Kurt Tomerlin


  1. “Mark with care”
  2. “I draw with handtools”
  3. “In the strap of my carpenter trousers”
  4. “Difficult to work”
  5. “Handyman poetics”




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How important are accurate measurements? VERY! When an experienced carpenter makes a measuring mistake, it’s generally because he’s in a hurry. Use a sharp instrument for marking. A No. 2 pencil works well. Shy away from flat carpenter’s pencils; their bulky size can cause you to make mistakes.

“Exert tremendous force”
monotype
“Hand study”
graphite frottage, chalk pastel, acrylic
“Hand study 2”
graphite frotage and monotype
“Precision Framing”
tracing paper, graphite, spring clamp, lumber
“queer slants”
serigraphy, graphite frottage, latex






“push sticks”
graphite frottage on drafting paper
“The strongest of joints”
relief
“wirebrushing 1”
monotype
“removes the soft and leaves the hard”
monotype
“i used a bridge. (a joke for printmakers)”
graphite, lumber, latex, serigraphy, charcoal, colored pencil
“even wrenches have their vices”
graphite frottage, latex, monotype
“practice holding the hammer”
monotype, plywood
“the carpenter’s pencil makes mistakes”
graphite, latex paint, plywood, oil pastel, carpenter pencil
“the carpenter’s pencil makes mistakes” detail
“rail, rail, rail, rail”
chalk pastel, graphite rubbing, screws, serigraphy, latex paint
“bent in two (into)”
Graphite, bar clamps, lumber, drafting paper
“bent in two (into)” detail