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Studio B – Print Studio

admin — Mon, 09 Jan 2012 19:49:06 +0000

Over the past three years, I have created my own silk-screen studio in the basement of my home. Assembling old lumber, found objects, Craigslist purchases and custom engineered parts to make what I call “Studio-B”. “B” is for basement, of course! It is always a work in progress but allows me the freedom to make Gig Posters or just fool around with art print ideas.

Eventually, I will upgrade my equipment. Here is how you can help out! Commission me to design/print a poster.

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David Wax Museum Poster for Abilene

admin — Fri, 06 Jan 2012 14:50:50 +0000

As an Americana music fan, venues for this type of music have been popping up in cities around the country. Rochester has one that I have great admiration, Abilene Bar and Lounge. Owned by Danny Deutsch. Danny has brought great vision to the music scene in town. Landing great acts like Bill Kirchen, Miss Tess and the Bon Ton Parade, Eilen Jewel, David Mayfield Parade (another parade) and many more cool acts.

With deep respect and kind regards, I responded to the upcoming show of a favorite band of mine, David Wax Museum, with designing and printing a show poster. Using found imagery and typography, I created this poster as a 4-color silk screen (silver, golden rod, red and black ink on Neenah Classic Crest Avon Brilliant White 110 pound cover. Final run was 45 posters.

I hope to land more jobs like this in 2012 and kick up the show poster culture in Rochester to a new level.

Bona Fide Coffee Wearables

admin — Mon, 04 Jul 2011 13:58:00 +0000

I printed up a small number of these promotional wearable items in my “Studio B”. Also known as my basement. They use the brand messaging and typography developed for Bona Fide Coffee.

Bona Fide Coffee Business Cards

admin — Wed, 02 Feb 2011 13:40:58 +0000

Debbie Millman Lecture

admin — Wed, 02 Jun 2010 13:34:27 +0000

During my term as President of AIGA Upstate New York, I was fortunate enough to have Debbie Millman of Sterling Brands visit Rochester for a lecture. Part of my responsibility was to design promotional materials for the event. Creating something that touches upon contemporary typography and stays withing AIGA brand standards. Posters were printed and sold at the event. Debbie was kind enough to sign them to add to the overall success of the evening.

Old School Tattoo Blend

admin — Fri, 29 Jan 2010 18:21:44 +0000

In the past, we have been using a logo created for the St. Louis Old School Tattoo Convention. It is a great event created for the Old School Tattoo community and Lyle Tuttle. It also had a star. Not the navigation star that you would associate with old school ink.

I proposed going “old school” with a Sailor Jerry style image. Something sexy and something coffee. I was able to locate a book of drawings for tattoo artists. It is not “Flash” but sketches. Making the work open for interpretation. The women I chose was holding up her dress, as if she was carrying something in the front. Instantly, I thought, coffee beans! Composing the image with pencil and paper, then scanning it in, I shared it with Matt Herren for his approval. “F*ck Ya, man. Let’s do it!” he said with great enthusiasm.

One thing that my skills lack is coloring tattoos. It really needed to be colored in by someone who works in the medium. Matt forward the drawing to Carrie at Evermore Tattoo in Edwardsville. She did a great job interpreting the drawing into color. Something that I was not thinking about was ethnicity. The result was a beautiful Latina.

I took the new artwork and finessed the lips and eyes. Giving her the come hither and buy this coffee look.

End result looks great. Our next step will be creating posters and t-shirts to promote this blend. Labels are at the printers and should be on the shelves by mid-February. Order now!
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Richard Shindell – Typography Poster

admin — Sun, 01 Nov 2009 16:12:12 +0000

There are times when you have a pile of “rejects” from the client. This poster represents an idea that has grown out of numerous “rejects”. A few of the original designs, I thought were pretty darn awesome. Others, not so hot. This was the last idea sent along that have not received approval or rejection. With great excitement to get away from the computer and get my hands dirty. I took my Saturday and ventured to the basement to experiment. The goal for me was to visualize how overprinting with different colors of silk-screen ink looks on chipboard and 110# card stock.

So, Shindell. Scott should be receiving a package in the mail soon. Now, you have some posters for what some call: “Shits and Giggles”. Enjoy!

Drink GREAT Coffee!

admin — Thu, 29 Oct 2009 20:00:15 +0000

Ever since I built the silk-screen press in my basement, I have been itching to create 1 and 2 color posters for Matt at Goshen Coffee Company. The first of these designs is a 2 color 11×17 on chipboard. Laying down the white first and making it have some rough edges. Then putting the a crisp black typographic layer over top. Limited edition of 25. Looking forward to printing more of these in the near future. Watch out St. Louis. These will be keepers!

RIT GLASS | Year of Ideas

admin — Wed, 30 Sep 2009 14:20:12 +0000

This poster is a record for the RIT Glass Programs Visiting artist program for the 2008-2009 academic year. Each year there are 12-15 professional artists visiting the students to do lectures and critiques.

The concept was to visually represent the variation and amount of ideas inspired by the visit of these very different and profound guests.

The light bulbs are all individually drawn, no two are the same. The distorted text was photographed through a large slab of glass creating refracted perception only glass can create. Our choice of florescent inks represent the risk taking and safety by glass artists. Metallic ink was used to represent the reflection/change of light across the page that paper and ink so often is not associated.

Special Mention to OSER PRESS in Rochester for doing a great job printing, again!

South of Delia | Richard Shindell – CD Design

admin — Fri, 27 Mar 2009 20:14:03 +0000

This is a project that has been out for a while, I recently reconnected with Richard and he gave me a few extra CD’s to photograph. The project was completed exclusively using email. Richard lives in Argentina and I live in Rochester, New York.

After listening to the album and version-ing many ideas from Shindell, I proposed using a sequence of images from the plains of South Dakota. They came from a project I did in 2005, DRIVE PROJECT. These photos are much like the landscapes you would see, south of Delia. Delia is near Lawrence, Kansas. The name of the album came from a verse in the song. Delia is the un-official center of the USA. If you draw lines from corner to corner you will most likely find the center over Delia/Lawrence, Kansas.

Richard Shindell is a singer-songwriter. He is in my top 5 living male songwriters. Someone that you should know… I highly recommend checking out his music.