The Thistle, Brad Teare's letterpress broadside,
is hand printed in a limited edition of sixty. The current edition
details Teare's experience at Forbes Trinchera Ranch and is illustrated
with a black and white as well as a seven color woodcut. It is
21" x 14" and printed on archival Arches buff paper.
The Thistle is hand embossed with deckled edges
and printed twice yearly. It is offered gratis to purchasers
of one or more of Teare's work in a year.
See the March edition of American
Artist magazine for a detailed account of how Teare makes a multi-colored
woodcut
<< "After the Storm"
was featured in the American Artist magazine article.
Brad Teare travels to the Grand
Canyon, the colonial missions of Mexico, the deserts of Utah,
and the valleys of Colorado to compose his compositions on site.
He then cuts and prints his woodcuts using seven to twelve blocks
on his antique printing press in his studio in Providence, Utah.
Brad Teare's color woodcuts are printed on deckled, archival
quality sheets of Arches cover buff paper. Each woodcut is hand
embossed, signed, and numbered, in editions from 20 to 36.
