BOUQUET

 

I made this print for someone who was looking for a personal wedding gift to give to her newly married friends. She had read the poem, Bouquet by Bei Dao, at their wedding, and wanted to commemorate the sentiment. She had asked me to design the the layout of the text to look sort of woodcut and loose, but because the poem is so long and reads in a way that encourages visuals within each line, I thought it  better to individualize each line in an immediate way that set each apart, setting the type cleanly and varying size. The poem was screenprinted in 3 different colors and paper types, leaving her with a decision to make!

Otis MFA Graphic Design Thesis Books

Hazel Mandujano

Edward Puckett

Maya Shin

Diane O'Rourke

Sarmishta Pantham

The stack of grads' books with a "belly band" made of collagd printing elements

Otis's very first MFA Graphic Design class graduated this Summer!  The talented group of 7 gave away these books at their thesis show to advertise the work they had done in the program. They had asked me to print the screenprinted portions of the books in Cyan and black on chip board. Great work everyone, Congratulations!!!

Insert Press Prints--CREDIT

Insert Press' Mathew Timmons asked me to make these editions of prints that relate to his book CREDIT, published in Fall 2009.  The prints are an addition to Matt's most current project, CREDIT: Installation at Los Angeles Contemporary Exhibitions (LACE), from August 5-26.  These prints and the Parrot series, mentioned throughout this blog are available through Insert Press.

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Edition of 21 prints
15" x 11.5"
On Stonehenge gray rag paper
Made from all of the "page turners" in the book CREDIT

$$$ Cotton Candy

$$$ The Color of Money

Both are editions of 20 prints
2 colors each
22" x 15"
On Stonehenge Gray rag paper
Made from all of the dollar and cents signs found in the book CREDIT

Starbursts--at LACE

Emily Joyce participated in Hollywood MerchmART at Los Angeles Contemporary Exhibitions to kick off the Summer! The show, curated by Emma Gray, transformed LACE’s storefront space into an artist-created souvenir shop with price points between $1-$200! Check it out if you get the chance, it'll be up all Summer! A deal is so much sweeter in the Summer.
Here you can see our first official edition printed together, variable edition that is. 25 different 20" x 20" posters in 5 colors of paper and 6 colors of ink. Aren't they fun?!

Summer Titone's Summer 2010

Summer asked me to print the artwork of her friend, Alex, onto clothing she has designed and sewn for her newest Summer clothing line. I had to simplify the paintings to be translated into screenprints, but I think they still carry the essence of the original artwork pretty well. The clothes was featured at a show at New Puppy Gallery in LA, this July. Her website is summertitone.com, and her clothes can also be purchased through Etsy. Have a look!

EJ

New print with Emily Joyce