Sean Starwars is a printmaker living and working in Laurel,

Mississippi Mississippi ( ) is a U.S. state, state in the Southeastern United States, Southeastern and Deep South regions of the United States. It borders Tennessee to the north, Alabama to the east, the Gulf of Mexico to the south, Louisiana to the s ...

. He is a

relief Relief is a sculpture, sculptural method in which the sculpted pieces remain attached to a solid background of the same material. The term ''wikt:relief, relief'' is from the Latin verb , to raise (). To create a sculpture in relief is to give ...

printmaking artist specializing in

woodcut Woodcut is a relief printing technique in printmaking. An artist carves an image into the surface of a block of wood—typically with gouges—leaving the printing parts level with the surface while removing the non-printing parts. Areas that ...

printmaking. He is also a member of the Outlaw Printmakers.

Biography

Sean Starwars BA from

Old Dominion University Old Dominion University (ODU) is a Public university, public research university in Norfolk, Virginia, United States. Established in 1930 as the two-year Norfolk Division of the College of William & Mary, it began by educating people with fewer ...

in 1996 and his MFA from

Louisiana State University Louisiana State University and Agricultural and Mechanical College, commonly referred to as Louisiana State University (LSU), is an American Public university, public Land-grant university, land-grant research university in Baton Rouge, Louis ...

in 1999. On his name "At first it amused him to have professionals address him as "Mr. Starwars," but he soon discovered it was also a great marketing tool for his woodcuts. "My real last name is pretty common," he said. "This is a way I could stand out."

Career

Starwars is associated with a movement within contemporary American printmaking known as "Outlaw printmaking". The Outlaw Printmakers are a group that includes Tom Huck, Richard Mock, Dennis Mcnett, Sue Coe, Bill Fick, Michael Barnes, and Cannonball Press. Starwars' original "Country Croc" woodcut was pictured as the example of the reductive approach to relief printmaking in ''Printmaking: A Complete Guide to Materials & Processes'' Fick, Bill. Grabowski, Beth. Printmaking: A Complete Guide to Materials & Processes, . authored by Bill Fick and Beth Grabowski. During 2011, Sean Starwars participated in a project called ''One Woodcut a Week'' in which he completed one 30"x20" woodcut a week for an entire year.

External links

Sean Starwars official website.

Meet Mississippi Artist Sean Starwars from the Clarion Ledger

Outlaw Printmaker brings colorful, playful prints to Pyramid Atlantic's newest exhibition

Heat to Bricks & Bombs Saturday for an Art Show by Outlaw Printmaker Sean Star Wars

Woodblock-Printed Droids Solve Problems with Lightsabers

Dirty Dozen: The Outlaw Printmakers

Sean Starwars: Woodcut Funhouse

Star Wars Day: Artist Sean Starwars Celebrates 'May The Fourth Be With You' Exhibit

References

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