a few things I am really tickled about this weekend:
1. just received my lines & shapes subscription (with the first three volumes), providing not only ample reading material, but hopefully a spur for 47!
2. lena corwin (a creator and contributor of lines and shapes) also just put out a book printing by hand. I am [...]
I now officially have an RIK-built “chipped” macro lens on my digital camera and my ttv experiment is progressing. Except for the burlap beach bag fragments that added a little extra weather to these shots, I am pretty excited at the results in bright sunshine. Next step is to build the box (which should help [...]
In celebration of over 333+ posts and over two years of comeraderie, it is time for the next phase of the 47th… To start a magazine! John and I are putting together a project involving: accordion folds, paper cut-outs, secret formulas, and brilliant submissions from YOU! HURRAH! I am including the submissions letter and some [...]
a project from a few months ago, featuring the 47th silkscreen station!
aaron and steven at work on a high concept run of shirts for aaron’s band, the libyans. a modified set of 50 shirts in a two color screening process: aaron ripped out the finished sleeve and shirt hems, first white, then coffee dye (mixed [...]
As I am prone to inventing the “time intensive” paper projects (the swing cards for sweet, punching eyelets in a parked car in southie at 7AM; bachelorette collateral, etc.), our wedding invitations were clearly an opportunity to get wildly overzealous in production. Besides, if aiming for about 50 people max, it only meant the labour [...]
bookmark 02 continues with the graham greene trend, except in a new city. follow the clues below to find out what book (and, based on recent travels, where), and what the marker is going to read next!
I get very excited about dots. Particularly when they could have a use as textile patterns for A-line mini-dresses in a hit video game that all the kids love. But, that is secondary, of course to just being gruntled by the dots.
fervent spring is making my “research” a bit slapdash, but a nice cushion of time makes for lots to look at (plus, studio mates make good recommendations)! hence, in no particular order:
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looking at the plethora of zines at Quimby’s, it was [...]
You pitchfork readers probably are all in the know about this, but I just recently discovered it (thanks to Steven’s casual mention…) and love the concept. The Black Cab Sessions is a video project in the back of London cabs, music performances recorded by gig promoters Hidden Fruit make for an experience that [...]
When I saw these pictures of the vinyl wall graphics at the new supercool store GRAND in Union Square, I decided that I needed to try it. But how to do it? I helped apply the vinyl address to our building’s front door, but somehow that seems a whole lot less complex than creating a wall sized [...]