Sunday, September 12, 2010
August 2010 - SITKA Workshop
Our class instructor was the fun, talented, & Swedish Kicki Mathsem.
We learned various ways to imprint onto ceramics. All of the techniques were new to me, and I am looking forward to exploring them further.
Here are the results of my low tech printmaking on ceramics 3-day workshop that I took at SITKA in August. More can be found here on Flickr: http://www.flickr.com/photos/26930878@N07/sets/72157624605451249/
Saturday, June 5, 2010
Monday, April 19, 2010
SOLV - 2008, 2009
I have just recently been tasked to design the new re-useable bag for SOLV 2010. While researching for this project I dug up the bags and brochure panels that I designed for 2008 & 2009. (SOLV designed their brochures using only two colors, therefore I had to adapt my bag design into a simplified brochure panel.)
2008 Bag (top), 2009 Bag (bottom) - Showing side, front, side, & back panels
2008 & 2009 Brochure Panels2008 Brochure (top), 2009 Brochure (bottom) - both designed by SOLV
Scratch-it For Schools - April 2010
This year I had the opportunity to design all of the elements needed for this year's Scratch-it for Schools event. We used the same logo as last year, so it was pretty much a revamp of the color scheme.
Sunday, April 11, 2010
Ceramic Kitchen Tiles - April 2010
A few weeks ago I found some great textile blocks (see above) on Etsy and thought they would be interesting to experiement with to see what the impressions would look like in clay. I was thrilled with the results and decided it would be fun to make tiles for my kitchen with the patterns/designs that they created. (I actually bought 11 more blocks today I love them SO much!)
As shown above, I stamp the different blocks into a combination that pleases me, then take my template square and cut around the clay to create my tile.
As shown above, I stamp the different blocks into a combination that pleases me, then take my template square and cut around the clay to create my tile.
Sunday, April 4, 2010
St. Patrick's Day Raffle - March 2010
One of my favorite parts of the decor was how I adapted the front desk to look like an irish rock wall with weathered wooden gates on each side. The great thing about this budget-wise is that I was able to print everything in-house and did not incur any extra expense beyond the ink and paper. (I included vines, moss, actual rocks and plants to the top of the desk to add effect. I also put a pot full of chocolate gold coins at the front desk for visitors to enjoy.)
View of the front desk and stage from the balcony.
Here is a view of the stage area where the announcement took place. We had the announcement televised on the KPTV Andy Carson morning segment as in past Raffles. We also had the privilage of having our past winner on hand to provide commentary.
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For the stage decoration I was able to obtain the actual bike prop from the tv ad. Unfortunately we were unable to have real sheep in our lobby, so I created sheep cut outs and adhered grass to the stage as well as more faux stone wall. I bought shrubs and fern as well as incorporated the lobby plants into the scene.
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We also streamed the announcement live on our website (above-right is our web master, Matias Trejo).
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For this Raffle I created the reveal with numbers on the underside of the gold that was topping the pot of gold in the announcement scene. Our interim director, Larry Neiswender lifted it up to show the audience the $1 million winning number.
Monopoly Scratch-it - March 2010
This is my most recent Scratch-it campaign for the Oregon Lottery. I am satisfied with how this project went from concept to final execution. I like that it is conceptual and gives viewers the opportunity to make the connection between what the copy is communicating and what the visual delivers.
As seen at Fred Meyer (April 2010)
Saturday, March 6, 2010
Keno Refresh - March 2010
Here are posters and hanging banners for the most recent Keno refresh that I designed in the past few weeks. The fun thing is that they feature actual winners, and we haven't done that at the Lottery in quite a while. The challenge was to create a fresh look without having the winners look too forced/posed. The great thing is that all five winners left the photoshoot saying "that was fun."
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