Hi,

I feel pretty damn inconsistent when it comes to posting stuff. It would be awesome to say it’s due to being so productive in the AP studio. But unfortunately I cannot use that excuse. I jus been tugged in a lot of directions the last handful of months. Not to say I haven’t done some neat stuff. Like the debut album cover for Kodiak Deathbeds. A wonderful album with the combined talents of Derek Fudesco (Cave Singers) and Amber Webber (Black Mountain) It is a spooky good album. Working with Derek and Amber was excellent, just wonderful artists who restore my faith when it comes to collaborating on the vision side.  

At the beginning we decided to do a limited edition of hand made intaglio album covers. SO i approached the project with a 1:1 scale. Which was pretty great. I am a big fan of music and vinyl. Part of my appreciation of analog processes and the brilliant tactile rituals that come along with vinyl LPs.

It is a copper etching on Arches cover, the ink is a graphic chemical renaissance black (my favorite ink)

all the song titles and the album title were etched..

looks pretty swell as an album cover

Each of the limited edition (50) was hand pulled, cut and glued in the AP studio.

Even letterpressed these handbill inserts. ohhh gold metallic ink on arches cover stock..

The album is now available for pre-order.

http://kodiakdeathbeds.bandcamp.com/album/kodiak-deathbeds

Follow that link and reserve a copy of either the normal release or the limited edition. The release is set for early August.

Joe