“Caillebotte Skips a Stone” (11″ x 14″)

This is an edition of 20. Each was hand-pulled by Dave Eggers, assisted by Kristin Farr, at the studio at 849 Valencia on October 20. Each is signed and numbered in pencil by Eggers. 

NOTE: Due to some digitalish issues, the artwork in the “Caillebotte” print had some odd dots/pixelation, so Eggers hand-painted or hand-drew over each. 11″ x 14″

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I took a screen printing course in high school at a community arts center, and I still have some of the prints I made back then. Nowadays, there are all kinds of digital ways to make beautiful prints, but I missed the process of using screens attached to wood frames, and mixing the ink myself, and soaking the screen, then pulling the squeegee over the screen for each color. Kristin Farr and Jeff Meadows have been so great in setting up our new printmaking shop, and the process has been every bit as fun as I hoped.

For the first prints, I set the paper down myself each time, and I allow variations in registration so that every print is unique. That’s the other thing that digitization and standardization eliminates—the chance differences in each print. If you move the screen just a millimeter in any direction, you end up with beautiful accidents that give each print a specific character.

I hope you all see the fun in this too, and value these variations and oddities.

—Dave Eggers