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ZONES album artwork - out in summer 2013!
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Indian Handcrafts - Merchandise Artwork
Photo by, best dude Andrew McGrizzle
From the Only in Dreams Show
///Album rtwork for Indian Handcrafts debut LP on Sargent House!
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http://exclaim.ca/News/indian_handcrafts_reveal_sargent_house_debut_civil_disobedience_for_losers
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New ZONES recordings coming soon, along with a new music project as well!
/// Straight soakin’ in summer 2012, with new tunes/drawings/collages - keeping busy thats for sure. Below is a merch design for the STRUC/TURES - VOLUMES collaboration record VOL/TURES. The two show posters below are for upcoming shows that I’m playing in my new project ZONES. One at the OPERA HOUSE and the other at GRAHAMSTOCK IV: A NEW HOPE.
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/// First news, summers coming/hope your ready. A lot of good bands have been rollin through toronto lately/its been a great month. The non/linear show in parkdale went smooth/I won third place! Below are some shots of my work published in FUNCTION 13 and also some custom portraits for their interview sections. The overall magazine looks great and you should get one to support their hard work!
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I feel a relief from completely finishing my BFA degree. Below is the documentation video from my thesis project PLURALS, it is what I have been working on for the last year. I am exhibiting it again at the Maximum Exposure Festival, as a part of the Non/Linear show.
Maximum Exposure Festival: Opening Reception & After Party
Also there is the Function Magazine release party just down the street. Come on out, and make sure to pick up a copy of the magazine, I did some custom illustrations for them, and they are really nice people so lets support them!
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Finishing up my BFA degree is a lot of work when it gets down to the wire. The past months has been busy to say the least, but it will all wrap up shortly. Meta was fun, and a overall good weekend, I am glad I was a part of it. Below is a drawing a did as a zine cover for my thesis PLURALS. The zine consists of three pages, one for each drawing, as a way for the series to exist outside of the gallery. The cover is an experimentation with the same themes as the series, but from a completely different perspective aesthetically. Also there is another image below that was an experiment and I discovered some interesting new techniques that will be used for the future.
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Finally february is over, and my thesis project is done. Video documentation coming soon!
Below is the last drawing in the series and some close up shots of the multi-layered interactive frames. I got into the final thesis show which is at Airship 37, a gallery in the distillery. Check out META2012 for more info when it gets announced. Come hang out and see what I’ve been working on for almost a year! - March 29th
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I’ve been sketching some ideas for shirts
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Everything is coming along and I plan to be done in a couple weeks.
check out META’s page, they’re doing all kinds of fundraisers to help support the final show.
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Happy new year firstof all. I hope the ’11s treated you nicely. It was a great year, filled with lots of great times. Lots of good music was released, I’ve put together a list of my favourite records of the year. Really stoked for 2012, it should be another great year!
Hey! its almost done! preview of whats coming next.
Wall drawing from Occupy Fountain West - day 4.
Christmas Cards
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Top Records of 2011
1. Peaking Lights - 936
2. High Wolf - Etoile 3030 & Atlas Nation
3. Cave - Neverendless
4. Thee Oh Sees - Carrion Crawler
5. Cankun - Jaguar Dance
6. Sun Araw - Ancient Romans
7. Hype Williams - One Nation
8. KWJAZ - self titled
9. Oneohtrix Point Never - Replica
10. Grouper - Alien Observer / Dream Loss
Finishing up for the semester, cant wait for christmas break to do everything I haven’t had time to do while in school. Classes are ending but the crunch from final crits still lingers. Thinking about christmas vibes and occupying fountain west.
Got some new collages and sketchbook stuff.
tape on wall = procrastination
YA get that november month over.
fuck that one.
schools going, full on - its crazy how first semester is almost over. on another note i’ve been carrying around a sketchbook for on the go drawing/ideas.
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SCHOOL! its all back, and for the last year. I’ve made a self portrait for my human figure class
Kosmische: 16”x20”, double layer print on glass and hot press paper
Mindful Gathering: 16”x20”, double layer print on glass and hot press paper
email me HERE: to inquire about purchasing any artwork double layered and framed.
OR visit Gallery CC or the Zion Lounge to purchase from ones from them.
Iridescence recordings are on the way. ALSO a shirt design - plus album artwork.
Also more drawings and all that stuff coming.. SOON
I wish there was another month left of summer, but its back to the reality of trying to finish up school. COME RAGE THE LAST PARTY OF SUMMER - the poster says it all below. Sunday August 28th, Similing Buddha bar - we’re playing with a whole handfull of really talented bands, come hangout!
ALSO! next weekend I am honoured to take part in a FUNDRAISING ART SHOW to fight the famine in Africa. The show is on the Third of September - at the C.C Gallery. (627 Queen St. West) Five dollar entry(+ performances by Blood Rexdale and Hearbeat Hotel). There are some big names on this show, that produce top notch work - I’m psyched to check out their stuff. The piece below will be a part of it, along with another surprise. Its also a sneak preview of my upcoming series “Plurals” for my fourth year thesis.
LASTLY! the image below will be printed larger than ever to have a permanent home in the ZION LOUNGE. There will also be two other smaller double layer framed pieces going up there. They are doing great things and I am stoked to support their community vibes- they’re open all day, everyday so go hangout!
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Kosmische - 30”x31” Double layer print, Ink on Glass and Hot Press Bright Paper.
Summers coming to an end so make sure you get you soak in your last bit of beach lurks, sun beams, slangin jams, sweaty house partys, kaditch rages, bumpin huge dub and afro beats until the smell of your 420 party overrides the barbecue grillins.
Below are the images that were framed for the past art show. The animation illustrates the visual effects as you walk by the work. All pieces from the last show, have a permanent home for viewing and sale at CC Gallery 627 Queen St. West. For any inquiries about purchasing one of these multi-layered prints, email me HERE.
Album Cover made for the Kathleen Murie band, limited press of 45 copies. Each one is entirely handmade, packaged in sewn fabric with buttons — with the artwork below used as a cd slip cover. I would try and grab one before they sell out at the LFTR folk festival.
May has been an all around good time, full of summer lampin. Gotta love spending government money, I put my tax return towards a vibrolux reverb, that I bought off of a catholic priest, and a seppuku mind warp. I’ve been just basking in the new tone. I saw some awesome shows, Total Life, Godspeed, Young Widows and Merzbow. All of which were awe-inspiring. Other then working on drawings and thinking of a name for my thesis project, Sharks and I have been tightening up Iridescence for a show at the Smiling Buddha at the end of June, and GRAHAMSTOCK. Also Ive been making art prints that shift and fluctuate in your peripherals for an art show around Canada Day. Below are some new ideas, and patterns made out of only circles, triangles, or squares. The other abstract texture doodles came from killing time at work and testing new types of paper to find the best one.
CIRCLES AND TRIANGLES
