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Gov’t Mule Warfield Posters by Sperry and Hunter

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Dave Hunter and I created and printed a two-up poster for Gov’t Mule when they played Friday and Saturday, September 25 and 26, 2009 at the Warfield, Firehouse Goldenvoice Poster Series numbers 66 and 67.

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These were printed together on one parent sheet and cut apart, so the challenge was to bring out the best in each artist while sharing the same color palette. We chose to print a heavy silver metallic and tint the silver with three custom mixed primary colors and black.

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Both posters are available here in a limited offering.

A very limited release of uncut sheets containing both posters will be made at TRPS Festival of Poster at the Hall of Flowers in San Francisco’s Golden Gate Park on Saturday, October 10, from 10 am to 6pm.

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Gov’t Mule

Firehouse Goldenvoice Series Numbers 66 and 67

Editon of 225

5 colors on heavy cover stock

22″ x 16″

Signed and Numbered

Gov’t Mule SF 09 Sperry –

single poster – FHGV #67

Sold Out – Thank You!

Gov’t Mule SF 09 Hunter Sperry –

set of two posters – FHGV #66 & #67

Sold Out – Thank You!

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Printing Zoltron’s Psychedelic Furs • Happy Mondays at the Regency

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This photo sums it up nicely: “Wiley, the kid on the poster; Zoltron, the man behind the kid on the poster; Sperry, the man behind the man behind the kid on the poster.”

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Printed Zoltron’s Psychedelic Furs / Happy Mondays poster on Wednesday. What a blast!

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Zoltron went off on the typography. He told me it took a few days just to place all the characters, highlights and blends on the fonts.

This thing is a symphony of yellow, really an eye grabber.

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We had really the best day of printing, and had a lot of cool visitors. George Gamboa, Dave Hunter and Dennis Loren made the scene – here’s the TMZ photo of the crew – George is behind the camera. Oh, yeah, while printing the doorbell rang and a mysterious crate from Italy arrived – the Malleus art got locked into the vault.

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Well, the funny part is we got finished at 8:30 pm Wednesday – so Zoltron and George dropped me off at my crib – and I started working on Phoenix. That drawing session went on to dawn. Caught about an hour of fitful sleep (too much coffee), woke up at 7:00 am and put the poster together for films. The whole idea just kind of dropped whole-piece out of the brain and onto the paper, definitely energized by the fun day before. Mr. Z picked me up at about 10:30 and off to get films on the way to the studio. I’m telling myself, things just happen in the way they should.

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Number 62 in the Firehouse Goldenvoice poster series is designed by Zoltron for The Psychedelic Furs and Happy Mondays concert with special guests Amusement Parks on Fire on September 17, 2009 at the Regency Ballroom in San Francisco, CA. This silkscreen gig poster measures 20″ x 27″ comes signed and numbered by the artist from an edition of 200. Love my way? There is a special red and white colorway, with an edition of 10. Both for sale now at Zoltron.com

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Phoenix Warfield Poster

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Just returned from the sold out Phoenix concert at The Warfield on Thursday, September 17, 2009. The (French) band loved it and said it had a very French style. We rapped about Paris and it seems we have some friends in common. Funny, overheard the band manager asking for VIP passes for Sofia Coppola, the film director. The crowd was fun and the room got moving! This poster rounds brings the Firehouse Goldenvoice Series to number 63.

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I made 150 on Via Scarlet Red paper, and a very limited edition of 10 on Metallic Deep Bronze paper.

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Phoenix – The Soft Pack

Firehouse Goldenvoice Series Number 63

Edition of 150

Gold and Eggplant on archival red paper

19″ x 26″

Signed and Numbered

SOLD OUT


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Phoenix – The Soft Pack

Firehouse Goldenvoice Series Number 63

Edition of 10

Gold and Eggplant on metallic deep bronze paper

19″ x 26″

Signed and Numbered

SOLD OUT

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Jesus Lizard Poster

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Poster ideas come from different places. This time: it was the paper color.

I knew I was onto something – when I cut this red paper down to a usable size at Sequoia Printing across the street from Hangar 18 – and everyone in the whole printshop stopped what they were doing and came over and complimented me on this beautiful red paper.

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This design began as a four color process poster printing technique,

stripped down to two colors, with the red layer reversed and printed in gold,

so the red of the strong diagonal bars and lips is the paper color.

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The effect is that the black areas punch a hole in the picture plane, and the gold pops forward.

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Jesus Lizard Oslo, September 18, 2009

Edition of 120

Heavy Gold Metallic and Black on Red Paper

21″ x 26″

Signed and Numbered

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Power to the Peaceful Poster

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Here’s the newest addition to my Power to the Peaceful series; I’ve done a silkscreen poster for the PTTP Concert every year since 2004.

I’m making my 2007 and 2008 Power to the Peaceful posters available here.

I’ll have a booth at Speedway Meadow in Golden Gate Park tomorrow, Saturday, September 12, 2009 for the 11th Annual Power to the Peaceful concert.

There’s a solid line up this year with Michael Franti and Spearhead, Alanis Morissette, and Sly & Robbie.

In additon Cherine Anderson, Vieux Farka Toure, Namkha Rinpoche, Sellassie and Truth Universal will open the show.

I’m looking forward to chill in the Park at this awesome free event, hope to see all my friends there!

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Power to the Peaceful

Edition of 250

6 colors on heavy cover stock

20″ x 35″

Signed and Numbered

SOLD OUT

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