QUALITY, TRADITIONALLY HAND-CRAFTED WOODCUT PRINTS & THE TWO OF US

We are PAUL RODEN & VALERIE LUETH, and together we are TUGBOAT PRINTSHOP. We have been working together since 2006, hand-crafting & publishing our original woodcut prints from our studios in Pittsburgh, PA.

We make traditionally crafted woodcut prints by carving original drawings in low relief on blocks of 3/4" birch plywood. Once carved, these blocks are rolled up with ink and printed onto archival paper to create the finished artworks.

Quality is extremely important to us. All of our prints are printed with top-shelf oil-based inks onto fine papers. If cared for properly, woodcuts will last many lifetimes.

Though it is inevitable that there will be variation between prints when printing by hand, we sign only the best copies printed into our editions. When you buy woodcut prints from our shop, you can be sure that you will be getting our best.

Almost all of our available artworks are made, start-to-finish, by the two of us. We simplify & streamline our message through collaboration—-taking the best of our abilities and applying them to the conception, realization, and production of quality images in print. It is our hope that our prints provide pleasure while also inspiring new ways of thinking about our world.

We hope to keep printmaking alive in the public’s mind, reaching new audiences through direct conversation. We feel that printmaking is one of the most accessible of the fine arts, as it produces multiples. Our hope is that through our work we can foster greater public appreciation for the arts, cultivate greater interest in owning original art, & stir up newfound interest for traditionally printed works on paper.


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PAUL RODEN (ARTIST) PAUL RODEN was born & raised in Nashville, TN. Paul got his BFA from Washington University, St. Louis in 2001 and, later in '04, his MFA in Printmaking from the University of South Dakota, Vermillion.


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VALERIE LUETH (ARTIST)
VALERIE LUETH is a South Dakota prairie gal. Born in Iowa and raised in rural Humboldt + Hartford, SD. Valerie received her BFA in Printmaking from the University of South Dakota, Vermillion in '04.


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