Saturday, March 13, 2010

Weekend Edition








Did anyone hear this on Weekend Edition this morning??





And she paints!!!


Thursday, March 11, 2010

Thursday, March 4, 2010

Build your own press

There are a few resources around the internet for building your own relief printing press, should any of you be adventurous nough to try it. Here are a few:




Tuesday, March 2, 2010

Paintings or Prints?




Steve Keene is a New York based artist who paints in multiples. Instead of painting the image once and then over again, he paints many at the same time. Though it is the same painting, it is unique from all of those produced at the exact same time. Without a doubt they are "multiples," but are they also prints or paintings? Or both? Are they worth the $21 he charges for 5 "medium to small sized" ones? or maybe more, less?




Wednesday, February 24, 2010

Some More Inspiration



Stewart and Stewart is a publisher of screen prints based in Michigan. Here are some of their editions by Susan Crile.
Also - check out the prints of Randy Bolton, who was one of my professors. You'll understand...
Browse the whole site here.

Funny Money




Here's a link to the Wikipedia article about a peculiarly Canadian cultural icon, The Canadian Tire Money.

Sunday, February 21, 2010

Notes on money design

Hey folks,

Since we'll be making some serious money in the next couple of weeks, here are a few links on the topic of money design...

Dig the hand-painted aesthetic of this one...