(ABOVE) Tugboat Printshop's Pop-up Street Shop at the Marie Reed Learning Center in Adams Morgan for the Washington City Paper's Fair in DC (October 1, 2011)!
Yes! Tugboat Printshop travels! One of our main GOALS AS A PRINTSHOP is to bring quality, affordable art to more people, so we often hit the road and visit surrounding cities to do just that! Our custom built print display collapses to safely house all of our works on paper while we're hoofing around the country--handily transforming into a sleek, mobile store front when bolted together! To see if Tugboat Printshop & all of our available woodblock prints are headed to your neck of the woods, visit our UPCOMING SHOWS + EVENTS!
The photos below show the most recent updates to our display, namely a re-envisioned roof and a wood-panelled, decorative storefront facade! View more photos of our projects on our FLICKR or keep scrolling down!
TUGBOAT PRINTSHOP'S PRINT CART 2010-2011.
(ABOVE) Tugboat Printshop's newly finished print cart @ McCarren Park in June 2010 for RENEGADE BROOKLYN!
(ABOVE) Tugboat Printshop at All Along Press in St. Louis during Southern Graphics International 2011.
(ABOVE LEFT) Tugboat Printshop on Division St. in Wicker Park for RENEGADE CHICAGO. (ABOVE RIGHT) Tugboat Printshop in Washington DC for the Washington City Paper's CRAFTY BASTARDS ARTS & CRAFTS FAIR.
(ABOVE LEFT) Final day for the print cart at the MATTRESS FACTORY ART MUSEUM. (ABOVE RIGHT) Tugboat Printshop at the BUST MAGAZINE CRAFTACULAR for NYC's first WORLD MAKER FAIRE. Tugboat recieved 3 Editor's Choice awards!
THE BUILDING OF OUR PRINT CART: SPRING 2010
In Spring 2010 we were inspired to revamp our travelling event display and opted to custom build a mobile, collapsible print cart. We wanted the cart to be strong and durable and able to hold up against the elements, while also remaining a clean and inviting display for our original woodcut prints. It also had to fit into our mini van! Below are a handful of photos showing the making of our homemade cart ~ our first prototype pictured ABOVE.
The finished cart, fully operational and loaded with prints, debuted alongside all of Tugboat Printshop's latest works at the opening of the 2010 GESTURES exhibition at the MATTRESS FACTORY ART MUSEUM in Pittsburgh on May 8. The print cart appeared in the museum lobby on select dates throughout the exhibition, while also being used outdoors for all of Tugboat's summertime fairs & events. The cart is an extension of our shop in Pittsburgh, allowing us to tote what we do out of the studio and into the streets! SEE PHOTOS!
(ABOVE) 6 wooden wall panels built, puttied, and ready to sand smooth ~ front view (LEFT), back view (RIGHT).
(ABOVE LEFT, RIGHT) Sanding and priming all 6 of the cart walls on sawhorses in the backyard sunshine.
(ABOVE LEFT) 6 Panels drying on the lawn. (ABOVE RIGHT) Applying a late night finish on the cart platform.
(ABOVE LEFT) Painted panels attached to the rolling base. (ABOVE RIGHT) The collapsable roof, in construction.
(ABOVE LEFT) A side view of the panels attached to the cart base ~ shown here without the doors. (ABOVE RIGHT) Panels freshly bolted into the natural finish plywood floor of the cart.
(ABOVE LEFT) Hinged door panels attached. (ABOVE RIGHT) View of the white plexiglas roof from below.
(ABOVE LEFT, RIGHT) Attaching the slanted 4-part white plexiglas roof to the cart!
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