JASON GRONLUND Artist & Blacksmith

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Super honored to be asked to make work for the expo #mexicadelia by @carmingortez Here is a preview of what I came up with. Much thanks to @daniel_acosta_mx for the help printing...................................................es un gran honor ser parte de la exposición #mexicadelia por @carmingortez Aquí una muestra de lo que podrán ver en la exhibición. Muchas gracias a @daniel_acosta_mx su apoyo!...........#psychedelicart #psychedelic #microdosis #linograbado #printmaking #mushrooms #magicmushrooms #peyote #ink #tecnicamixta #mixedmedia #graphicart #plants #fungus #plantasdemexico #linoleum #linoleumprint #paper #art #artoftheday #fineart #pitayagallery #guadalajara #artesplasticas

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Some good friends of ours. Looks like people have been eating them for thousands of years despite whatever prohibitions come and go. What a pleasure to finally carve some and experiment a little. #art #highart #print #printmaking #graphicart #linocut #ink #psychedelic #psychedelicart #magicmushrooms #medicine #hongos #manadapress #wip #nature #lanaturaleza #cure #trippy #mushrooms #artoftheday #experiment #oneofakind

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#nopal #nopales #desertplants #cactus #blackandwhite #linocut #printmaking #printmaker #art #artist #artoftheday #lanaturaleza #mexico #backtobasics #manadapress #ink

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Howling at the moon over here. This coyote was the fastest of this series, it practically carved itself. While this exercise has been basic in nature, it has helped me a lot to further understand the medium. #coyote #linocut #printmaker #printmaking #desert #animals #artoftheday #art #artist #series #lanaturaleza #nature #manadapress #graphicart

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Sometimes they come swarming. #vulture #buitre #art #artoftheday #printmaking #printmaker #linocut #linoleum #desert #desertanimals #lanaturaleza #nature #ink #animals #newseries

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Some of these grow as large as a car. This a my representation of wild #agave . #art #artist #printmaker #printmaking #linoleumprint #linocuts #nature #lanaturaleza #desert #desertplants #maguey #prints #series #blackandwhite #artoftheday

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Some fun homework. Tests of a new series. More to come. #linocuts #printmaking #desert #scorpion #cactus #rojo #red #nature #artist #art #paper #desiertodelanoche

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Many meticulous welds for these L O T O L A M P S . Made in #okeechobee2018 #jute #steel #sculpture #inprocess #welding #weaving #arteverywhere #shop #craft #elhormiguero

[jasongronlund]

Just spent 2 weeks in south central Florida building these giant size lamps for the #okeechobeemusicfestival . . . . . . . . . . The L O T O L A M P S are the latest in an ongoing series of sculptural lighting projects made in collaboration with @guyphytsy . . . . . . . . Made from steel and jute. Lighting by @robrossdesign . photo @kriskrug #steelsculpture #sculpture #steel #sculpturallighting #lighting #okeechobeeart #art #artistsoninstagram #3dimensionalart #environmentalart #jute #weaving #weavingart #lamps #lotolamps #artoutside #elhormiguero

[jasongronlund]

Just spent 2 weeks in south central Florida building these giant size lamps for the #okeechobeemusicfestival . . . . . . . . . . The L O T O L A M P S are the latest in an ongoing series of sculptural lighting projects made in collaboration with @guyphytsy . . . . . . . . Made from steel and jute. Lighting by @robrossdesign . photo @kriskrug #steelsculpture #sculpture #steel #sculpturallighting #lighting #okeechobeeart #art #artistsoninstagram #3dimensionalart #environmentalart #jute #weaving #weavingart #lamps #lotolamps #artoutside #elhormiguero

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Antique Mexican frames are really cool! Or at least I like them. Most of this style would have been made for religious images, so I like to find them and insert my prints. It's like having a halo.... for prints. #printmaking #printmaker #oldframe #cactus #sunrise #nature #lanaturaleza #manadapress #linocut #ink #art #framedart #artist

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Only female mosquitos have the specialized mouthparts capable of piercing flesh and sucking blood. Still their main source of food is nectar from flowers. This is a half #lithography half #woodblock print inspired by these hard to love insects. Can't say I'm not trying to love them. #mosquito #pollinators #nature #lanaturaleza #nectarcollector #nectar #printmaking #guadalajara #manadapress #art #fineart #insects #scienceandart

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Rainbow Skulls print with frame. Lino cuts and watercolors. This ended up being 1/1 because I only printed one like it. After this block was cut again, so I couldn't make another if I tried... well maybe. #lostblock #placaperdida #linocuts #printmaking #art #graphicart #rainbow #skulls #death #manadapress #guadalajara

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Mosquitoes feed on the nectar of flowers primarily, making them important pollinators as they fly from flower to flower. This is a work in progress and also my first go at lithography. Made in #oaxaca #mosquito #pollinators #lanaturaleza #nature #lithography #printmaking #insects #techniques #art

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Inspired by these guys growing so well from a hole in a giant rock. #lanaturaleza #landscape #paisaje #cactus #nature #photography #hierveelagua

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New desert landscape prints. Two lino blocks with extra colors rolled on before printing. The sun and the moon, day and night, or sometime in between. These two are framed and headed to a holiday auction here in #guadalajara . #artofinstagram #printmaking #linocut #lanaturaleza #nature #cactus #handmadewithlove #handmade #art #arte #sunrise #sunset #amanecer #tardeser #linograbado #artforsale #multicolored

[jasongronlund]

New desert landscape prints. Two lino blocks with extra colors rolled on before printing. The sun and the moon, day and night, or sometime in between. These two are framed and headed to a holiday auction here in #guadalajara . #artofinstagram #printmaking #linocut #lanaturaleza #nature #cactus #handmadewithlove #handmade #art #arte #sunrise #sunset #amanecer #tardeser #linograbado #artforsale #multicolored