there's a moon in the sky (enlarge)
3 color limited edition screenprint by michael wertz for the songs in reverse show. printed on acid-free rives bfk at inky oxnard studio in oakland. more about these prints here and here.
size: 12.5 x 18.5. paper size 22 x 30.
price: $100
haiti poster (enlarge)
this poster was created for the haiti poster project. the proceeds from sales of this poster will go directly to doctors without borders. printing: bloom press.
size: 18 x 24
price: $25 (prices rise as posters sell)
the beast (see full image)
a hand done three color print that was done as a sketch for the much larger steamroller print i did for the sfcb. a portrait of our beast, miss olive. produced @ cabrillo college, santa cruz.
size: 11 x 15.5 (image is 8.5" square)
price: $15
zoodiac book (enlarge)
by michael wertz and carolee wheeler. 12 hand made silkscreened and letterpressed pages illustrate the signs of the chinese zodiac. delicious! see info and photos here & here.
size: 9.25 x 5.5
price: sold out
super furry animals print set (enlarge)
two gocco prints of groovy sneaks by michael wertz, two gocco prints of furry creatures by dave warnke to commemorate the super furry animals art show. shoes & critters. neet.
size: 6.5 x 4.5
price: $25
2008 campout poster (enlarge)
two-color hand pulled screen print for 2008 campout festival in pioneertown, california. roy rogers has discovered his third eye, and the eye spies a joshua tree.
size: 13 x 19
price: $15
jonathan segel's 'honey' (enlarge)
hand silk-screened cover on recycled cardboard. 12 guitar-heavy pop gems! jonathan and i made these in the basement.
size: cd fits perfectly in cd player
price: $15
little fuzzy poster (enlarge)
silkscreened poster created for the sf icon conference. glows under blacklight. dag! this was a fun party.
size: 13 x 20
price: $10
do you really want to hurt me? (enlarge)
3 color limited edition screenprint collaboration by michael wertz and jim winters for the songs in reverse show. printed on acid-free rives bfk. more about these prints here and here.
size: 18.5 x 12.5. paper size 22 x 30.
price: $100
monks of doom poster (enlarge)
monks of doom are a CVB side project who speak in secret metallic languages and poke your brain. this poster commemorates one of their reunion shows in 2009.
size: 18 x 24
price: $25
2010 flowers calendar (enlarge)
12 months of flowers by yours truly. we're excited about these. design: julie wertz. printing: lee wood press. see a preview here. that's the snow beast on the cover.
size: 6.5 x 19 (opened)
price: $5 each (so cheap!)
a curious collection of cats (enlarge)
my first picture book! concrete poems by betsy franco, illustrations by yours truly. 40 pages of cats and poetry to share & discuss. preview all the images here.
size: 8 x 10
price: $17 or so
cvb popular songs cd (enlarge)
illustration and package design by wertz. includes an 8-page interior booklet and 18 of your favorite camper ditties. you can listen to the whole album right here.
size: 5.5 x 5
price: go on! you can afford one!
big city orchestrae poster (see full image)
a hand done screen printed poster to commemorate the thirtieth anniversary of the legendary bXg cXty XrchXstrX. two colors on yellow paper. buy ubkitteh shirts here!
size: 8 x 17
price: $20
love is blue print set (enlarge)
a set of three colorful gocco prints of nekkid or nearly nekkid mens. not for kids. based on old physique pictorial magazines.
size: 5 x 8.25
price: $20
chinese new year t-shirts (enlarge)
all 12 chinese zodiac signs are represented on bright yellow tshirts for fellas, gals, and kids. originially created for the sf chronicle.
sizes: small, medium, large, x-large
price: $20 or so
the man that i am (enlarge)
3 color limited edition screenprint by jim winters for the songs in reverse show. printed on acid-free rives bfk at inky oxnard studio in oakland. more about these prints here and here.
size: 12.5 x 18.5. paper size 22 x 30.
price: $100
cvb & cracker apothecary tour (enlarge)
2 color screen print for the cvb & cracker east coast materia medica extravaganza. what is an apothecary? a fair question, and one that i have often pondered myself.
size: 18 x 24
price: $25
2009 cracker/cvb poster (enlarge)
2 color screen print for the annual end-of-year shows by cracker and camper van beethoven in california. inspired by ben shahn. 100 flower power maximum.
size: 18 x 24
price: $25
trick or treat! (enlarge)
2 color hand-pulled screen print on a lovely goldenrod paper. a poster for an amazing neighborhood spook show. grim grinning ghosts come out to socialize!
size: 13 x 18
price: $20
2009 campout poster (enlarge)
a hand done three color screen printed poster for this year's campout festival in fabulous pioneertown, california. do you have spurs that jingle jangle jingle? then you need this.
size: 10 x 22 (image is 8 x 19)
price: $15
2008 cracker/cvb poster (enlarge)
hand pulled three-color screen print. this is a strictly limited edition of 150 posters, signed and numbered on acid-free rives bfk paper. see a movie of these getting printed.
size: 15 x 17
price: $25
twisty (enlarge)
based on peggy moffitt, model for rudi gernreich. originally shown @ national product, san francisco.
size: 11 x 17
price: $20
fescue me #1 (enlarge)
hand made book by michael wertz and anne maria hardeman. silkscreened cover, sachet from am's garden sewed in the middle.
sizes: 5 x 5 square (varies)
price: $10