Print Houston

I was pleasantly overwhelmed by the print fair in Houston -- It Came From the Bayou -- at the Saint Arnold Brewery, on Sunday, April 19th.

Houston Print Fair
Sponsored by PrintMatters

Big Houston Print Fair
Flickr photos of the event!!!!!!!!!

I bought many very affordable prints for the YayBig Southwest collection from:

• Lucas Ball   Denton, Texas
• Carlos Barberena   Chicago via Nicaragua
• Dylan Goldberger  New York
• Guerra Studios   South Texas
• The Amazing Hancock Brothers*   Beaumont, Texas
• Carlos Hernandez*   Houston
• Amber Kaiser   Houston
• Lady Lazarus printmakers   Houston
• Brian Maclaskey   Austin
• Marogon   Kingsville, Texas
• Dennis McNett*   Houston
• Carlos Pozo  Houston
• Matt Rebholz   Austin
• Jonathan Rebolloso   Austin
• Christopher Wallace   Houston

* part of the Outlaw Printmakers

Students from Texas A&M Kingsville made me a t-shirt on the press:

Meanwhile, the main event was big steam roller prints.  Between 11 am and 3 pm, they made 50 prints (using Gamblin relief ink):

The previous day (Saturday, April 18) I went to the Open House at Burning Bones Press. Besides demonstrations,they had people from Drive By Press, Gamblin and Speedball.

Burning Bones Press

Letterpress demo

Burning Bones studio

I came to Texas to see the big steam roller prints in a San Antonio museum, which were done in El Paso last October.  On a lark I decided to sleuth prints in  Houston, after finding the Burning Bones Press announcement online.  The print show far exceeded my expectations.  Congratulations Houston!

"It Came from the Bayou"
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