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Woodcut Sales to Benefit Gundalow Company

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DECEMBER 2010: The Gundalow Company is pleased to announce the availability of custom-designed, limited edition woodblock prints depicting the Piscataqua gundalow anchored in Little Harbor in front of the Wentworth-Coolidge Mansion in Portsmouth, New Hampshire. Donated by local artist, Shane P. Chick, twenty color prints are now available for purchase at $250 each (matted, unframed) with the proceeds supporting the Gundalow Company.  (Continued below)

 

In August 2010, the gundalow anchored on the banks of Royal Governor Wentworth’s historic home and became the inspiration for this print. As a surveyor of the King’s mast pines, it is possible that this scene might have been witnessed as easily in the 1700’s as it is in modern day. 

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To create each print, one piece of wood is carved, by hand, several times. After each round of carving, one color of ink is layered onto the same piece of paper. Once completed, reduction woodcut prints can never be recreated. A 2006 graduate of University of New Hampshire, Chick is currently creating reduction woodcut prints from his home studio in South Berwick, Maine. As a stay-at-home dad, he works around his 3 year old daughter and their adventures in the community. In addition to creating these reduction woodcut prints, Shane teaches classes through Marshwood Adult Education, The Vault, and Fletcher Farm School for the Arts and Crafts in Vermont. To view more of Shane Chick’s work, visit his Web store on etsy. . 

“We are so touched by Shane’s generous gift to the Gundalow Company,” notes Molly Bolster, Executive Director of the Gundalow Company. “Gundalows have long been the inspiration for artists in the Seacoast region and Shane’s woodblock print will be a beautiful addition to anyone’s collection.”  

To purchase a print, contact Carol at 603-433-9505.  

About the Gundalow Company (web site)

Gundalows were once the primary mode of transporting cargo to tidewater towns in the Piscataqua region. Now the replica gundalow Captain Edward H. Adams is used as a dockside stage for maritime heritage programs and environmental education in those same towns. This replica of an 1880’s era gundalow was built in 1982 and is now operated by the nonprofit Gundalow Company. All programs are designed to heighten awareness of our maritime history, contemporary water quality issues, and stewardship responsibilities. For information on the Gundalow Company’s Celebrating Our Rivers events, education programs, volunteering, or sponsorship opportunities, please visit

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