How are you doing? Me, I’m as good as I can be, all things considered. As I’m sure you know, this pandemic has made it pretty tough to run a small business. I’ve been taking it day by day, working on new stuff, but I’ll be honest, I’m moving even slower than usual. It’s hard to be creative in these bizarre times.
As I keep puttering along on the new stuff, I thought I’d try a little experiment.
REPRINTS!
Over the last almost 10 years the automastersfranklin has released a buttload of original T designs (at least 50), as the newer stuff gets released, older prints go out of print & become unavailable.
Occasionally someone will ask me if I still carry something, and usually the answer is no. This operation is fairly small, and we’ve only got room for a limited amount of stock.
So, that brings me to the experiment. Over the next few months, I’m going to give you folks the chance to revive some older faves.
Every 10 days I’ll offer 1 classic, out of print automastersfranklin design for pre-order. If that design gets a MINIMUM of 15 orders it’ll print & ship. If we don’t hit that goal, I’ll move on to the next one. Anyone who ordered will be refunded.
If you really want to get one of my old designs re-printed, maybe you can help me out with promotion and put a little work into juicing the order quantity. That would be amazing!
Here’s the truth, this experiment has me a nervous for two reasons. First, these are old designs and I like to think that I’ve improved as an artist over the years so sometimes I have a hard time looking back on these oldies.
Secondly, what if I keep doing this and we never hit an order goal. How embarrassing would that be?! But you can’t win if you don’t try and I think I can handle the disappointment.
Finally, I wanted to send a sincere thank you to anyone who has bought anything from the shop, liked a post, shared something, or sent a kind word. All of your support is welcome and appreciated. We managed to pay the studio rent for May and that is a huge victory, thank you so much.
Order early and Save 7 Bucks! The Bird Boy is wandering through a fertile meadow on a bright n’ starry full moon evening. Where is he going? What are his dreams?
Pre-orders will ship September 25.
Printed by hand with eco-friendly water based inks on super comfortable Cotton/Poly “Black Aqua” ts.
]]>Seabeast V is larger than the previous three at 12" x 36". I treated myself to a new three-foot squeegee, that I'm calling Squeegeezilla, just to print it. These prints should be much easier to frame than my previous prints in the series. You should be able to find standard 12 x 36 frames at most frame shops, or if you are too busy to shop, you can check out frames on Amazon.
Grab one for yourself here!
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Grab one for yourself here!
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Etsy Made in Canada - SPRING 2018
Mahone Bay NS - The Mahone Bay Centre - 45 School St.
MAY 25 5pm-9pm - 26 10am-4pm
Dartmouth Makers - Spring Market
Dartmouth NS - Christ Church - Parish Hall 61 Dundas St.
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Here's our latest print. "Some Starlings". Is a 7 colour screen-print. 10" x 20" edition of 130. Check out some detail pics, and a breakdown of the different layers in this print below!
Grab one for yourself here!
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"This Barn Ain't Big Enough" is an 8 colour 20" x 30" silkscreen print. I learned a lot printing this piece, I've never done an 8 colour print before, and at 20" x 30" this is the largest print I've done to date.
Check out this gallery of process pics.
20" x 30" - Edition of 75 Signed & Numbered
8 Layers - Printed by Hand.
$65 - Prints are shipped in a sturdy cardboard tube.
Available Here
Hey Gang,
Happy Fall! We are excited to announce a new limited edition T design. The "Fox of Spades", existed as a very short run art print, but after many requests we have decided to offer it up as a T. It is part of a series of playing card illustrations. I really enjoy the format, and one day hope to make a whole deck of illustrated playing cards.
The "Fox of Spades" is a 2 colour screen-print 100% cotton, made in Canada Tees. Shirt colour is Heather Grey.
PRE-ORDERS WILL SHIP OCT - 4
THIS DESIGN WILL NOT BE REPRINTED
Use coupon code FOXTEMBER for 15% off your order
And a third instalment in my Seabeasts! series.
Check em out in the shop!
LEARN TO SCREENPRINT FOR FUN & PROFIT
Session 1 - Print your Own Poster
Learn the basics of screenprinting with Geordan Moore from the automastersfranklin www.automastersfranklin.com. In this two session course you will learn how to:
Set up artwork for print.
Prepare screens using photo emulsion
Register multiple colors in a print
Setup a print station at home!
Tuesday March 7 - 7pm-9:30pm
Learn the basics and prepare screens
Tuesday March 14 - 7pm-9:30pm
Expose screens & print print print!
Cost: $90 Materials included
Location - Rosedale Art Parlour 18 Rosedale Drive - Unit 4
6 Spots available - Sign Up Here
LEARN TO SCREENPRINT FOR FUN & PROFIT
Session 1 - Print your Own Poster
Learn the basics of screenprinting with Geordan Moore from the automastersfranklin www.automastersfranklin.com. In this two session course you will learn how to:
Tuesday March 7 - 7pm-9:30pm
Learn the basics and prepare screens Tuesday March 14 - 7pm-9:30pm
Expose screens & print print print!
Check it out. We've finally launched the official automastersfranklin web store. For the longest time we used only Etsy for our online sales. But we're growing up. Check back soon for more content, new products and more Yeti news!
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