Impossible Objects

Pair of prints I made at Penland last month. They were exercises, to make abstract images using only the wood and metal type and furniture I could find in the letterpress studio. They both will be available in my shop soon.

:: impossible objects 1 ::

:: impossible objects 2 ::

Studios

I've been working on a presentation about the role of studios in artists' lives and collecting images. Each space is so different and reflects the personality of its user. Here are a few of my favorites.

:: tricia treacy ::

:: amy tavern ::

:: denyse schmidt ::

:: kreh mellick ::

:: george nakashima ::

:: unknown ::

:: unknown ::

The Thrift Store Dream

I have a recurring dream about the thrift store. I go to a thrift store I've never been to before. I look around. I rummage. And I find the most incredible, beautiful things! Old photographs, wood type, old ledgers and journal, a small press maybe. And I take it home, and then I wake up and hope, hope, hope that they'll be there. Well, maybe someday I'll find that cache of wood type in the sky.

Color

:: from my collection of found slides ::

:: from the Produkin-Gorskii collection ::

:: from the Farm Security Administration/Office of War Information Collection ::