Barnacles!

An earlier study of the head of Sababu, executed during the summer.

Carroll Gardens, Brooklyn.

Whoop-de-doo... Good times at the rodent circus, currently on display @morbidanatomylibrary until March 28. #taxidermy #animals #circus #wunderkammer #gowanusstudio #gowanus #brooklyn #art #illustration #pentelofamerica #strathmore

14 days left on my Kickstarter campaign but I'm not waiting. Work on the plate starts now: here I'm taking a tracing of the key drawing to transfer the image onto copper.

Launching a Kickstarter campaign next Friday. September 5, to fund the creation of an enormous copperplate engraving of this beautiful animal. Please visit my site for details! www. davidbarthold. net #engraving #copperplate #intaglio #rhino #printmaking #prints #printing #art #artistsoninstagram #graphicarts #rhinosceros #gowanus #gowanusstudoospace (at Gowanus, Brooklyn, New York)

Please visit Printeresting.org for a feature on my engraving practice. I'm very honored to be included on this well edited site. #engraving #printmaking #intaglio #copperplate #burin #prints #gravure #printing #printers #kopperstikk #kupferstich

Nearing completion of the drawing I’ll use to produce a 35 ” x 55 ” engraving of Sababu, the black rhinoceros.