Reclaimed wood

This is a board off of a shelf that was in the basement when we bought the house. . . The white splotch of paint at the top is going to get screen printed this week.

making a mess

This is what (d)evolved while we spoke on the phone the other night. Good chat. Talk to you soon.

speak panel

From a few weeks back, the speak panel evolution.

A few drastic changes and suddenly it seems complete. Or at least complete enough to move out of the studio. 

pattern piece

So, this is where the pattern piece ends. I am going to throw one more layer of clear on it to get the entire surface a consistent sheen. The word comes from a sketch done during the faculty forum last week. It is very different from the sketch, but the idea of  "speak" as a command and statement has some meaning . . . it becomes decorative and loses some of that meaning or communication which is an interesting contradiction. 

Here is a detail to show the layering and build up that has taken place. This piece is approaching the work flow / method of working in the sketchbook . . . so in that regard I think it has been a good exploration. How does that translate into the books? I'm not sure yet, but we'll see. 

Here's Ethan's painting from Tuesday night. He managed to escape without getting paint on himself, but I got splattered with pink from about two feet away . . .