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So it has been a while since I put this collaborative project into motion – but it is done. It is the Wintertime Blues. I won’t say too much about it you can read all about it in the thing itself…painting, poetry, essays, photography, comedy, drama and etc. and sundry…. There is a list of all 15 contributors at the end of the document… Feel free to share, but only non-commercially of course. And all the rights belong to the artists and authors. Click on the above picture to view and download….
Some of you all may remember, back in May I had a photo contest. The winner got a fly box and an original woodcut based on the photo. Well, the fly box went out right away. The woodcut, not so much. Well it’s done – finally.
Details and Ordering info: The original woodcut is totally hand crafted and hand printed using oil-based ink on handmade Japanese Kitakata paper. Each print is hand rubbed, no printing press used. Each print is matted, hand numbered and signed. The image is approximately 8″ x 8″ and the Matted Print is 11″ x 14″. I’ve made a very limited edition of 12 prints. Two are taken – as of this writing there are 10 available. Price: $35 which includes shipping. Payments via paypal. Note that you can use a credit card at Paypal without creating a paypal account. If you have any questions email me at the following address: anthony@anthonynaples.com
 copyright 2012: Anthony Naples Couldn’t get out on the stream – circumstances….you know. Do you feel the fall slipping through your fingers? As the leaves brighten and fall – so the brookies brighten and fade. This time of the year I feel like I can never get out nearly enough. The fall is full of slipping away. The winter is behind the hills looming. All that remains of the summer is the credit card debt from vacations. Ah..so bittersweet is the Autumn. I couldn’t get on the stream but I did find some time to mess around with the new graphics tablet. The above pic is my idea of a brook trout. I’ve never been much for straight ahead renderings. I just don’t usually have the patience or the skill – I’m much more frizzled and scribbled.  Photo by Treven Kuhn: Tenkara on the Gunpowder River, MD And the winner is…Treven Kuhn!Congratulations Treven! I’ll send the fly box out soon. The custom made woodcut may take a little bit longer – I’ll shoot for the middle of June to get it done. I want to thank all the participants – all the entries spoke to tenkara and would make nice woodcuts. It was a hard decision and so it took me a while to decide. Sorry for the wait. In the end this photo by Treven just seemed to say so much to me about tenkara and especially tenkara in America. Though tenkara is a “traditional” form of fly fishing – it has not been unchanged by the years and by modern technology. There is no way to mistake a modern tenkara rod for a traditional fishing tool. In the same way many of our trout fishing opportunities in America, and elsewhere, are made possible by artificial means, such as bottom release dams. Tenkara is a transplant here in America- and though traditional in philosophy – it is modern in practice. Modern tenkara is itself a study in contrasts. This photo sums up many of these ideas for me in a striking visual language. Again thanks to all that participated. If the woodcut of Treven’s photo goes well, I hope to produce woodcuts of several other of the entries as well. I’ll keep you all posted. *Contest Deadline Extended to May 14, 2012 To see the entries so far click HERE For a while now, I have been itching to do some some tenkara themed woodcuts – the problem is, I need some inspiration, I need some pictures to work from. That’s where you all and this contest come in. I want to see photographs that express “What Tenkara is to Me”. They could be photos of streams, tenkara anglers, tenkara flies – or whatever says “tenkara” to you. I’ll judge the photos based on how they represent the tenkara experience. This is a way for me to get some inspiration but also a way for you all to share your tenkara experience. I can’t wait to see what you guys (and gals) come up with. First Prize: I’ll make a custom limited edition woodcut inspired by the photo. The first prize winner will get the number one print, hand numbered and signed. Also they’ll get a waterproof double sided foam-slit fly box (240 fly capacity – see photo below), and a tenkara oval car sticker. I understand that this prize is sort of an unknown – after all you don’t know how the woodcut will turn out, but that makes it more exciting right? For an idea of my style check out the Tenkara USA Summit 2012 poster that I did (see below). That will give you an idea of what to expect, however the actual woodcut will just be done in a single color (black). Additional Prizes: First 20 entries will get a tenkara logo oval car sticker. Permissions: By sending a photo for the contest you are giving me permission to use the photo as a basis for subsequent artworks, such as woodcuts, paintings, etc (that may be offered for sale). I will not use photos directly, only as inspiration for other works. All photos will be posted on a page on CastingAround for all to see and take inspiration from (I reserve the right to crop and/or otherwise edit photos). If I eventually use some of the other photos for a woodcut then I’ll email the submitter and offer them a chance to buy the number one print in the series at a discounted price. In the case of a painting the submitter will have the first dibs on buying the painting. To Enter: One entry per person. Send photo for entry in the contest via email (please limit attachment size to less than 2 megabytes). Include your full name, and a caption for the photo (if you’d like) in the body of the email. Please use your name as the name of the photo file (i.e. john_doe.jpeg). Email photos and any questions to: Deadline: The contest deadline is May 14th, 2012 Here’s the fly box that you can win:
Here’s a sample of my artwork style:
 Amago: A little photo manipulation art that I did based on one of Daniel's photos Tenkara USA founder Daniel W. Galhardo has been in Japan visiting with various Tenkara fishers there and studying tenkara, and well…fishing. He has been updating the Tenkara USA blog with dispatches from Japan, very interesting stuff. Based on his photos, there is some beautiful mountain scenery and lovely mountain streams in Japan. I wish I was there. So to take a little Japanese excursion of the mind – go check it out.
Many of you may already know about this gathering but I figure it wouldn’t hurt to give it a little publicity bump again. It has been two years since Daniel W. Galhardo of Tenkara USA made tenkara equipment readily available to American anglers. In that time tenkara has grown rapidly in popularity due to it’s effectiveness and simplicity. Around tenkara and TenkaraUSA a hard-core of group of enthusiastic tenkara practitioners and proponents has coalesced. So the time is right for first large-scale official tenkara gathering in the country – Tenkara Summit USA 2011. Tenkara USA is sponsoring this great event and according to the event webpage (www.tenkarausa.com/summit) planning is still ongoing. The plans may not be complete but it looks like they’ve already got a great group of presenters including:
It should be a great event. Sadly, I won’t be able to attend (it’s killing me) but I did have the opportunity to design the above poster for the event. If you’d like a poster, shirt, postcard or mug with the image just check out my Zazzle Store CastingAround Zazzle Store |
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