Tugboat Printshop provides quality, traditionally-made woodblock prints at affordable prices. Their prints are completely original images drawn, carved out of wood, and printed onto paper all by hand. They use a press to apply smooth, even pressure during printing.
From start-to-finish, every aspect of the making of our woodcut print editions is done 100% by hand. They draw original images directly onto blocks of plywood and carve the drawings out in low relief using hand tools. They generally use a new block for every color in our woodcuts. Blocks are all printed individually, impressions layering to create the finished image.