BEN CATMULL IS an Oakland artist who works in various combinations of ink, watercolor, and scratchboard. He is currently branching out into metal plate intaglio printmaking and combining handmade miniatures with filmmaking (no, not stop motion). His letterpress prints (including the moth image below) started as simple pen-and-ink drawings and were printed by Volta Press.
Ben’s published works are Ghosts and Ruins (2013) and Monster Parade (2006), both from Fantagraphics, and Paper Theater (2001, Xeric Grant). Physical copies of Monster Parade are sold out, but it can be read online here.
Panel from Monster Parade. Quill pen and watercolor on watercolor paper.
Panel from the Infinite Corpse project. Uniball ink on Claybord. More at: http://corpsey.trubble.club/
Intaglio print, drypoint on zinc.
Illustration from Ghosts and Ruins. Uniball ink on Claybord.
Illustration from Ghosts and Ruins. Uniball ink on Claybord.
Photo of miniature constructed from balsa wood with rear projection of clouds.
2-color letterpressed print (sepia/blind deboss), printed on Hahnemühle Copperplate paper.
Illustration from Ghosts and Ruins. Uniball ink on Claybord.
Illustration from Ghosts and Ruins. Uniball ink on Claybord.
You can also visit Ben on Tumblr.
