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I Created Matchboxes Featuring Different Dog Breeds With Complicated Human Personalities
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I Created Matchboxes Featuring Different Dog Breeds With Complicated Human Personalities

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Following the success of last year’s popular “Strike Your Fancy” matchboxes featuring cats drinking at the bar, I have released a follow-up set, this time with dogs! They aren’t getting drunk like their feline counterparts, but they do poke fun at the complicated personalities of us humans.

These matchboxes are printed by hand in my home studio using a custom-made registration jig. Each color is printed with oil-based intaglio ink using the unique woodblock printing process, which is illustrated in the video below. They even come with tiny certificates of authenticity that rest inside the matchbox tray!

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    Ravi Zupa

    Ravi Zupa

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    I consider books the best way to experience art. I've spent decades studying books about the art, mythology, religion and history of cultures from across geography and time. Entirely self-taught, I look to works by German Renaissance printmakers, Flemish primitives, abstract expressionists, Japanese woodblock artists, and Mughal painters for inspiration. I also frequently incorporate religious iconography from Europe, Asia, and Pre-Columbian Latin America with revolutionary propaganda from around the world. With a distaste for ironic art or the thoughtless appropriation of culture, I integrate seemingly unrelated images in search of something universal. I do not create any of my art digitally; everything comes from my own hand.

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    Ravi Zupa

    Ravi Zupa

    Author, Community member

    I consider books the best way to experience art. I've spent decades studying books about the art, mythology, religion and history of cultures from across geography and time. Entirely self-taught, I look to works by German Renaissance printmakers, Flemish primitives, abstract expressionists, Japanese woodblock artists, and Mughal painters for inspiration. I also frequently incorporate religious iconography from Europe, Asia, and Pre-Columbian Latin America with revolutionary propaganda from around the world. With a distaste for ironic art or the thoughtless appropriation of culture, I integrate seemingly unrelated images in search of something universal. I do not create any of my art digitally; everything comes from my own hand.

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    SirPatTheCat
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    5 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    When you're a pug and no one ever gave you anything except for breathing issues and you just want them to feel sorry for you

    kristy sickles
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    5 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    These remind me of the matchboxes my grandpa used to have back in the early 80s! Very cool!

    Edgar Rops
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    5 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    For some reason I hear those captions in Stephen Fry's voice in my head...

    Galaxi Queen
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    5 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    These are dope! Are you going to make a pitbull one by chance?

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    5 years ago (edited) DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    There has been several requests for additional breeds. I'll add pitties to the list!

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    Linda Sellers
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    5 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    These were great! The French Bulldog is my favorite. "Don't tell me what to do" My sentiments exactly.

    Dorothy Parker
    Community Member
    5 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Love the various series of artworks by Ravi. Planning on ordering at least one of the earlier ones.

    Robin Lugo
    Community Member
    5 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Could you please make a greyhound one???? I have been dealing with greyhounds (and owning some) for 15+ years. Thank you

    Charlotte
    Community Member
    5 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Look, they're cute, but you must be from another planet if you think I'm paying $20 (!) for a box of matches. That doesn't even include shipping, and matches aren't included in orders outside the US.

    SirPatTheCat
    Community Member
    5 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    When you're a pug and no one ever gave you anything except for breathing issues and you just want them to feel sorry for you

    kristy sickles
    Community Member
    5 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    These remind me of the matchboxes my grandpa used to have back in the early 80s! Very cool!

    Edgar Rops
    Community Member
    5 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    For some reason I hear those captions in Stephen Fry's voice in my head...

    Galaxi Queen
    Community Member
    5 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    These are dope! Are you going to make a pitbull one by chance?

    Community Member
    5 years ago (edited) DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    There has been several requests for additional breeds. I'll add pitties to the list!

    Load More Replies...
    Linda Sellers
    Community Member
    5 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    These were great! The French Bulldog is my favorite. "Don't tell me what to do" My sentiments exactly.

    Dorothy Parker
    Community Member
    5 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Love the various series of artworks by Ravi. Planning on ordering at least one of the earlier ones.

    Robin Lugo
    Community Member
    5 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Could you please make a greyhound one???? I have been dealing with greyhounds (and owning some) for 15+ years. Thank you

    Charlotte
    Community Member
    5 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Look, they're cute, but you must be from another planet if you think I'm paying $20 (!) for a box of matches. That doesn't even include shipping, and matches aren't included in orders outside the US.

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