I’m currently en route to Asia where I’ll be attending the opening of Printed in Canada – an exhibition curated by Guy Langevin and featuring the works of 25 Canadian printmakers. Prior to heading off on my trip, I completed a new etching as part of my new series The Body Stranger. More to come about Taiwan after the opening! (sorry the colour is a bit off in the photo)
I’ve recently created several tiny prints (largest dimension is no larger than 3″ on these prints) related to my new series The Body, Stranger. Its been helpful to create these small, quick prints as a way to work through my ideas.
Sinking In (etching and chine colle, 3″ x 2.25″)
Away (etching and chine colle, 2.25″ x 2″)
Hidden (etching and chine colle, 2.25″ x 2″)
This past winter, the television show Fargo was filmed in Calgary and I was approached to print some props. This was mostly a lot of unsexy boxes and folders but it was still pretty interesting to be part of the behind the scenes production. I did all my printing on the weekends so I never ran across any actors but it was cool to check out some of the sets and other props. Thank-you to Joel Tobman for this opportunity (he also designed the stencils – I just printed them)! Below are some photos of the printing in progress as well as a screen shot of a box in use.
A forest of drying giant boxes.
Some ammunition boxes laid out and ready for their onscreen debut.
Case files! I had to cut a special template out of foam core so that I could print these. The back has a clip that couldn’t be removed.
This is what a lot of boxes looks like.
Silkscreening some large boxes (190 to be exact). We built registration guides out of screwed-in two by fours.
Screen shot of a printed box in action in Fargo.