Thanks again to everyone that came to the Carrier Pigeon 8 exhibition!
We could not have hoped for a better release!

See more about Carrier Pigeon at www.carrierpigeonmag.com

Preview of my next in-progress etching.

 

So many lines. Testing the limits of days-old hard ground and a dull etching needle.

It's been a nonstop printing weekend with this stone lithograph at Robert Blackburn Printmaking Workshop. A huge thank you goes to Devraj Dakoji for showing me things that I didn't even know were possible through lithography.

Manhattan Graphics Center Juried Exhibition by Stephen Fredericks. 2012

Coney Island

Illustration by Kirsten Flaherty, Text by John Bylander.
Come one, come all!

A few pieces I did for Benjamin Schaeffer's story "Death's Door" featured in Issue 6 of Carrier Pigeon.

Website

I finally have updated my website!
Please go check it out when you have a chance and let me know what you like or hate about it, and what I should change. I'm aware that different browsers are going to mess with the layout, and I'm curious to see if everyone can view it nicely.

www.kirstenflaherty.com

I thought I'd post two more pieces I've recently finished. Both are pen and ink.

If you guys have the time to get over to Grit N Glory in the Lower East Side, their spring group exhibition will be up until May! Check the flyer below for more information (linocut by yours truly).

Wolfbat Railway

I'm so psyched to be involved in this! I'll be heading down to New Orleans along with Carrier Pigeon to attend the BFT Wolfbat Railway, as well as the SGC Conference. If you're in the area, be sure to stop by our table!

Piece for MF Gallery

This is my piece featured in MF Gallery's "Immaculate" exhibition. The piece is titled "Sarkisyan" and is basically my reaction to reading about a young woman (Nataline Sarkisyan) and her battle with the health care corporation Cigna.
The piece is an etching with aquatint.

First Solo Exhibition

I am ecstatic to announce my first solo exhibition at Grit N Glory. If you are in the Lower East Side, please stop by, grab a coffee, and let me know what you think of the the new works!

MF Gallery

I'm not very good at consistently updating one of these blog things.
But! If you are around Brooklyn on February 11th, be sure to attend the opening of "Immaculate: Reflections of Mary" at MF Gallery (flyer attached). I had a lot of fun curating this show with Shannon Daugherty, and you can even check out a new piece of mine included in the show as well!

Prints Gone Wild 2011

Lookin' psyched on life, at Prints Gone Wild 2011.

Chine Collé

I recently took a chine collé class with master printer Phil Sanders at the Robert Blackburn Printmaking Workshop, and I found the process to be fascinating. Applying chine collé to a print completely livens the image, and it's also just a lot of fun thinking of all the different options you can manipulate a print. Below are two examples of how I've been playing with applying chine collé to an older print of mine.