Henrietta 30th Anniversary ties are now available while supplies last. They are 100% silk and woven with a 30th anniversary back label. They are $40 shipped. Trey, Mike, And Page ties are also still available. Deals on multiples at www.stupindouscreations.com.
Summer Tour is just a few short weeks away, so as a wise man once said – Let’s get this show on the road! The first round of individual prints for this summer will be available for purchase next Friday, June 14, 2013 at 12 noon EST on MasthayStudios.com
This first round will include the following venues:
Bangor, Maine – Rise of the Cephalopods
Jones Beach – Finally Free
Merriweather Post Pavilion – Barn Burner
Northerly Island, Chicago – Skyballz aka-The Overflow Tank
Cephalopods are widely regarded as the most intelligent of all the invertebrates. Naturally they will rise up and take their revenge on the human race, it’s only a matter of time. I imagine they will start their land domination in Maine since so many of their brethren have been harvested out of the waters there. Donning their “above water” rocket propelled mechanical exoskeletons, they first entrance – then ensnare.
Watch yourselves and stay safe!!
Darling’s Waterfront Pavilion
Bangor, Maine
Six color linoleum block print
13″x23″ Canson Edition Antique White paper stock
Edition of 150
Both editioned prints and variants will be available on a first come, first served basis. I am still working hard to complete additional prints for this summers shows, which will be available at a later date. Saratoga will feature this summers triptych print set entitled “Duke of Lizards” and will be available exclusively at the Summer in Saratoga Art Exhibition taking place Saturday, July 6th at the Saratoga Hilton. Check out the
Facebook event page for more info on this exhibition.
Images for Jones Beach, Merriweather and Chicago will be released between now and the onsale date, but let’s start at the beginning – Bangor, Maine and what I am calling “Rise of the Cephalopods”.
View the Big Cartel shop for more images.
Can’t wait to secure this and all my other Summer Tour pieces? Grab one of the very few remaining Summer Tour Subscriptions. At $300 shipped, you’re guarenteed matching numbered prints from all Summer Tour editions. With a minimum of 10 prints it’s by far the most economical way to add to your print collection, plus the lack of stress dealing with print drops will save years on your life. No promises, but it’s also looking very likely that at least one bonus print will be included with subs.
Stay tuned to the Masthay Studios Facebook page for additional images and info on the rest of Summer Tour. I plan on hitting the lots at Bangor, Jones Beach, Merriweather, the Gorge and Tahoe so keep an eye out for the weirdo walking around Shakedown with a portfolio of prints and be sure to say hello!
Lots more offical work coming out of the studio this summer also including Furthur, Widespread Panic, Yonder Mountain String Band, Telluride Bluegrass Festival, RockyGrass Festival, The Bounce Festival and many more!
Have a happy and safe summer everyone, I’ll see ya in Bangor.
Sincerely,
AJ Masthay
www.masthaystudios.com
Masthay Studios has created a pin and summer subscription for the upcoming publication of The Phish Companion, 3rd Edition.
Following the great reception (and quick sellout) of the Famous Mockingbird print, created to celebrate the upcoming publication of The Phish Companion, 3rd Edition, we are excited to announce the release of two new Famous Mockingbird pins from Masthay Studios. The 1 1/2 inch hard enamel pins are available in both antique silver and antique gold colored metals, each individually numbered out of an edition of 200 and backstamped with the Masthay Studios logo.
The Famous Mockingbird pins will be available from the Phish.net Store and Masthay Studios today, Tuesday, May 7th at 12 noon ET. Pins are $15 each including shipping, or a matching numbered set (one gold and one silver) for $25 shipped.
2013 Summer Tour Subscriptions
Masthay Studios is also excited for the upcoming release of our 2013 Summer Tour Subscription offerings. A limited number of Summer 2013 subscriptions will be available through the Masthay Studios store on Friday, May 17, 2013 at 12 noon EST. Two subscriptions offers will be available:
Edition Sub – $300
Edition subscriptions will include matching numbered prints from every edition created for the Summer 2013 Tour. A minimum of 10 prints will be created for the subscription, including at least one triptych. The Edition Subscription is the best opportunity for collectors to acquire all Masthay Studios summer offerings at a discounted price. This includes the especially hard to get, quick sellouts along with select editions that will only be available at the venues. Subscription price also includes shipping.
Enhanced Sub – $600
Enhanced Subscriptions include all the options of the Edition Sub with addition of choosing two (2) prints from the sub to receive full border enhancement. The chosen prints will have their borders painstakingly enhanced with full color drawings by the artist, each a one-of-a-kind work of art. If there was a Ferrari of the print world, these would be it. Check out the Enhanced Print Gallery on our Flickr page to see examples of previously enhanced prints.
Bryan from Positive Energy Pin Designs would like to introduce to you to a new series of pins that he is collaborating with different well known pinner artists called “Monster Truck Jams.”
Each artist will pick a Phish song that they think is one that can produce a Monster Jam.
They will take that song, and in there own interpretation make it into
a Monster Truck! We have already starting making plans with more well known pin artist in the scene for the next Monster Truck Jam
This first pin in this series is:
Bathtub Gin Monster Truck Jam
this pin is 1.25″, double clutch backings, hard enamel, with PURPLE
GLITTER HUMPBACK WHALE.
They are Limited Edition of 100. The artist is Otto, from Otto Art.
This pin is $15 with shipping.
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The second pin in this series is:
Wolfmans Brother Monster Truck Jam
This pin is Hard Enamel and 1.25″. The LP Logo in the wheels GLOWS IN THE DARK! It has a double clutch backing and is a limited addition of 100. The art is by Ariane Davis.
This pin is $15 with shipping.
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The third pin in this series is:
Ghost aka “Ghostdigger” Art by Terra-pins
This pin is hard enamel and 1.25″. The Ghostface GLOWS IN THE DARK!, has LP green glitter logos on the wheels, has green glitter flames, and is a limited edition of 100.
THis pin is $15 with shipping.
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Look into the microscope and check this super sweet Golgi T-shirt – a cross pollination creation of Phish’s Golgi Apparatus song and Hunter S. Thompson’s iconic Gonzo blade and fist clutching a peyote button. Complete with a ticket stub in it’s hand… You will be looking fresh for 2013 summer tour! Gonzo himself graces the back of the shirt, gazing through his moo moo glasses he slurs “I SAW YOU — WITH A TICKET STUB IN YOUR HAND!”
These are printed on high quality, super soft Alternative brand shirts… Hand pulled silkscreens made in our SF studio.
Colors come in Rust and Army.
Front
Back
Shirts are $18.00 with $3 shipping
Check out there etsy page here!
Also available in baby oneies click here!
Babies are Phans too! Here are two designs from Colleen Mihal for the youngest phans! The “I Get Down Page Side” is a Fluff & Feather original, printed in our San Francisco studio on 100% cotton. This onesie is blue and red ink printed on white and is $12.50 including shipping.
Look into the microscope and check this super sweet Golgi onesie – a cross pollination creation of Phish’s Golgi Apparatus song and Hunter S. Thompson’s iconic Gonzo fist clutching a peyote button. Complete with a ticket stub in it’s hand… Your baby will be looking fresh for 2013 summer tour! This onesie is made from hand pulled silkscreens made in Collene’s San Francisco studio and is $12.50 including shipping.
Caleb Williamson has always had his eye out for a map of Gamehendge, but has failed to find one… so he figured he would make one for himself and fans alike! This creative map ties together the classic lyrics of The Man Who Stepped Into Yesterday with the old time feel of a fantasy map. This print is hand drawn and is a digital print measuring 11″x 17″.
Ryan Kerrigan is a long time Phish goer and artist on the scene. Having been on tour for many years and seeing him and his work all over the lot, I caught up with him to get the scoop about his love for art, his family and Phish! Ryan is from Berkeley. California and has a great website for his art, check his Facebook page Here! Ryan is really talented and does an array of art, from prints, pins, stickers, clothing and cards to 60 second sketches.
Kelley Zilembo: How long have you been seeing Phish?
Ryan Kerrigan: July 18, 1991 was my first live Phish show.
KZ: How many shows have you seen?
RK: Before I got to 100 shows, I made the conscious decision to purposefully stop keeping track of how many notches were on my belt…I didn’t want to add any arbitrary significance to a particular show…but if I had to guess I’d say in the neighborhood of 300 shows.
KZ: What is your favorite year of Phish and why?
RK: 2013 because we still get to experience it live.
KZ: What has inspired you to be an artist?
RK: Saturday morning cartoons and baseball cards when I was young….as I sauntered into the college years I quickly understood that music would become (and really had always been) my greatest source of inspiration.
KZ: When did you start selling your Phish and music inspired art?
RK: Summer tour 1998 was the first time I shared my Phish inspired artwork, the ‘Technicolor Dreamcoat’ print.
KZ: How did your signature happy fish come about?
RK: I had a teacher in grade school who created a project where we had to illustrate different words in the shape of what that word was (like banana, or football). I loved it and it always stuck with me, though I never really did anything with it. There were four shows in 2010 (Hartford, Utica, Amherst and Worcester) that I did posters for where I contained all the words (city, state, and date) within the contour of these big sleepy looking fishies. My mother really dug them and said I should do a whole tour of them … so I did! And summer tour 2011 started what has become the happy fish series of posters and pins!
Worcester December 27 & 28, 2010
KZ: You have a variety of art that you are making, from 60 second drawings to baseball cards to posters to clothing to making pins; what is your favorite form of art and why?
RK: Whenever I attend a show, or any event really, I have a 4″x6″ sketchbook on me and a black micron pen … just black ink on paper … something about it makes me feel most content.
60 Second Sketch- Charlotte, NC August 26, 2012
Happy Fish Leg 2, 2012
Party at the Lamppost- 100% preshrunk cotton
KZ: Do you have any plans for expanding to other forms of art that you haven’t tackled yet? If so, is there anything you can share with us about your future plans?
RK: I designed an electrical box in downtown Berkeley! It’s always fun to see my work end up in so many forms, but truly I’m in love with my marker/watercolor/pencil combo, as far as creation goes…but ya never know what will happen!
Ryan showing his daughter his art on the electrical box he did in Berkeley
KZ: What are your thoughts on the resurgence of lot art at Phish shows, especially now that we have Facebook and Twitter to promote art?
RK: It’s fantastic! There are so many remarkably talented people expressing themselves on tour, as well as an equal amount of art-lovers eager to support the artists.
KZ: You seem to have such a wonderful connection with your daughter, art, and music. How has fatherhood influenced your artistic style?
RK: Not so much the style, but in just about everything I draw, I feel I’m creating for her, kind of like keeping a journal. She’ll be able to look back and see what d’ah was doing when she was three. A greater responsibility perhaps? I’ve always taken pride in my work but with my daughter, everything feels like it has more purpose.
Hard at work with Dad!
KZ: Living in Berkeley, what Bay Area bands and causes have you worked with in the past?
RK: I have worked quite a bit with ALO, Tea Leaf Green, Hot Buttered Rum, California Honeydrops, The Bay Recorders Organization, The Earth Island Institute, High Sierra Music, and many more.
California Honeydrops- Summer Heat Tour 2012
KZ: Do you do any art for local bands or businesses? If so, who and what was your inspiration to work for them?
RK: All the time! I like to have a connection to the people I am working for, it’s fun to see your work around town too!
KZ: Do you ever find yourself facing artists-block (ala writers-block), when it comes to Phish?
RK: Never.
KZ: Do you have any plans of music festivals this summer that you plan on attending to sell your work?
RK: Most likely a good deal of tour! I’ll be at High Sierra Music Festival for the 13th time. I’ll be taking part in the annual Rock Poster Society’s show in San Francisco and there will most likely be a few other things popping up!
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Keep your eye out for Ryan and his work throughout summer tour!
Remember when Trey whipped out that crazy five neck guitar during Frankenstein at Alpine back in 2009? Well Pauly Pins has made another pin to tribute that unique performance! This pin is a limited edition of 100, numbered with two backs made on soft enamel.
This pin is part of a small instrument series that includes Page’s keytar, and Mike’s inferno bass.
This pin is $13, with $2 for shipping.
For all the fans that are statistic freaks, historian nerds, or like getting down to the nitty gritty of setlists and show notes, song histories and show reviews, the wait is over for a the updated edition of The Phish Companion! It is available now for pre-order here: Amazon Pre-order and will be released in April 2013.
With this new edition, The Mockingbird Foundation has now made The Phish Companion available with mobile apps and e-book versions. The paperback version of the new Companion is 920 pages long, weighing in at 4.2 pounds.
The Phish Companion is A Guide to the Band and their Music! The Mockingbird Foundation has put together two previous editions that are compiled by volunteers at Phish.net.
The first edition covers all shows played 1.0.
The second covers a updated version of 1.0 through the Thomas & Mack Center in Vegas 2004.
It will be wonderful to see new a completely new format that still includes setlists, jams, quotes, photos, song transitions, and song notes from Phish’s comeback at Hampton 2009 to current dates!
Pre-order your copy today and remember that all proceeds fund music education for children!