Archive for the ‘Art’ Category

PechaKucha Night

Thursday, January 28th, 2010

I will be presenting on letterpress, design, posters, etc. for Eugene’s second PechaKucha Night. What is that, you say? From the website:

PechaKucha Night was devised in Tokyo in February 2003 as an event for young designers to meet, network, and show their work in public.
It has turned into a massive celebration, with events happening in hundreds of cities around the world, inspiring creatives worldwide. Drawing its name from the Japanese term for the sound of “chit chat”, it rests on a presentation format that is based on a simple idea: 20 images x 20 seconds. It’s a format that makes presentations concise, and keeps things moving at a rapid pace.

Interested? Come to Davis’ Restaurant (Broadway & Olive, Eugene) February 4, 2010, 7 PM, small donation.

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Friday, December 11th, 2009

I designed a poster this week for a new year’s eve concert. Which just happens to feature the awesome band I play in, Samba Já. Don’t forget about the Beat Crunchers. Like, a totally rad dance party on, like, new year’s eve, y’all.

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That’s Carmen Miranda in the background. Speaking of which, please view this fabulous Chiquita banana advertisement from the 1940s.

Happy birthday, Mr. Vonnegut

Wednesday, November 11th, 2009

Good ol’ 11/11. Armistice Day. Spiritual enlightenment. Kurt Vonnegut’s birthday (God rest his soul :-) )

In honor of him, I am posting a design I created for his novel, Slaughterhouse-Five. Just for fun. I think I made this about a month before he died.

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And here is one of my favorite books! It’s a play script. (No, I didn’t make the cover)

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Thursday, October 15th, 2009

Lately I have been cutting up old maps and gluing them to little pieces of board. I love how the maps become disconnected, and they are reduced to a composition, which appears organic, as it is regulated by the land, but is all human-made. We got Texas, Portland and Oregon so far. Did I mention they are for sale?! Go to my Etsy shop: http://freebananas.etsy.com. Like whoa, dude.

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Where am I?

Thursday, September 17th, 2009

Folks, you know, it looks like summer has moved on along, and I ask myself, “Where have I been?”

I do not know. All I know is that my two good music buddies, Matt and Jake, moved out of state, Free Bananas is bewildered, and I cooked up some thick-ass beercheese soup. What a summer!

I made t-shirts:

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I built a fabulous bicycle–a refurbished 1980s Schwinn LeTour–named Nematoad, or Neemy, for short.

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P.S. Free Bananas is playing a show at the Oak St. Speakeasy with the Whiskey Spots on October 3, 2009. Word to yo motha.

update

Friday, April 24th, 2009

short update:

all my Hatch Show Print posters are up on my WEBSITE.

More to come…

so much to say

Sunday, April 19th, 2009

Alright kids, my work here is done. And now what do I do? I am stuck in a cafe because it is pouring down rain. A man next to me says to two nice women, “I will cut your ear off.” For the next week I will eat a lot and ride my bike.

Friday I attended the world premiere of the documentary film, William Shatner’s Gonzo Ballet, which is about the making of a ballet set to Shatner’s record, Has Been. This was at the Nashville Film Festival, to which I received free passes. The movie was just OK, but Mr. Shatner was there, along with Ben Folds and a slew of other celebrities. Very strange.

Yesterday, I was in Chattanooga, TN, for an Avett Brothers concert. Very good, very good. However, before the show, Kate and I went to a pizza place to get some slices. We waited in line for half an hour. Then waited at our table for 45 minutes to get three slices of pizza. So, we decided to slip vodka into our water glasses.

Apparently, Kate and I are now models. See for yourself HERE. Story goes: we were out on the artwalk in March, dressed up very nice, and a photographer, Sheri O’Neal, approached us asking if she could photograph us. So it goes. (there are three photos up on her site there. they were all shot in my house)

Speaking of photos: go HERE for a large collection of photos of Hatch and such.

This post is long and rambling… Congratulations to my good friend Heather Petersen for her acceptance to the graduate theatre program at Ohio University. A full ride scholarship! Cheers!

That same man next to me is now praying with these two woman. A spiritual revival is occurring.

Now I will share with you my recent and final Hatch posters. A show in the Nashville Cats series at the Country Music Hall of Fame. Wayne Moss
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A commemorative poster for the Hamilton Wood Type and Printing Museum’s 10th anniversary. Hamilton is the type foundry that made much of Hatch Show Print’s collection over the past 130 years.
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A silly poster to warn the kids not to put their faces in Huey’s face.
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This was typeset by Mr. Jim, but I got to print it on my last day. It is inked by hand on the press. A gift for Simon (which is not the Simon as I first thought) for his work with American Idol when it came to the Grand Ole Opry.
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Thanks, kids. More misadventures to come.