CLEAN SLATE.

BEFORE

AFTER

My printing area is in my kitchen and sometimes things gets a little . . . out of control (as seen in the previous post). An earthquake of paint, tape, groceries and other random items. This week I dove into the madness and emerged victorious. Now I can actually start working on some new things. Thrilling, I know.

From HEAVY HUMANS zine #1.

While cleaning I rediscovered this zine in a box of random paperstuffs.
I completely forget where I bought it from, but it's great!
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STILL TRUE.

Still true: order is not always possible.

Still true: paint always looks better.

Still true: magic erasers.

Still true: ruler of the roost.

OPENING DOORS.

The studio opening up at 6 Nassau is having a fundraiser!
Read an article about the studio HERE.

TWO THOUSAND AND FINE

First poster of the year!

I WON A PEN!

I'm pretty sure that December ate a Mario star and then ran itself blinking through various dangerous obstacles to a much quicker end than originally anticipated. Good show!

In the spirit of the season I present you with Rocking Santa.
He is forever young (and always rocking cool jams).

I had all sorts of handmade gift plans this year, but I only managed to make these pretzel bags.
So it goes!

Happy Holidays to you.

COUNTING THE DAYS

Just got this calendar I ordered from Oddball Press in the mail!
It's perfectly small, letter pressed, and was very reasonably priced. Grade: A+

A VIEW FROM THE KITCHEN.

"You cursed brat! Look what you've done! I'm melting!"

A MOVIE ABOUT ROCK POSTERS.

I am excited to check out this documentary which is playing in Toronto this/next week! Maybe you are too?! It was directed by Eileen Yaghoobian and plays at The Royal Cinema on the following dates:

Friday November 14th @ 9:30pm
Saturday November 15th @ 2:30pm
Monday November 17th @ 9:15pm
Tuesday November 18th @ 9:15pm
Wednesday November 19th @ 7pm
Thursday November 20th @ 7pm

Died Young, Stayed Pretty is a candid look at the underground poster culture in North America. This unique documentary examines the creative spirit that drives these indie graphic artists. They pick through the dregs of America’s schizophrenic culture and piece them back together. What you end up with is a caricature of the black and bloated heart that pulses greed through the US economy. The artists push further into the pulp to grab the attention of passersby, plastering art that’s both vulgar and intensely visceral onto the gnarled surfaces of the urban landscape. The film gives us intimate look at some of the giants of this modern subculture. Outside of their own circle, they’re virtually unknown. But within their ranks they make up an army of bareknuckle brawlers, publicly arguing the aesthetic merits of octopus imagery and hairy 70s porn stars. They’ve created their own visual language for describing the spotty underbelly of western civilization and they're not shy about throwing it in the face of polite society. Along the way, they manage to create posters that are strikingly obscene, unflinchingly blasphemous and often quite beautiful. Yaghoobian shows these artists for what they are: the vivisectionists of America’s morbidly obese consumer culture.

Link to the trailer HERE!

I PUT A SPELL ON YOU.

A+

Castle learns how to screen print. What a total squeegee wrangler!

CD face for Animal Sense by Lunchmeat (December 08).
Design by Castle.

PILES OF PAPER.

Printing the first 150 copies of this CD was fun.
Printing the last 350 has been . . . taking me a while, ha.

Oh! A few weeks ago I had the pleasure of chatting with Jeff Garcia AKA Mangoepeeler's screen printing class about the pleasures and pain of screen printing at home. It was fun times! If your looking to get into screen printing, his class is a totally relaxed way to learn the process. He also makes good art stuffs to look at with your eyes. Click HERE.

FOOD OF CHAMPIONS.

2 of DW's favourite things . . .

I CONJURE THEE!

2 colour posters are an exercise in restraint!
This magician is conjuring the bands name from the depths of the darkest forest.
Inspired by levitation master magician Harry Kellar.
Drawing is fun.

BELATED BUT RELATED.

POSTER SHOW 2008

A Glance...

Sticky tack is not where it's at.

Matt King and his poster display matched. Impressive!

Jesjit and his fortress of visual delights.

One of Steph D's hot airbrushed t-shirts (so awesome that someone greedily stole this one right off the wall!).

POSTER SHOW III

Poster by: Fort Polio (show organizer)!

An upcoming event you might be interested in if you like good noisy music and poster art!
Third time's a charm!

Saturday September 13th at The Whippersnapper Gallery!
Aidswolf "Cities Of Glass" album release party.
W/ Indian Jewelry, Romo Roto and Thrashed Jeans

Posters by:
Seripop / Autodestrukt / Merchguy / Deadweight / Michal Majewski / Jeremy Wilson / Gavin Dee / Jesjit Gill / Michael Deforge / Doublenaut / Aaron Ber / John Kurmis / Haggard Beast / Adam Swinbourne / Steph Davidson / Tad Michalak / Leslie Predy / Thomas Del Balso / Alex Mackenzie / Matt King

6PM/$10