It saddens me to hear and read about gun violence taking the lives of family, friends and even people I do not konw.  Tack onto that straw purchasing of these guns and thus making it harder to trace guns etc... I guess that is where this piece's origin is from.  I'm glad I made it and I hope you guys enjoy it.  If your interested in the limited edition (of 50) and would like one of your own please contact me here and I can give you more detailed information (sizing, price, etc...).  

 

The whole image was initially hand-drawn.  So the gun and the type was designed by me to match each other in some ways.

The full hand-drawn piece (below)

Pictures of the full hand drawn piece (Pictures above).   After this step I got a polymer plate made at Boxcar.  

Hand numbered and signed each of the 50 limited edition prints and then went on to create the full packaging (as seen below).  

 

Bands: Printed at Fireball Printing

Muslin bags: Ordered from Uline

110# White Lettra paper: Ordered from Crane and Co.

Letterpressed at Red Wheel Press (and their facebook page) in Philadelphia.

Detail images of the impression of the image in the paper.

Detail image of the blind impression of the logo in the bottom right corner