Marc Snyder @marcstopwatch.bsky.social · 19/07/2026Art sharpens your mind. Kathe Kollwitz, “Sharpening the Scythe”, etching, 1905 Nam June Paik, “TV Buddha”, Buddha statue, tv monitor, closed circuit camera, 1974 Rembrandt van Rijn, “Self-Portrait”, oil on canvas, 1659 Francisco de Goya, “The Sleep of Reason Produces Monsters”, etching, 1799 000
Marc Snyder @marcstopwatch.bsky.social · 19/07/2026Art is thought provoking. The algorithm is mind-numbing. 110
Marc Snyder @marcstopwatch.bsky.social · 28/05/2026Hey Tolkien fans! I always preferred the ending to the Lord of the Rings found in the books to that of the movies, especially the downfall of Saruman. Oddly enough, I’ve been thinking of Saruman’s spiteful attack on the Shire a lot over the past year and a half. Revenge, spite, humiliation. . . 010
Marc Snyder @marcstopwatch.bsky.social · 14/02/2026a trenchcoat for the king’s man, a work in progress. #woodcut and acrylic paint on coat. #printmaking 010
Marc Snyder @marcstopwatch.bsky.social · 11/10/2025Ten years from now, how many enablers of and apologists for the current administration’s attack on our democracy will wonder how they can recover the integrity they have lost? However long their careers may be, whatever else they may accomplish, a lot of people are defining their legacy right now. 110
Marc Snyder @marcstopwatch.bsky.social · 06/08/2025trench coat, work and tragic dismantling of our constitution in progress. #woodcut #printmaking 030
Marc Snyder @marcstopwatch.bsky.social · 27/05/2025drawing with #charcoal on the block for the next #woodcut 070
Marc Snyder @marcstopwatch.bsky.social · 24/05/2025Wardrobe: Security, Razor Wire, Seedling #woodcut, #linocut, and acrylic on clothing. #printmaking 030
Marc Snyder @marcstopwatch.bsky.social · 05/05/2025When asked if he needs to uphold the Constitution, Trump says: ‘I don’t know’ 030
Marc Snyder @marcstopwatch.bsky.social · 16/03/2025I wore a few of my #woodcut pieces as I deinstalled “Shelter”. And I enjoyed playing with the draped barbed wire. #printmaking #mixedmedia 060
Marc Snyder @marcstopwatch.bsky.social · 13/03/2025#woodcut baby blanket and wallpaper, concrete baby, from “Shelter” by Marc Snyder and @martiarti.bsky.social Marti Haykin 160
Marc Snyder @marcstopwatch.bsky.social · 07/03/2025Join @martiarti.bsky.social Marti Haykin and me at Blankspace in Pittsburgh this Saturday, March 8, from 6 -9 pm for our collaborative art installation “Shelter”. Blankspace, 843 Holland Ave, Pittsburgh. #printmaking #sculpture 050
Marc Snyder @marcstopwatch.bsky.social · 04/03/2025@martiarti.bsky.social Marti Haykin and I are putting “Shelter” together this week, our collaborative installation at Blankspace in Pittsburgh PA. Free public reception on Saturday March 8 from 6 - 9 pm. We would love to see you there! 040
Marc Snyder @marcstopwatch.bsky.social · 26/02/2025Lying under a blanket, #mixedmedia with @martiarti.bsky.social Marti Haykin. #woodcut #printmaking #sculpture #workinprogress 080
Marc Snyder @marcstopwatch.bsky.social · 22/02/2025something to sleep under #woodcut #mixedmedia #printmaking 0140
Marc Snyder @marcstopwatch.bsky.social · 21/02/2025a poncho and the moon, bits and pieces for “Shelter” #woodcut #printmaking #printsky #relief #mixedmedia 050
Marc Snyder @marcstopwatch.bsky.social · 19/02/2025Yes, linocut is probably the best place to start. There are even easier things to cut but Lino probably gives you the best image while not punishing a lack of experience or demanding the best / sharpest / well maintained gouges. 020
Marc Snyder @marcstopwatch.bsky.social · 19/02/2025To work more with the grain of the wood. Broad expressive strokes compared to tight carving of wood engraving. Can be much larger, tends to be looser. 010
Marc Snyder @marcstopwatch.bsky.social · 19/02/2025Linoleum is the softest material - easy to carve, has no grain, so nothing fights the gouge. Limited in that it crumbles if cuts are too tight. Wood engraving uses end grain of wood - very hard - you can use engraving tools to get very very tight precise lines. Woodcut fights you a bit, you tend 220
Marc Snyder @marcstopwatch.bsky.social · 18/02/2025a necklace, #workinprogress, printing #woodcut on a nasty old piece of fabric #printmaking #printsky 0170
Marc Snyder @marcstopwatch.bsky.social · 16/02/2025Please join us on March 8 at Blankspace for “Shelter”, a collaborative installation by Marti Haykin and Marc Snyder. #mixedmedia #printmaking #sculpture #woodcut 050
Marc Snyder @marcstopwatch.bsky.social · 15/02/2025in the studio #printmaking #woodcut #linocut #workinprogress #printsky 0120
Marc Snyder @marcstopwatch.bsky.social · 14/02/2025When I look up I can see the clear blue sky #woodcut #workinprogress #printmaking #printsky 081
Marc Snyder @marcstopwatch.bsky.social · 12/02/2025There are lots of people - especially current and former elected officials - whose legacies are going to be defined by how they respond to the current threats to our democracy. It won’t matter what their other accomplishments may have been. Everyone needs to speak up. “Suppress Dissent”, #linocut 2111
Marc Snyder @marcstopwatch.bsky.social · 11/02/2025blue sky ahead #printmaking #woodcut #printsky 0170
Marc Snyder @marcstopwatch.bsky.social · 11/02/2025These days I’m mostly carving shaped blocks that I combine to make unique images. I thought I’d share some of my older things (20 years ago, jeez) when I mostly made small editioned linocuts. “Lunch Hour”, “Two Factories, Two Museums, One Tycoon”, and “Boxers”. #printmaking #linocut #printsky 1191
Marc Snyder @marcstopwatch.bsky.social · 07/02/2025all the stuff I’m making recently is intended to work with sculptural elements, and not as stand-alone pieces. But it needs to hang on the wall to dry. So currently my studio feels way too orange. #printmaking #printsky #woodcut 0141
Marc Snyder @marcstopwatch.bsky.social · 06/02/2025“Justice”, a #linocut I made a number of years ago, recently came to mind. #printmaking #arepublicifyoucankeepit 0302
Marc Snyder @marcstopwatch.bsky.social · 05/02/2025a cape for a standing figure, #woodcut on fabric, 4’x6’ #printmaking 0121
Marc Snyder @marcstopwatch.bsky.social · 04/02/2025I’m working in the studio today with that crazy orange color in mind. Why? Because that’s one of the rooms at Blankspace in Wilkinsburg PA that Marti Haykin and I will be occupying with our first truly collaborative art installation. “Shelter” will be happening from 3/1 - 3/16. Stay tuned! 030
Marc Snyder @marcstopwatch.bsky.social · 01/02/2025#woodcut and acrylic on a bathrobe, a small piece of a #workinprogress #collaboration with @martiarti.bsky.social Marti Haykin. Stay tuned for much more as it all comes together for an installation next month. #printmaking #mixedmedia 190
Marc Snyder @marcstopwatch.bsky.social · 31/01/2025finally printed this block this morning, a tiny bird skull, image about 8” x 12” #linocut #printmaking #reliefprint 1240
Marc Snyder @marcstopwatch.bsky.social · 26/01/2025There’s a new show up at StopWatch Gallery. Join us for “Contours”, an exhibition of figurative sculpture by Gadi Leshem and Duncan MacDiarmid. There’s a free meet-the-artists reception this Thursday, January 30, from 7-9 pm. I hope to see you in the gallery! #sculpture #figurativesculpture 180
