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  • Tonight Is Final Friday at The Pendleton Art Center

    Tonight Is Final Friday at The Pendleton Art Center

    Tonight is Final Friday at the Pendleton Art Center. If you live near downtown Cincinnati, we will be open from 6-10pm. there are 3 buildings (including an 8 story warehouse) filled with art studios for you to explore and enjoy!

  • ArtZINE April 2018-Rabbit Hash, KY

    ArtZINE April 2018-Rabbit Hash, KY

    April 23, 2018 was our  8th monthly Art Zine in Rabbit Hash, KY. Our theme was – I REMEMBER WHEN. Here are the pages. Click any of the images (or right here)to see /download/print all the pages from the zine (including the 26 different hand painted covers).

    If you’d like to download and print your own copy of our zine, a printable PDF of the zine here: https://1drv.ms/b/s!AtHTtTOFjtUTpAXO4oRsmRZQrPK6

    thanks everyone for participating! May’s ArtZINE will be in Mt. Sterling, KY  (date and location still TBD) our theme is ‘NEVER AGAIN’

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  • April ArtZine: Rabbit Hash, KY – preview

    April ArtZine: Rabbit Hash, KY – preview

    We just completed our 8th ArtZine. Since September, we have visited a different small town to make a magazine about a different theme. Monday, April 23rd, we met in the Rabbit Hash Historical District to create work around the theme: I remember when…

    There was an overwhelming turnout (over 26 participants!) From different parts of Kentucky, Ohio and Indiana. It’ll take a few days until we publish the online edition, but here is a short (less than 2 minute) video preview. It features some of the different hand painted covers, as well as this month’s entries.

  • Rabbit Hash General Store Woodcut Timelapse

    It’s finished! All 12 glorious layers of woodblock color! I forgot to take a photo of every layer, but I did get 8 out of 12 and put them into a timelapse for your viewing pleasure.

    reduction woodcut of rabbit hash kentucky

    Tomorrow, April 23rd (monday) we’ll be in Rabbit Hash, KY for April’s Artzine from 10am-4pm. Stop by!

  • Rabbit Hash General Store Layer 9 (of 12)

    carving reduction woodcut

    I’m still cutting away on my “Rabbit Hash General Store” woodbcut. I’m on layer 9…only 3 more to go.

    reveal of reduction woodcut work in progress by kentucky artist ken swinson

    If you would like to visit Rabbit Hash, KY in real life. This Monday, ArtZine will be from 10-4pm at the barn in Rabbit Hash, KY. The theme is “I remember when…”

  • Rabbit Hash General store woodcut (layer 7 of 11)

    pink ink and brayer for printmaking

    I’m over halfway finished with my Rabbit Hash General store woodcut (7 layers out of 11). Today, I’m printing purple.

    The colors might look a bit crazy right now, but it should all come together once I print the other 4 colors. stay tuned!

    animated reveal of reduction woodcut of the general store at rabbit hash kentucky
  • people will never forget how you made them feel

    I’m part of a project, called artZine. Each month, visiting artists collaborate with the community of a different small town to create a self published magazine. each month, there is a theme. April’s artZine will be on the 23rd, and our theme is “I remember when…”

    this activity is free and open to the public. April 23rd, at the barn in Rabbit Hash, KY. There is still time to draw, paint, write, print, or create an entry however you are inspired. We’ll meet from 10-4pm.

    for my entry, I chose to make a linocut of Maya Angelou’s famous quote because it illustrates the abstraction of memory, and the importance of kindness. Rabbit Hash, KY.

    people will always remember how you made them feel
  • eagle creek – layer 9 (of 11)

    Its always exciting to print a new layer, and watch a reduction print come to life. I feel like I am getting closer to. my goal of printing in a painterly way.

    reveal of reduction woodcut of eagle creek in ripley ohio

    stay tuned, only 2 layers to go!

  • newsprint patterns while printmaking

    patterns from newsprint test prints

    I use newsprint to clean my blocks in between colors. I re use the newsprint, and sometimes I get a nice surprise when the colors line up in a certain way. as beautiful as the finished artwork, I think.

  • Reduction Print – April 16, 2016 -Ripley, Ohio

    This video shows a little bit of what goes on during the 2 weeks it took to make this reduction woodcut of a river village (Ripley, OH) on the Ohio River.

    My background as an artist is in many mediums, but primarily painting. This project is part of an experiment to see if I can print similar to the way I paint.

    Because the block is destroyed as part of the printing process, there is only a very limited edition of 12 available.