Cockrell Butterfly Center, Houston
Cockrell Butterfly Center, Houston Museum of Natural Science, TX iPhone 5S | VSCO Cam © Ben Chasnov
Identity Visuals Infographic
It’s always a privilege to work with the guys at Identity Visuals here in Nashville. I’ve known them since college and have learned most, if not all, I know about video production from them. A few weeks ago, Sam at Identity asked me to help with the layout of an infographic they were developing for […]
Pray Without Ceasing
I was in the middle of writing something lengthy about the philosophy of inspiration, but let’s be honest, it wasn’t anything you haven’t read before. The fact of the matter is, work is very slow at the moment and I’ve felt rather stagnant—I certainly wasn’t inspired to create. Routine is the enemy of creativity. The […]
Japanese Stab-Bound Books
As we near the end of my semester here in Florence, that means finishing time for projects. The most recent artwork I finished was a set of four Japanese stab-bound books for Printmaking & Book Arts. Each book displays a different traditional stab-binding technique. The covers for the books are monotype prints I cut in […]
Serigraphy Project No. 2
On Tuesday, I put the finishing touches on my second serigraphy (silkscreen) project. You might remember, I posted my first project (a four-color print) some weeks back, and since then I’ve been working to complete my second—an eight-color print (edition of 12). The addition of four more colors enables me more flexibility in my composition, […]
Accordion Book: “L’anno”
Just before leaving for a fantastic Fall Break, I finished my most recent project for my Printmaking and Book Arts class. Now, a week and a half later, I’m finally finding time to put it on my blog. The completed work is an accordion-fold book printed in letterpress and linocut titled “L’anno”—Italian for “The Year.” […]
Serigraphy (Silkscreen)
Among the many ways I’m spending my time here in Florence are my classes. One such class is my Serigraphy class. No one in the States calls it serigraphy, although it’s the technical name for silkscreen/screen printing. Everyone here calls it serigraphy (well, the Italians actually call it serigrafia). I finished my first work for […]
Letterpress Appreciation Day
Yesterday was letterpress appreciation day! Celebrated all around the world, 9/18 was chosen as the day to celebrate this revolutionary—and very cool—printing process due to the standard height of wood and metal letterpress type being .918 inches. But you already know that, right? To do our part to participate, our Printmaking & Book Arts class […]
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