i'm baaaaaackkkkkkk

Hello Everybody! Jason and I got back from our European adventure fully intact and inspired! What an amazing trip! I can't wait to share our stories and pictures with you. Problem is, I really suck at getting my pictures together. So I'll be working on that and by the time I'm finished it'll be next year but whatever! It'll be worth it! We travelled between France and Spain, did 2 tattoo conventions, made tons of new friends and ate lots and lots and lots of baguettes.

When we got back we had a few days to rest and then went on to the State of Grace Tattoo Convention which usually takes place in San Jose but this year they moved it to The San Francisco Airport Hyatt Regency. I must say I really liked this location a lot more than any of their previous spots. The State of Grace convention has an amazing roster of artists and the location always seemed to detract a bit from that. They had to scale down this year because of room and I think that made for a nicer, more intimate convention. You could probably hit a convention every weekend of the year if you really wanted to but seriously the quality of most conventions isn't so good. If you live in the Bay Area or near this will be the convention you want to go to. If you want to look at cars and wet t-shirt contests, you'll want to go to a different convention. A few highlights of the convention were the release and signing of Grime's new book Iron Will and the Chris Conn Seminar. All in all it was an unbelievably inspiring weekend. Jason and Iggy worked the booth and did some fun tattoos and everyone basically had a really good time visiting old friends and making new ones.

Apparently the only pictures I took the whole weekend were this one showing the boys and the banner...

the boys and the table...

and this dude being amazed by JDon's portfolio...

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Also, before I left the new issue of Tattoo Energy (no.67) came out with a stellar article on our very own Cris Cleen. Here are some crappy pictures he took with his phone but you should really just go out and buy a copy: 

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Guess what??!! It's that time of year again. The Lower Haight Art Walk will be Friday, Dec. 3. We will of course be doing more Get What You Gets and Hightower will be playing the roof again!! Don't miss it! I'll write another reminder post in a week or 2 but mark your calendar's now!!!

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And now for some pictures.

Trip out on this:

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Jason (aka JDon)

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Jason (in progress)

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Erik

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My awesome client brought in all of these goodies for us! The boys proceeded to get cracked out on sugar...

Jason!!

Aaron!!

eye-ma'am!

Idle Hand at Molotov's?!

Yeah yeah, I know, I need to update. I need to put up the last art walk photos (have I mentioned how AWESOME it was?), and I have an inbox full of really fantastic tattoos by everyone at the shop and they're probably also annoyed I haven't put them up.

But...I been bizzzyyyyy..... so here's a little something to quench your thirst: The new owner's of Molotov's have invited us to have an art show at the bar and we couldn't be more excited to make new art to hang on their walls! The show will be up for 2 months and the opening is on the 2nd Friday of September. Lower Haters also have an art show that night and Molotov's will be doing $5 PBR/Jamesons from 8-11pm. Tell your friends! Hope to see ya there! I'll be standing in the shadows sippin' on vodka.

Limited Edition Prints for Sale!

Hey Y'all! Holly here...I've had some requests to sell my art and so, ask and ye shall receive!

I made this linoleum print for the Unobserved Holidays book that will be out later this year. My holiday is Weary Willie Day, December 9.

I made this multi-colored print using a reductive process which basically means I use one block to create a multicolored print, thereby destroying the linoleum block in the process and creating a very limited edition print that can never be reprinted. I made 44 copies of this print and it is impossible for me to ever print any more. I don't have a press so each one was made by hand and due to the nature of the materials, each one printed a little differently than the others so each one is unique and handmade. The print you receive may vary from the one shown.

"December 9"
2010
8 x 10 in. linoleum reduction printed on paper
Signed in red pencil, published in a finite edition of 44
$30 for the print, $6 for shipping © Holly Ellis

I wanted to test a different shade of red and so I made 4 of these in a darker red than the rest. This batch is not numbered, they are artist proofs and noted as such on the paper. As I said, there are only 4 of this color and I am incapable of making any more so this is a very limited print.

"December 9"
2010
8 x 10 in. linoleum reduction printed on paper
Signed in red pencil, published in a finite edition of 4
$30 + $6 Shipping © Holly Ellis

This is the most limited print of the three you see here. I made 3 red artist proofs and I have only 1 available to sell. 

"December 9"
2010
8 x 10 in. linoleum reduction printed on paper
Signed in red pencil, published in a finite edition of 3

$30 + $6 shipping © Holly Ellis

This is a miniature linoleum print I originally created for the Lower Haters art show "Day and Night" also using the reductive process to create a limited print of 18 that can never be reprinted.

"Day"
2010

2 x 2.5 in. linoleum reduction printed on paper
Signed in pencil, published in a finite edition of 18

$20 + $6 S+H © Holly Ellis

(due to the nature of the process the print you receive may vary from the one shown)

Here is my second miniature print of the Golden Gate Bridge for the Lower haters "Day and Night" show, made using the reductive process for a limited edition of 15.

"Night"
2010
1.5 x 2 in. linoleum reduction printed on paper
Signed in pencil, published in a finite edition of 15

$20 + $6 S+H © Holly Ellis

(due to the nature of the process the print you receive may vary from the one shown)

Aaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaand? NEW SHIRTS!!!

You too could look this tough just by wearing a new Idle Hand shirt!

Or thoughtful and only slightly intimidating...

Or not intimidating at all but just look like a big old D-Bag!

I took a men's shirt and cut it into a cute tank top but we do offer women's sizes as well.
$20 + 5 S+H

Sizes

Men's XL $20.00 Men's L $20.00 Men's M $20.00 Men's S $20.00 Women's XL $20.00 Women's L $20.00 Women's M $20.00 Women's S $20.00

See ya next time!
Holly