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12/23/09 Winter Letterpress Prints
It's been a busy fall and winter, here are a few prints I've been cranking out. Stay warm! see more
10/27/09 Wolf in Sheep's Clothing
I love making small precious things. Here is a drawing of a wolf in sheep's clothing, inspired by halloween and fall that has begun shedding it's leaves around me. beware of wolves
10/22/09 Book City Jackets
Book City Jackets is a small company in Brooklyn making updated versions of the classic paper bag book cover. I am excited to be involved in their second series of artist editions see details
7/29/09 365 envelopes
Every second of a budding relationship feels like a tiny moment of greatness. I wanted to capture that feeling, to bring a daily pop of joy to my newly married friends, Erik & Dana. Inspired by vintage slide and specimen containers, this box contains 365 tiny hand made envelopes, each containing a note about love, excitement, or adventure. see details
7/22/09 Anthropologie
At about a week shy from one year working for Anthropologie, I decided to gather a handful of pieces I've worked on; type treatments, illustration specimens, emails, and more. enjoy a taste
7/07/09 Summertime show time!
Summer has finally arrived and that means poster making and show going. Here is a pair of recent show posters I made read and see more
5/22/09 Sketchbook
There is a pile of drawings on my desk I've been meaning to put together into something. Here are a few that were done for various incomplete projects at work. I miss keeping a sketchbook! These days it's mostly just loose paper. page through the drawings
4/30/09 Eat your vegetables!
Spring drawings of vegetables inspired by vintage seed packets! For a future collaboration with a local nursery. Details on that as it comes. lots more of these
1/08/09 Polaroid Show! 200 Polaroids!
My friend Charlie and I are having a show at B2 in South Philly, showing the best 100 of our Polaroid collections. 200! We made a small book that will be available for purchase at the opening. There are only 30 of these books that exist, so once they are gone, they are gone forever! Here is the show info. Hope to see you there. In the meantime see some of the images
12/26/08 Holiday
My holiday card this year broke the usual tradition of a two color silkscreen. Instead I set out on a more laborious handmade card than ever before, including die-cuts, grommets, rounded corners and a unique hand drawn bird inside of each card. see details
A compulsive drawing of roses converted into a letterpress print. see details
12/10/08 Zines
I've been really into making one-off handmade zines lately. Here is another one, an end of the year zine called Pinky Swear full of promises and promises not to make promises. see the rest
On a warm winter Wednesday I made a tiny zine for a friend see a bit more
11/06/08 November.
In homage to all the cups of coffee that have carried me through the past few months, here is a letterpress wood type poster, each specially stained with a ring of coffee see details
Earlier this year my friends in Off Minor asked me to design their new album. All the illustrations and all the type (thanks Kevin for his dedication to making this happen) is cut paper see details
9/16/08 FALL UPDATE! I am still alive.
A collage zine, made for a friend, one of a kind see the spreads
The start of a series that was abandoned a while ago. I dug these up recently and thought I should share them. These images are two portraits of friends of mine on amusement park rides that best suit their personality. Maybe one day I will do some more, it was a lot of fun see details
5/13/08 Winter in Summer! Philadelphia reached 45 degrees yesterday.
Images and pieces from my recent opening, Victorious Unknown at Top Stitch Boutique. see details
Letterpress wood type broadside! Inspired by the words and music of my good friends Paint It Black. Get to know them if you don't already see the print
Yet another letterpress wood type broadside! Big wood type! Insane fun! see details
Graphic letterpress print created for the slackers of the world...united take over see details
4/28/08 Art Opening at Top Stitch!My first Philadelphia opening is here at last! The work is a combination of some new and old...drawings from the Sophisticated Pigeon series and then a set of handmade horse show ribbons which I will post on here soon. Inspired by my horse-filled past and found photographs from the 1930s through the 1960s, the horse show ribbons celebrate forgotten and discarded moments. The show is at the Top Stitch boutique in old city 311 Market Street (2nd floor), Philadelphia first Friday May 2nd starting at 6 pm. The show will remain up for the rest of the month. I hope to see you there!
3/9/08 It's nearly spring!
Dreaming and hoping for warmer weather, I have been missing New York. This is a broadside I printed at Uarts in homage to those great summer bike rides back in Brookyn. see details
Rejouissance are awesome dudes and an amazing band from Brooklyn who asked me to do some art for them. see the posters
1/17/07 Winter
After gathering a few key images from 2007, I made a fold out poster to display them. This was made in very small quantities as a thank you to friends that were there for the year, which was a big one for change see more
For the swooning, here is a letterpress heart print I did at Uarts in the fall see more
This year's holiday card is again an edition of 50 two color silkscreen cards. The drawing was initially a doodle on a post-it note at work, which has now made it all the way from Brooklyn to Melbourne via friend's mailboxes see more
11/24/07 Fall update!
This is a letterpress print of a quote from one of the greatest books of all time, Watership Down. It is combined lead type and an old etching I made into a polymer plate illustration printed with a vandercook press. I'll have a few of these as well as other prints from my latest editions for sale soon, eventually up here but for now either write to me or see me at the ABC No Rio Benefit Art Sale in the L.E.S. in New York December 8th or the Punk Rock Flea Market in Philly December 16th at the Starlight Ballroom, 10 am to 5pm see the rabbits
I recently took a letterpress course at the University of the Arts in Philly. It was incredibly exciting to handle lead type and I enjoyed the meticulous and historic practice of this art. This is a Sugar skull print from a polymer plate, printed on a vandercook press. see the rest
The first print from the Uarts letterpress class set in 30 pt Caslon Roman lead type with three 36 point ornaments see details...
New collages made with a continued love for rural decay layered in these two portraits. There are a few others see more...
A collection of headstone photos from wandering early colonial graveyards in Boston. see details...
A small fold out poster, handpainted on patterned paper. see details...
More cut paper see more