Conceptually Oriented, Practically Confused
I’ll be honest. I have an ongoing love-affair with type. It doesn’t matter if it is digital, on a photopolymer plate, or cast metal… I love typography.
My friend and studio-mate Christopher dela Pole and I have been investing heavily in letterpress technology lately. We’ve both got the itch to make some new, dare I say, amazing text art projects in the very near future. One of our Ebay treasures has arrived today: this beautiful 72pt Sans Serif font. I can’t wait to get some ink on these…
Josef Albers. Shielded from Homage to the Square: Ten Works by Josef Albers. 1962
I am searching for inspiration this morning. Luckily, I didn’t have to look too far. Checkout this brief video about printmaker Karen Kunc’s work. I was exceptionally lucky to be an undergrad at the University of Nebraska and to be given the opportunity to both take classes with her and study abroad under her guidance. Her work is amazing and I have one of her small intaglio prints from my archives on display in my home. She has definitely influenced me – from my love of “printedness” to the way I see and understand the spatial properties of my surroundings.
Karen Kunc Print
Is a fantastic printmaker that I had the pleasure of working near while completing my BFA at the University of Nebraska. Check it.
From Ex - Posed © ASBJØRN HOLLERUD
One of the great things about the post-MFA world is watching how far all of my colleagues have been able to travel in the last year. Printmaker, photographer, and friend David Stordahl has been living and working in Norway since January. Through him I have been introduced to the outstanding work of Asbjørn Hollerud. His portfolio site can be viewed HERE. Details »
Actually Evening in Brooklyn... But Today Feels This Good
All mornings are not created equal. This morning in particular has been exceptionally sublime… for reasons that usually go unnoticed. Listening to someone take a shower… putting the perfect amount of butter on a slice of baguette. These are the things that are outweighing all the stress, chaos, and financial burdens that have been pulling me under. On this fine, sunny Friday, I woke up, showered (ignoring my newly bald head) and decided to linger around Curtis’ place for breakfast. Absolutely perfect.
To make things even better, my first email of the day was a message informing me my friend and colleague Eireann had blogged about my work and linked to my Etsy store. Eireann is an incredibly talented visual artist, poet, writer, printmaker, and conversation partner. I remember sitting on the curb outside of the art building @ the U of M during my first weeks of grad school with her. I had just finished my first “real” critique with a faculty member and was completely thrashed… Eireann and I started discussing what makes art a place for possibility, not just a place for production. Looking back, that conversation was one of the things that now offsets all my student loan debt (another being… running around the winding streets of Istanbul @ 1:00 AM with two German girls looking for lemon soda and vodkas).
Check out Eireann’s portfolio and site here: http://www.ohbara.com/
Her blog is also great! http://www.ohbara.com/weblog.html
