Now that I've actually announced the existence of this blog, I'd like to formally welcome the 2 to 5½ people who clicked through. I'll be optimistic and guess "4.""Vinyl Snails" - BSBTAVINYL7 - is now available for pre-order!!! Not from BSBTA, but @ abeardofsnails.com (which has an exclusive bonus fer ya.)
It'll be another month before I have the LPs in my possession, but any and all pre-orders will be a huge help, since this is not going to be a cheap project. Not to mention shipping rates increasing August 1 (usually, prices only change once a year - hello Financial Despair '09!) Only CDs/CD-Rs will be dramatically affected by this.
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Above is a small computer-generated rendition of the cover art (if you're seeing a box with a small 'x' in it... that is not the cover.) I will be stenciling each cover (blue on black), using spraypaint instead of applying paint with a sponge roller through a stencil, as with "Vinyl Beards" (BSBTAVINYL6.) Acrylic paint dries too quickly in the Summer heat... and unfortunately, a ticket to Antarctica is way out of my budget. Also, the latex-y paint did not fare super well with the semi-glossy surface of the blank LP jackets.
The Elektronavn/Exquisite Russian Brides 7" (BSBTAVINYL2) sleeves, though, were also glossy, with linoleum prints in acrylic paint... but I assume the thickness and quality of the paint, as well as February room temperatures had something to do with the covers' successful result. Either that, or the fact that I - Mr. Hard Luck - didn't print those particular covers. With BSBTAVINYL3, I lino'ed the artwork with waterbased block printing ink on recycled brown jackets - a nightmarish smudgefest (good thing for protective plastic outer sleeves.)
Woohoo, I'm anxious! I've never used spraypaint for stenciling, so let's see how it'll go. All I know is that you (I) should spray in one direction, rather than zig zagging, to acheive uniform coverage and no underspraying...
Meanwhile, I would advise any serigraphers (professionals or hobbyists) looking to relocate to this wood-of-the-necks to reconsider: screen printing materials (inks, squeegees, prestretched screens) are impossible to find in Copenhagen. Unless I'm looking in all the wrong places (as is already the case with love, it seems.) Hobby shops and art supply stores sure don't have anything. Screen printing stuff, I mean. I am aware of a few screen printers, so I guess they'll be the people to consult, should any forthcoming releases need to be screen printed.
I'll be posting "Vinyl Snails" status updates on Twitter. Sending material to der pressung plant tomorrow!
