31 posts tagged “art”
A friend recently let me know about Skreened, a website that allows users to upload and print their own designs to tee shirts. I've opened up shop there, mostly for my own fun but also to allow other people to purchase my creations. My storefront can be found here.
Here is a photo of the print that I bought while I was in New York (it's about 8 inches square and is a two-color woodblock print):
Last weekend I went to New York City as part of a printmaking field trip. I went to the EAB Fair on Friday and the IFPDA Print Fair on Saturday, as well as a bunch of smaller galleries and openings. The Print Fair was amazing! THere were prints there by all sorts of printmakers, both extremely well-known (everyone from Andy Warhol and Sol Lewitt to Childe Hassam and Giovanni Piranesi) and up-and-coming.
My favorite exhibitor was probably the Verne Collection, which specializes in Japanese artists and artists of other nationalities living in Japan. Here are some of my favorite works I saw there (note that they are MUCH better in person):
We at MECA recently had a visit from a couple of printmakers calling themselves Drive By Press. They gave talks about the history of printmaking and of Drive By Press itself, and showed some of their massive print collection, much of it gathered while on the road making prints.
They also set up a printmaking press on Oak Street and printed their woodcuts on tee-shirts for the MECA crowd and whoever else happened to come by. Here are some photos of the operation:
I recently discovered a website called Spoonflower that lets its users create custom-printed fabric. It's fairly expensive ($18-$32/yard), but I ordered a few $5 test swatches and the quality of them is really fantastic. I'm thinking of making pillows and iPod cases from my designs. Here's a before and after of one of my test swatches:
I've just finished up the semester. My final Illustration project was done for an "Earth Day" theme. I chose to illustrate a deer-woman spirit. My teacher didn't think it fit the assignment well enough, but I don't really care. Here's the sketch (which I wound up liking better than the final colored piece):
Also, my previous post made the explore page, which was a great surprise! Thanks, Vox!
My latest project for 3D Fabrication involves over 100 lollipops set up in a row. The idea behind the project is that the colors do not match the flavors, so what we ordinarily expect is turned on its head. Here are some shots of the project:
Yellow = Blackberry
Orange = Licorice
Red = Spearmint
Green = Pineapple
Blue = Mango
Purple = Lime
We've spent most of the semester in my Graphic Design class working on one single piece (in a variety of different ways). That piece is an 8"x8" square containing the following text:
Here, at long last, are my final two layouts:
- Antonio Vivaldi
- The Four Seasons
- The Trial of Harmony and Invention
- Academy of Ancient Music
- Christopher Hogwood
- Concerto No. 1 in E Spring
- Concerto No. 2 in G Minor Summer
- Concerto No. 3 in F Autumn
- Concerto No. 4 in F Minor Winter
This week we've had local artists give talks and show works in two of my classes. Very exciting!
On Monday, Daniel Minter visited my Illustration class and showed us many of his prints and some of his paintings, as well as published work, and then did a short demonstration on printing carved rubber blocks. This is one of the works he showed:
My last print assignment was to create a piece for a show entitled "Undoing Racism," to be opening here at MECA in early April. Despite the specificity of the title, the show is meant to discuss all forms of inequality. I chose to focus on sexism, and wanted to create a work depicting a strong, iconic female figure.
Here's the result, a two-color silkscreen:
