For anyone who went on the trip to Chicago, it is well known that I actually got to meet him and that I bought his book and he signed it, mostly because I want to tell everyone about it since it was probably the best part of the trip for me.
(the book cover)
His website, The Bird Machine, shows a lot of his past print as well as the ones that are for sale. The color and line quality completely baffle me at the moment, considering I just started screen printing and couldn't get one color with fat lines to print. I'm not for sure, but I think he does photo emulsion instead of masking, which is what I'm currently trying out in painting. He's a really interesting guy, a bit awkward, in fact I didnt even know it was his book at first when I went to look at it. I said it caught my attention, and he asked if it was because I hated it so much I wanted to push them all on the floor. Which of course wasn't true at all, and I said I loved that guys work and he just causually mentioned, oh yeah, I am that guy. So that was a bit awkward. But its okay, he gave me a high five.
He said he just started messing around with screen printing posters for his own band, Dianogah, (which I haven't listened to yet) but now he does stuff for bands like Modest Mouse and Andrew Bird, which is super amazingly amazing.
He recommended I get a copy of Andy McDougal's book "Screen Printing Today", which is on my slowly increasing list of things to buy over the summer. Jennifer said I should try and get a grant for screen printing stuff if I want to try it out next year. We will see how far I get with that. Right now I'm just trying to get a feel for it.
Anyways this is a print I particularly like and if anyone is interested in seeing the book or trying out screen printing hit me up, its the new summer hobby (along with a thousand others in my overly optimistic mind).
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