Trevor Kyler
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Trevor Kyler
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I often get asked how I make the dot texture in my prints. I just use the tip of a knife to flick out dots.
This only works with materials like linoleum. Rubber won’t break so you will just end up with a cut.

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Chubbs at the pinball bar:
“It’s all in the hips”
I do enjoy it! I have 12 total so I have a lot of craving to do.
Carving away at my doorways. I’m always underestimating how much time these mini prints will take to carve.

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Love seeing my art making it to new homes! Thank you you!
@trevorkyler.bsky.social made this delight. This print is like moveable type with bugs! Each bug is its own smol lino block that he can arrange in a frame to make a print! I was charmed by the art and ordered it. I'm laid up so it took me a few days to open the mailer tube. Just LOOK at it!
A dragon and their fire.

Pulling a crush run of the prints makes really want to do more medieval inspired art.

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Wow, thank you so much for the support, I’m glad you like it!
Sliding all my bugs into place.
This one take a bit longer to print than my single piece linocuts, but it is satisfying to put it all together.

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Newest print made out of all my cosmic bug mini prints. A little cosmic curio.

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Me scrolling through 20 shading iterations of bug for a new print: “which version should I go with?”

Girlfriend:
3D printing market vendor:
Opens CAD program to remove an artist signature from a dragons egg

CAD program load screen:
Full model of an oil rig and a jet engine.
There is a 2hr 15min video on Dr Pepper out there.

What’s going on?
Recently printed some of my designs with white in in black fabric. It was an interesting learning curve from black in white.

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Exactly! And some people just have a hard time grasping how something is printed with multiple layers without seeing it happen. It’s fun to share that with them.
These tips would all work for regular printing. The hope with this was to make a quick and easy hand stamp for people to experience at my market booths.
Yes! For my next try, this is what I will be going with. Plus making the design smaller overall.
I’m definitely still learning though! I will probably design something smaller than this one and switch to easy carve.

Take the idea if you do markets! There’s always a few people that struggle understanding how things are printed. I used to have a video on loop showing my etching process.
That’s exactly what I was going to try next for this! The hope was to have a little activity at my market booth for people to experience how I make my larger prints a little bit.
Tried to make a little 3 layer hand stamp out of battleship gray linoleum. It’s way too hard to stamp. I think I need to use something softer?

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Set-for this Easter Sunday market.

Haunted Farmers Market and n Tacoma, WA

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I have, I print some on fabric for patches. I’m not super excited about shirts but to have plans to do totes and other things down the line!