A O'BRIEN PRINT & TEXTILE

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My senior show from May! I was truly astounded at the level of response it got, so many people approached me with amazing things to say and it was so rewarding to experience that after months of hard work!

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photos from installation day! the opening is Saturday night and I can’t wait!

a whole year’s worth of planning and hard work and never leaving the letterpress studio, here at last in front of me! over 400 hand-letterpressed tissues! I’m more than a little emotional. 

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screen print monotypes for the boxes of my Tissues project. it was much easier to cut them up than you'd expect! I've since gone back into these, pics of the finished & folded boxes coming soon!

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some progress shots of my "Tissues" interactive project for my senior thesis! all the tissues were hand letterpressed on a proof press one by one. the lock ups were like playing Tetris! very excited to exhibit these Saturday, I hope they go over well!

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Stray, a project I abandoned until it became its own entity. It's being displayed for my thesis show this weekend!

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tinest toughest printmaker in NH 😘

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these took FOREVER!!! all of those business cards were HAND CUT!!! but so worth it tbh!!! I love how they came out!!!! and those postcards! honestly sometimes I just make myself swoon. printed them in a nice legible font. loving that Gothic Extra Condensed!

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printed some 8.5x11" cover weight with a wild assortment of cuts & such from around the shop! I cut these down into postcards & business cards, but the solid sheets themselves were a huge hit!

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part of a project for my senior show. printing tiny scraps of fabric with hand set descriptions of temporary beds I've slept in. here's a small test on some red paper! this pearl press is an absolute dream! id love to have one of my own some day. not as convenient as the c&p but definitely useful for small editions of tiny work

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printing on the c&p! this big beauty is my love! that trip saves me from the world of embarrassment that comes from printing on the tympan

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my first letterpress using the c&p! made this baby earlier in the semester when I was first getting started. kinda an ambitious beginner lock up but it all worked out!

“#WannaBeOnTop?”, letterpress and pressure print on Lenox paper, 8x10" copies for sale!

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started this linoleum cut today! some hands and a vague sweater-like mass, with my house keys

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my multi-block woodcut! done at last!

it was a first for me and im very happy with the way it came out! can you tell which impressionist im referencing? 

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first state of another etching i started

i really like how the fluffy textured lines in the rug came out. 

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tiny weaving i made for a friend. these ones are very quick and fun. 

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second state of this etching 

im actually gonna just leave it like this for now. i like it as is.

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finished these two, first and last of a series of six! will be available for sale at the end of this month!