art + story
As part of my bookmaking class we made one page zines, which are great because they’re super simple, you just cut once in the middle. If you ever feel like making one you can collage, draw, and reproduce with a photocopier. I made this one thinking about different ways of communicating and connecting. The hand shapes spell ‘friend’ in American Sign Language. It’s free for you to print and fold yourself!
I’ve started a continuing ed class at Emily Carr all about the basics of bookmaking. Our first assignment was a one page, one cut ‘zine, and in our second class we made a 4 punch book with Japanese calligraphy paper. I’m pretty in love with this class, and have a feeling that once it’s over I’ll be incorporating bookmaking into my art making practice.
This is the artwork I made for Vancouver band, Man Your Horse‘s new release “Marrel Of Bonkeys.” Below are some other options that didn’t quite make the cut. I was super into splatters and crazy colour combinations throughout this process.
This January I was lucky to be part of the “January Blues” show at the Burnaby Art Council’s Deer Lake Gallery. The show ran from Jan 11 to Feb 3rd, and featured blue artwork from lots of artists. Also, there was blues music at the opening, which was a great idea.
Last night was the opening of the AVA group‘s Nosh show, in which I lucky enough to be invited to participate as a guest artist. The idea was that every artist offered a visual interpretation of their favourite recipes, which were then compiled into a cookbook. My piece was about split pea soup, a yummy Fall/ Winter vegetarian comfort food. The coolest part was probably seeing how so many different artists interpreted a theme. Artwork can be seen at Adeline Cafe (952 Commercial Drive) until Dec 15th. Every piece of original artwork is $100, cookbooks are $15, with proceeds going to AVA.
So I’ve gone on a little hiatus after going back to work, but have finally gotten on the ball and started scanning again. These pieces are from my summer project, which is untitled right now, but has something to do with the dualities inside of us. More to come soon.
This is a set of illustrations I’ve been working on over the summer (with watercolors and a Micron 005 pen), though I’m not quite finished yet. The focus of these drawings/ paintings is on the capacity we all have to contain multiple, often contradictory and opposing selves. I think that these lights and shadows within us compete and relate to one another to compose who we are. Partly, I’ve been inspired by Jung’s ideas about archetypes, and the idea that we all have in common certain symbols, fears and desires.
Here is another pair of pieces thinking about our opposites. This set touches on the idea of alone-ness vs. being part of a shared collective history.
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