawing of mine. Also I must disclose that my instructor inked up much of this print AND inking up the paper litho seems to be where the real magic happens. One needs to have a soft touch and a keen eye to what the ink is doing to the paper and to the toner (which is receiving the ink) on the paper. Again: amazing! I am very excited about this process and look forward to experimenting further.

Posted by: keegan (125 posts)
November 5, 200612:28 AM

On a hot tip from well-informed invisibleman Kurt, today I went up to check out the two-day Prints Gone Wild! show in Williamsburg. Every print was priced at $50 or less, and there was a great assortment of posters, prints, cards and t-shirts on display. I was immediately drawn to the amazing work of Knoxville, Tennesee's own Yee-Haw Industries. I picked up the above poster celebrating Buford Pusser, the Tennesee lawman who was the inspiration for the 1973 film "Walking Tall" (just added to the top of my Netflix queue).

Check out the goods at http://www.yeehawindustries.com

Other cool print shops worth checking out are Pittsburgh's Triangle Poster, Atlanta's Methane Studios and the grandaddy of them all Nashville's Hatch Show Print.

Posted by: pa (144 posts)
June 28, 2006 9:25 PM

As friends know I'm a bit of a shark enthusiast. The other evening I drew a variety of the shark-related objects I own - most of them of the rubber, squeaky-toy variety. That evening I dreamt of a decrepit old shark swimming about, covered in moss and plants (along the lines of a chia-pet). Anyway, I made a few color versions and ultimately created this image to use in this year's Siren Music Festival guide.

Posted by: eric (24 posts)
June 8, 2006 3:15 PM

Hi, my name is Eric and I'm invisible for a day. The kind folks at Invisible Man are letting me guest post so I'm doubling up for my big break.

The left image is a detail of a silk screen promotional poster for TOOL: An evening of novel performance technologies, which took place at Tonic in NYC on Saturday April 29th, 2006. I did this for a friend, Jamie Allen who teaches NIME: New Interfaces in Musical Expression at NYU and coordinates the show. He asked for a "sort of an american-inventor-folk-art-technology thing". He got sound schematics and ear diagrams on craft paper... If you have any interest in experimental music and video, check it out.

And the right image is a detail of the save-the-date from my wedding. It is a screen print of the landscape of our wedding venue, The Hammond Museum, done with a Print Gocco printing kit.

Read on for the full images, info and tips.

Posted by: pa (144 posts)
June 3, 2006 9:53 PM

Last weekend Invisiblemen Jon Keegan, James Antonson and myself gathered at the Brooklyn headquaters for some silkscreening. We created a couple designs based off of the logo and got to work preparing the screens and designs for printing. Here's a link to a silkscreening process guide that Jon previously posted. We hope to be selling InvisibleMan t-shirts soon.
After toiling on t-shirts for hours we focused our attention on Brooklyn's greatest bar which due to the looming basketball stadium is not long for this earth: Freddy's Backroom.

Posted by: bz (51 posts)
May 9, 2006 3:45 PM

so i silkscreened some spirographs...

Posted by: bz (51 posts)
April 26, 2006 1:57 AM

two/2:00 am ideas for a silkscreen... the theme (which i did not choose) is "not lobster."

also, my MFA thesis show is now up in philly till may 1. i posted a few quick pix from the opening on my flickr site.