August 6, 2021 -- Tortilla Printing Albuquerque

Manuel Guerra -- of HORNED TOAD PRINTS in El Paso  -- drove up to print on the streets of Albuquerque during the August 6th, 2021 downtown ABQ ART WALK, at the B Ruppe/Secret Gallery.

A satisfied visitor

receiving a fresh free print

Manuel Guerra used both a small Conrad etching press and a TORTILLA PRESS to print, and handed out the 8 x 8 inch prints for free. Henry Morales of Albuquerque also came by to help print.

Manuel Guerra used a TORTILLA PRESS

Playlist of TORTILLA PRINTING

Printing with a TORTILLA PRESS

in Albuquerque

Henry Morales inking

Manuel Guerra and Henry Morales

making free prints for visitors

Inking with Akua Carbon Black

Prints

including Henry Morales' frog man in the center

Another satisfied visitor

with free prints

Manuel Guerra also used

 a small Conrad etching press

Laser cut blocks

created these images

Robert Atkinson brought a linocut

for us to print

Inking Augustine Romero's linocut

Augustine Romero 

brought us a linocut to print

Printing with the small Conrad etching press

The TORTILLA PRESS was designed by los TRES GATOS PRESS of Guadalajara.  Both Alejandra Mares and Xavier Moreno of Tres Gatos Press sent us (by FedEx) a linocut to print and give out for free in New Mexico.  Thank you Tres Gatos!!!

3 Gatos Press

innovators of the TORTILLA PRESS

Printing with the TORTILLA PRESS

Xavier Moreno

of Los Tres Gatos Press

gave us a linocut to make this print

Alejandra Mares

of Los Tres Gatos Press

gave us a linocut to make this print

Setting up at the B Ruppe/Secret Gallery parking lot

for the August 2021 ABQ ART WALK

(Nani Chacon painted the mural)

 VENDORS

These are the other vendors that shared the parking lot during the August ABQ ART WALK at the B Ruppe/Secret Gallery:

Sonar/Lost in Time by Dave Danzara

Cordova Ink

All Chola

Trevor Pope

Overland Skateboard Company

Fresh Squeezed Lemonade

THANK YOU

A big THANK YOU to Gabe Gallegos and Jaqueline for organizing the Albuquerque ART WALK and letting us participate:

Jaqueline, Gabe Gallegos of the ABQ ART WALK,

and Manuel Guerra of HORNED TOAD PRINTS

Previous downtown ABQ ART WALKS:

• June
• May Part 1
• May Part 2
• April
• March
• February
• January
• 2020

SANTA FE

August 7, 2021

The next day, August 7, 2021, we TORTILLA PRESS Printed on the streets of Santa Fe in front of HECHO A MANO gallery at the top of Canyon Road:

TORTILLA PRESS Printing

in Santa Fe the next day

SHOCK

Manuel Guerra of Horned Toad Prints of El Paso discovers a horned toad paste-up print in downtown Albuquerque by cosmic_desertart.

Horned Toad Prints of El Paso

meets cosmic_desertart of Albuquerque

We kept busy printing in Barelas at the B Ruppe/Secret Gallery.  However I heard that Central Avenue was packed for the August downtown ABQ ART WALK.

EL PASO

Meanwhile in El Paso Francisco Delgado (also of Horned Toad Prints) had an opening of his paintings at the Casa Ortiz gallery.

Francisco Delgado's exhibition

at Casa Ortiz Gallery in El Paso

El Paso meets Albuquerque

EEEEEEEEE!