here's a glimpse of my new book that i posted about the other day. it's a combination of woodcut, stamps, and brushwork, handprinted on hosho paper. the red is sewing thread, and i also used it to bind the book (see cover view).
i would post more, but i'm not happy with the scans i got today, so the rest is coming as soon as i get some photos or scans i'm happy with. i can't wait to share the rest with you!
i finished all my work for the semester on tuesday, and i've definitely been taking advantage of it! this morning (and last night, and yesterday afternoon) i helped chris with his final for his design science class. we were working with PVC, cutting and bending and smashing-- it was quite the project. after a shower and a quick lunch of rice and beans (i miss my church in nicaragua so much!), i went to work at the computer lab, which translates to spending 6 hours straight goofing off on the internet. then a meeting, then battlestar galactica (my friends and i got hooked over these past 6 wks), and a third of bill and ted's excellent adventure. no art, no craft. weird. i picked up my final project for my printmaking class today, so pictures to come soon!! i'm really excited about it.
so, alas, all i have to share is some old work. i've decided to show off some pencil drawings i did two summers ago when i was 17. credit for the photos i used as reference goes to david dobson.
i am a huge fan of using unconventional materials in the illustration field (and fine art/design fields in general). so in my illustration concepts class, where we are generally let loose as far as materials go, i tend to go a little crazy. here's an illustration i did for the story "chicken little":
this is appliqué and embroidery with fabric scraps and tracing paper on linen.
in a similar vein, and with a cool mixed media approach, is caroline hwang. she does sweet combinations of fabric and stitching and paint and paper. below is my favorite:
i work in a computer lab, and one day i found this stack of sweet ink-test-sheets from the color printer that someone threw out (i am constantly peeking into trash cans for treasures. hey, you never know!). they're great for cards and doodles.
magnets
and the moral of the story is... always look in trash cans...?
here's a project i did this september called "before the record" for my illustration class. the assignment was to illustrate a Guinness World Record holder in a moment of their early years that fortells their future accomplishment/obsession/extraordinary capacity for that later achievement. i chose michel lotito, record holder for the strangest diet, who can eat 2 lbs of metal a day.
this is acrylic paints on a sheet of metal with magnets of the characters and objects.
for the magnets, i painted on bristol and used a sheet of magnet with sticky backing.
Amazing.
Sigur Ros concert, Sept. 19, 2005. Boston Opera House.
Sigur Ros concert, Feb. 7th, 2006. Orpheum Theatre, Boston.
One of my heroes is Chris Sickels of Red Nose Studio. I did some work first semester for my Illustration Concepts class inspired by his work, and here's my favorite piece:
The assignment was called "Reading Lips," in which the event is conveyed indirectly by means of contextual clues, body language, and expression.
Three of my closest friends and I went to Boston for the Chinese New Year. Emma and I couldn't pass up this paper-littered puddle, so we both stood and took photos of it.