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HalftoneHen

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Illustration & Screen Print Studio · Kansas City, Missouri

Halftone Hen draws pictures and pulls prints by hand: posters, book covers, packaging, lettering and the occasional wall. Two colors at a time, mostly.

Drag the prints around. Keyboard: Tab to one, then arrow keys.
  • Illustration
  • Screen Prints
  • Lettering
  • Book Covers
  • Packaging
  • Murals
  • Workshops

Recent Work

  • A colorful print resting on an old printing pressPrint

    Summer Gig Series

    Three-color poster run

    See the Project →
  • An open sketchbook with ink flower studies and two pensBook

    The Pocket Herbarium

    Cover and 40 drawings

  • A screen-printing press with a bright yellow design on its screenPrint

    Yellow Hour

    One-color screen print

  • A shop wall hung floor to ceiling with prints above shelves of booksWall

    Shop Wall

    Floor-to-ceiling print wall

  • Torn colorful posters peeling back to show a black and white printed handLettering

    Hand Bill

    Hand-cut lettering

  • Illustrated postcards standing in white display racksPrint

    Postcard Club

    Twelve cards a year

  • A notebook filled with small sketches of pillowsBook

    Small Things Notebook

    Sketchbook facsimile

  • Layers of torn posters in red, pink and black on a wallWall

    Torn and Pasted

    Street-poster wall

  • A studio wall of small framed prints above a desk lamp and a monitorLettering

    Studio Corner

    Signs and lettering for a studio

  • An open sketchbook with an ink drawing of a berry sprigBook

    Berry Season

    Cookbook chapter openers

The Print Shop

Hand-pulled, signed, in small runs. This is a sample shop: prices are placeholders and nothing is charged.

  • A screen-printing press with a bright yellow design on its screen

    Yellow Hour

    2-color print

    Size for Yellow Hour

    [$00]

  • Torn colorful posters peeling back to show a black and white printed hand

    Hand Bill

    2-color print

    Size for Hand Bill

    [$00]

  • An open sketchbook with ink flower studies and two pens

    Herbarium No. 3

    2-color print

    Size for Herbarium No. 3

    [$00]

  • Illustrated postcards standing in white display racks

    Postcard Set

    3-color print

    Size for Postcard Set

    [$00]

How a Print Gets Made

Four steps, one color at a time.

  1. A sketchbook page of ink drawings held open with a bulldog clip
    1

    Sketch

    Every print starts as a pencil drawing, usually too many of them.

  2. A screen-printing press with a bright yellow design on its screen
    2

    Burn the Screen

    Each color gets its own screen, exposed to light like a photograph.

  3. Hands pulling a squeegee across a wooden screen on a print bench
    3

    Pull

    Ink goes down one color at a time, one sheet at a time, by hand.

  4. A studio wall of small framed prints above a desk lamp and a monitor
    4

    Dry and Sign

    Prints dry on the rack overnight, then get numbered and signed.

Got a Wild Idea?

Posters, covers, packaging, signs and walls. Tell us what it’s for and when it’s due.

hello@example.com