Erich

@sparkleandmunge

Printmaker in NYC. All works for sale. Contact me for prices. You can see some of my older work at sparkleandmunge.tumblr.com

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Erich@sparkleandmunge· 18d

Happy Saint James the Greater's Day!

Plaid bound bifold with traditional prayer for Saint James the Greater Day in Polari on the left with a simple line drawing of a nude man with a gold halo in front of a grid scallop shells o. the right.

Erich@sparkleandmunge· 21d

A page out of the Polari prayer book, The Bona Breviary of the Fabulosa Innocents, for the feast of Saint Mary Magdalene.

Erich@sparkleandmunge· 22d

I did some more work on this plate, but even without printing it I'm thinking that this is the final piece. A memento mori of my husband's skull from an MRI in sepia ink on an antique cutwork and embroidered 34X34 linen tablecloth printed from an etched copper plate.

Erich@sparkleandmunge· 25d

The world on fire. Smoke making breathing dangerous. Record breaking heatwaves. The possibility of an "isolated tornado" in NYC. Welcome to the Anthropocene!

A screenprint of a dead bee above which text is a mis-translation of the opening of the Last Gospel: In the midst of the empire was the Word, and the Word was ESCHATON!

Erich@sparkleandmunge· 26d

For the first time in a long time, today, I did some sketching. It was my first time using a multicoloured pencil on black paper. These architectural details are in locations that most people at church never see.

Coloured pencil on black paper drawing of a pelican feeding three chicks in a basket

Coloured pencil on black paper drawing of abstract organic forms carved on an interior church door.

Black sketchbook page with coloured pencil sketches of architectural details found in a church.

Erich@sparkleandmunge· Jul 4

A patriotic American today I celebrate the Translation of St Martin, also the day of his ordination to bishop: a position of power that he did'nt desire. More leaders like Martin! Here're translations of my St Martin etching as screenprints on vintage hankies by Print Now Riot Later of Frankfurt.

Erich@sparkleandmunge· Jun 25

Yesterday was the Nativity of Saint John the Forerunner. It was also Latvian Midsummer, or Jāņi.

A bifold with an etching of a nude man with a gold halo.

Flowing behind him is a banner that says "Behold the Lamb of God" in Latin.

Erich@sparkleandmunge· Jun 25

A bifold With an etching depicting Al Parker as Saint Andrew's, nude, with a gold halo, and a Saint Andrew's cross in the background on rhe left. On the right is the traditional prayer for Saint Andrew's Day translated into Polari.

Erich@sparkleandmunge· May 6

Two weeks ago I delivered my prints to the New York Public Library. It is now a part of the Prints Collection. I'm so glad that I will be able to visit it in its new home, and so can you.

A bearded bespecticaled man, me, in a Phrygian (liberty) cap in front of the 42nd Street branch of the New York Public Library.

A woman (the curator of the Prints Collection) wearing a cutwork and embroidered blouse and a green skirt stands behind a desk with a wall of books behind her. On the desk are three prints on handkerchiefs.

A triptych of etchings in sepia ink on vintahe linen hankies with 24 k gold leaf.

The images depict the conversion story of either St Eustace or St Hubert. The two Saints share the same legend despite a 700 year difference in their dates.

The bottommost image is of a young shirtless man leaning to the left; his left arm raised with his hand behind him. Some nondescript foliage is in the foreground.

The middle image is the same as the first with the addition of the young man in mirror image on the opposite side. Standing between them is a stag facing the viewer; a gold cross between his antlers.

The topmost image is missing the first man and the stag. The man who remains now has a gold halo.

Erich@sparkleandmunge· Apr 23

Happy Saint George's Day!

A book sits open on a light green table cloth. The left hand page is printed with the traditional prayer for the day in Polari. The right side is an etching of a smiling nude man holding the horn of a severed dragon head that lies at his feet. His halo as well as the first letter of the prayer are gold.

Erich@sparkleandmunge· Apr 11

I replaced the piece I sold yesterday at the Brooklyn Fine Art Print Fair with this etching over screen print on dish towel of Saint John the Forerunner. Had great sales again today!

Multi plate teching over screen print of a man in his underwear with an halo, printed on a teatowel with a yellow trim.

Erich@sparkleandmunge· Apr 10

Sold! At the Brooklyn Fine Art Print Fair.

Erich@sparkleandmunge· Apr 10

Just some of what I have at the Brooklyn Fine Art Print Fair this weekend.

A plaid vintage handkerchief with a screenprinted image of three men cruising in the woods.

A plaid bound bifold with an etching of a nude man with a gold halo and two crossed gold keys. Opposite is screenprinted the prayer for Saint Peter's Day translated into Polari and embelished with gold leaf.

Three vintage handkerchiefs depicting a nude man on the bottom most handkerchiefs with his right arm raised and his hand behind his back. The middle handkerchief has the same person mirrored on the other side with a stag between them. The stag has a cross gold leafed in the middle of his antlers. The topmost hankie has the original figure and the stag removed. The remaining figure now has a gold leaf halo.

Erich@sparkleandmunge· Apr 9

Tonight's the opening of the Brooklyn Fine Art Print Fair. As per usual I have works available in the Shoestring Press booth, including a set of 3 handkerchiefs with etching and 24K gold leaf depicting the conversion of either St Eustace or Hubert. They somehow share the same conversion story.

Booth at an art fair being set up with various artworks a d tools either hung or scattered about.

An handkerchief with image of a nude man with an halo in gold printed on it being hung on a wall.

Three handkerchives with etchings depicting the Conversion of either Saint Eustace or Hubert printed on them pinned to a wall.

Erich@sparkleandmunge· Apr 3

Some Arma Christi for the day.

A collection of objects: 3 nails, a flail, pliers, a ladder, and a spear crossed with a pole holding a sponge with 3 drops falling from it all rendered in black and red on a purple background.

The sun in eclipse under which a cock stands on an ionic capital crowing rendered in black and red on a purple background.

Erich@sparkleandmunge· Mar 3

Some years ago I was approached with an opportunity to design a Lentin Aray for a church. It never happened. Today I'm using some of those preliminary sketches to illustrate a project on which I working with my husband.

Red and black spear and vinegar soaked sponge on a stick.

Erich@sparkleandmunge· Mar 3

Digitizing some Arma Christi for a Lenten project I'm illustrating for my husband.

Erich@sparkleandmunge· Feb 24

WIP It's supposed to be a quilt.

Three screen prints of a quilt in the colours of the Venezuelan flag sitting on a wire drying rack.

Erich@sparkleandmunge· Feb 14

I didn't quite realize at the time that the rendering of Antoninus Pius made him look rather dead in this etching and sonet for my husband when we were not yet married. Now I just make etchings of his skull. Happy VD all!

an etching of a bust of Antoninus Pius with a sonet printed in the upper left hand corner.

Etching of a skull cut horizontally and put in two ornate black victorian frames.

Erich@sparkleandmunge· Jan 16

There's a new paper on town! Last night was the launch party for the Observer: a new quarterly focusing on arts and community in Crown Heights, Brooklyn. Shoestring Press, the place that employs me, was featured on the front page, I was quoted on the first page.

Erich@sparkleandmunge· Jan 16

I'm one of the lucky ones; getting to work with artists; helping them make prints of their work; and this is my day job! Yesterday, Gail Rothschild came in to Shoestring Press to make some corrections to a plate on which she's been working. We'll be publishing hee print this Spring.

Gail wears a cowboy hat and chunky sweater. She is seated, poised with paintbrush in hand; ready to apply stopout to a grounded copper plate with a drawing of a woman's face from a tapestry in the collection of the Cloisters Museum scratched into the ground.

Gail wears a cowboy hat and chunky sweater. She is seated, with paintbrush in hand; applying stopout to a grounded copper plate with a drawing of a woman's face from a tapestry in the collection of the Cloisters Museum scratched into the ground.

Erich@sparkleandmunge· Jan 6

#polariprayer #polari

Erich@sparkleandmunge· Jan 1

Here are lyrics for a hymn for, today, the Feast of the Circumcision. Just waiting on a tune from my collaborator.

Erich@sparkleandmunge· Jan 1

#bookmaking #screenprint #goldleaf #polari

Erich@sparkleandmunge· Dec 28

Erich@sparkleandmunge· Dec 27

Are you sure? Goats have hooves, and I come across these in shops with little ceramic inserts under the mask for ink. The ears are hollow to hold pens.

Erich@sparkleandmunge· Dec 27

Happy Saint John's Day! Here is a screen print on a vintage handkerchief of my depiction of Saint John and a chalice with a snake in it. The image comes from the Bona Breviaty of the Fabulosa Innocents and was printed by Print Now Riot Later in Frankfurt.

Erich@sparkleandmunge· Dec 26

I've been learning a lot about forgiveness this Advent, and this Christmas, on Saint Stephen's Day the lessons continue. "Lord do not hold this against them." -Stephen Deacon and Martyr #wren #deadwren #protomartyr

Erich@sparkleandmunge· Dec 26

Happy Saint Stephen's Day. #polari #etching #goldleafing ##bookmaking

Erich@sparkleandmunge· Dec 6

Happy Saint Nicholas Day!