What better way to celebrate Wu-Tang’s 20 year anniversary than with the release of Wu-Sciples, a ten color print celebrating one of the rawest groups in music. This print has been a long time in the making for us at Two Rabbits. When we had the idea we knew only one person could illustrate it right, Adam Hathorn aka Honkey Kong. We were already major fans of Adams work. He has illustrated jobs for us, been a great host when we were in San Diego and he is one of the best tattoo artist we know. Adam is also Wu obsessed, like us. With that said here is Adam in his own words…

“So far as my memory takes me, my introduction to Wu Tang was when 36 chambers was released in 93. I had to wikipedia that, my memory is not that good. My friend Strobe Beats played me “Wu-Tang Clan Ain’t Nuthing ta Fuck Wit” on a walk man, or some shit, in the cafeteria. The beat made me wanna punch people, much like the hard core and punk rock music that I was listening to at the time. I immediately got a copy, and it was on constant rotation. That was what got me back into hip hop music. Previously I was listening to alot of Public Enemy and alot of the native tongue stuff, Tribe Called Quest, LONS, De La etc. After that hip hop was getting boring. I was young and turned to hard core music, especially in Boston where it thrived at that time. When Wu came with that raw sound with production that was stripped down and unpolished, it was an easy step back in. Wu Tang has been a huge part of music in my life since. I’m sure there’s been few days since that have passed without me hearing Wu in some form. I tattoo all day, or draw all day, so there’s some form of music always playing, and there’s plenty on shuffle.

I was lucky enough to be asked by the guys at Two Rabbits Studios to create the “Wu-sciples” print. Their idea was solid out ofthe gate. Wu Tang last supper with Big Baby Jesus front and center. I said sign me up. The illustration took a bit to do since they’re artist deep, but nonetheless a fun project. Thanks for choosing me to do this print, see you Saturday for the show….. Wu Tang is FOREVER!” -Adam Hathorn

Wu-Sciples Art Print
Edition size 200
18″x24″
100c Old Green Speckltone by French Paper
10 Colors (white, silver, light brown, medium brown, dark brown, dark red, gold, yellow, orange, black)

Wu-Sciples Rock Poster
Edition size 23
18″x24″
100c Old Green Speckltone by French Paper
10 Colors (white, silver, light brown, medium brown, dark brown, dark red, gold, yellow, orange, black)

The print is going on sale Monday January 30th at noon PST.
http://tworabbits.bigcartel.com/product/wu-sciples

Click below to see process photos…


1st layer is white. Screen is locked and loaded.

We thought the white was going to be one of the hardest layers to print because of the large ink are, but it went pretty smooth.

Silver layer.

Silver was a good base for some overlapping in the next layers. We believe in as much bling as possible.

Light brown was 3rd. The browns proved the hardest to mix. Getting the right shade took a while.

Here is Jerry printing the light brown.

Medium brown is layer 4.

Layer 5 the last of the browns.

Layer 6 dark red.

Racking the prints.

We wanted a really rich deep dark red.

Layer 8 Gold. Only Old Dirty himself gets the gold robe.

It wouldn’t be a Wu print without that yellow. Layer 8.

Here is Amy printing the yellow.

Layer 9 orange adding all the little highlights.

Layer 10 black key line.

Bringing it all together with layer 10.

More detail shots.

Black layer drying.

“Two rabbits printing Honkey Kong is already no joke but it got real real serious when the two come together for the Wu inspired ‘Gods at the last supper’! -Isaiah The Toothtaker

“And on the 36th day, Big Baby Jesus made this joint.” – David Flores ATC

Hardworking, underrated, always smilin’, quick learning, corner hustlin’, print machines. That’s the first thing that comes to mind when I think of 2rabbits. I’ve known the Rabbits for a little over 3 years now and I’ve been able to witness their growth as artists, entrepreneurs and most importantly friends. Bob and Mike are all too aware of the things that come with the pressures of running a collective: the ups and downs, the give and take, the love and hate.

What I have witnessed develop out of these elements are two amazing bodies of work: Unique Variants (exhibited in November 2011) and Buy Product (opening Thursday Jan 12, 2012 at Crewest Gallery). Both shows feature similar work where upon first glance you can’t help but recognize the choice color pallet, layers of minimalism and a ton of resin. The pieces are more reminiscent of the art born out of 1960s/1970′s Southern California surf/art scene rather than what you would expect from “rock poster artists”. However as the pieces drew me in, the panels never grew tiresome. My eyes were lead in a game of tag across strips of screen printed images, compounding to make a seem less flow of visual stimulation created from endless amounts of typography, illustrations, texture and color. Only one word needs to be said about this show. Refreshing…

Show opens Thursday January 12th, 2012
Crewest Gallery
110 Winston Street Los Angeles, CA 90013

Holiday season is HERE! like right now!!

And just when you thought all hope was lost in your last minute search for gifts, RCF LA is there to help! Like a nimble elf from Santa’s workshop. Over 200 of the finest crafters, makers, artists, and entrepreneurs that SO-CAL has to offer. Come down and enjoy some Holiday cheer and some sweet products. We have a lot of new stuff, and some special discounts. See you there!

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Right before our show on the 18th, one of our favorite shutter bugs (who “interned” for a hot second a while back) came by our studio for a visit.Los Ojos de Muerte has been getting deep into the LA art scene, both with his friendly nature and his camera lens! OOH! naughty… He came round on behalf of The Site Unscene, to see what we had in the works. We had a blast hanging out while we put some finishing touches on our pieces. Here are a selection of shots we liked the most. More can be found on the Flickr page.

ALL PHOTOS BY LOS OJOS DE MUERTE © 2011

11.5”x17” Two colors. Short, sweet, and simple.

BUY ONE HERE!

Amon Tobin brought his signature sound through the LA area recently. We did this lil’ number for his LA and Pomona shows. Now it and some fancy new prints are vailable in our STORE. Just 3 colors! Cyan, Magenta, and yippee yellow on 100lb White cover stock.
24” x 8.75”

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If you happen to be in DTLA this weekend, come by the brewery. They are having their annual “Art Walk” and we will be showing off some NEW fine art pieces and a selection of prints. Also our brothers at CB will be showcasing new release and debuting their new micro brew!!