Monday, June 30, 2008
Overspray's Blog has a new Home!
In anticipation of the release of the new website, Overspray Magazine's blog is now hosted at overspraymag.com/blog. Take a look and stay tuned for the changes. Please update your bookmarks!
Sunday, June 29, 2008
SEEN - S. 1st & Kent St. Brooklyn, Iminent Disaster
One of my favorite pieces from the Poets of the Paste show up at Ad Hoc Gallery pasted up! Go take a closer look before all the hipsters try to pull it down with their fingernails...
Saturday, June 28, 2008
EINE photos from London
Mr. Eine himself sent these to us after we interviewed him in London in 2006..
Friday, June 27, 2008
Anon video
This is such a dope video concept, from a film making perspective. It's all still pictures strung together with music and a voice over track laid on. It creates such a beautiful intimacy and mysterious sense of the night in her town.
holy detail - Graham Dolphin in LONDON
'In his latest series Graham Dolphin has scratched swathes of text into the printed face of advertising posters, entire books from the King James Bible fall fluidly across the skin of both the poster and the model contained within.'
Wednesday 9th Jul - Saturday 9th Aug 2008
SEVENTEEN Gallery. 17 Kingsland Road, London
DreamBagsJaguarShoes blows it up
We got a newsblast from London's gallery cum bar cum shop DreamBagsJaguarShoes this morning, brimming with dope stuff, starting with this little book about CAP crew from Prague, and the photography show below:
DreamBagsJaguarShoes blows it up, pt 2
GROUP SHOW / ZINE LAUNCH
4th July - 31st July
opening : 3rd July
Dreambags and Jaguarshoes, LONDON.
ph: Luca Desienna
Photographers
Alessandro Zuek Simonetti Andrea Boscardin Bea De Giacomo
Ben Rayner Camilla Candida Donzella Carlotta Manaigo
Emanuele Cardesi Federica Palmarin Guido Gazzilli
Jonnie Craig Lele Saveri Luca Desienna
Magdalena Fischer Nina Hartmann Peppe Tortora
Pierre Debroux Simona Ghizzoni Stefan Simikich
Tania Leshkina Tommaso Fiscaletti Tread
Sotheysay...
Thursday, June 26, 2008
Wednesday, June 25, 2008
Monday, June 23, 2008
Ripo's site is up folks
FINALLY, David Choe in 'Dirty Hands', the movie
We have been patiently waiting for this film to come out. We are proud to link you to 'Dirty Hands' by Harry Kim - www.dirtyhandsmovie.com Finally it has premiered at the LA film festival. Be sure to order a copy as soon as you can.
Sunday, June 22, 2008
Poets of the paste opening
at
You havent missed this stellar show at Ad Hoc art gallery. You can still go check it out. No, you should go check it out.
www.adhocart.org
Address:
49 Bogart Street
Buzzer 22, Unit 1G
Brooklyn, NY 11206
Tel: 718.366.2466
Photos from opening night borrowed from Ad-Hoc gallery director Andrew Ford (thanks dude) and Michael Natale from gammablog
The show features pieces by Elbow Toe, Armsrock, Gaia and Imminent Disaster.
"Solve" - Chicago street artist, stabbed to death
Stolen from the Chicago Tribune:
Street artist 'SOLVE' stabbed to death, police say
"Brendan Scanlon, 24, used city objects as canvas"
By Robert Mitchum | Tribune reporter
For the last two years, Brendan Scanlon's art would appear in the most unusual places across Chicago: on the backs of stop signs, on the glass of newspaper boxes and, on one famous occasion, stenciled on a TV secretly installed on a CTA train.
Using the alias "SOLVE," Scanlon was well-known in the secretive Chicago street-art scene. But on Sunday, members of that scene mourned his death, expressing their sorrow by building an impromptu memorial installation at Grand and Milwaukee Avenues.
Scanlon, 24, was found dead early Saturday of a stab wound to the heart in the 3000 block of West Palmer Boulevard, Chicago police said. On Sunday, Kirk Tobolski, 24, of the 2600 block of West Iowa Street in Chicago, was charged with first-degree murder in Scanlon's slaying.
"Brendan was a beautiful, energetic, intensely creative young man who we all loved deeply," said his father, Bill. "He was just coming into his own, as a deeply imaginative and bold artist, and we are immeasurably proud of him."
Scanlon drew attention—and commuter confusion—in February, when he placed a television set on a Blue Line "L" train stenciled with the message "We are experiencing legal difficulties."
Scanlon's parents said he grew up in Madison, Wis., attended the Illinois Institute of Art and was working for a Chicago graphic design and advertising firm.
On Sunday afternoon, Tobolski was ordered held on $500,000 bail by Cook County Judge Israel Desierto. Assistant State's Atty. Nicole Kodjayan said four witnesses identified Tobolski as the offender, and he made a statement to police admitting that he had had a knife and had "slashed" Scanlon.
Here is a link to Brendan's flickr page -
Friday, June 20, 2008
wooster vs. Romania
Last night Marc and Sara from woostercollective.com co-hosted a show at the Romanian Cultural Institute.
Here is what they posted about it on their blog:
"While gentrification in New York City and the politics of cleansing tend to erase legendary traces of graffiti that inspired artists all over the world, street art flourishes in Eastern European cities. One of these spots is Romania. New York is lucky to have three artists from this former East Block country visiting to paint the walls of the Romanian cultural institute. These three young artists, Nuclear Fairy, IRLO and Omar work as a collective and independently and will translate their unique cultural view into an installation across three rooms.
On Wednesday night there will be an opening of their work and Wooster Collective will be conducting an informal interview with the artists to understand their sources of inspiration, discuss their style and capture impressions of their first trip to NYC."
Here is what they posted about it on their blog:
"While gentrification in New York City and the politics of cleansing tend to erase legendary traces of graffiti that inspired artists all over the world, street art flourishes in Eastern European cities. One of these spots is Romania. New York is lucky to have three artists from this former East Block country visiting to paint the walls of the Romanian cultural institute. These three young artists, Nuclear Fairy, IRLO and Omar work as a collective and independently and will translate their unique cultural view into an installation across three rooms.
On Wednesday night there will be an opening of their work and Wooster Collective will be conducting an informal interview with the artists to understand their sources of inspiration, discuss their style and capture impressions of their first trip to NYC."
Wednesday, June 18, 2008
Monday, June 16, 2008
All The King's Paint
Incase you missed Overspray #7, the materials issue, we reviewed everything from aerosol cans to wheat pasting techniques. Here's a recap for those of you who've been slackin'...
GERMAN MONTANA:
Black - It's a great high pressure can - use it for hard lines and fills. The black flows quickly and comes in over 100 glossy colors.
Gold - Genius. It's very versatile and can do low and high pressure. Great opacity, dries real fast, and there is minimal dripping. It comes in more colors than you can think of. Love it.
Platinum - We prefer the Black or the Gold, but check out the Platinum for its crazy colors. There aren't many to choose from, but they're pretty unique. It also has great opacity on many different surfaces.
SABOTAZ:
It has an amazing color palette, the paint has great surface coverage and the small is something completely new (for you whiff junkies out there). The only downsides are it requires a whole lot of shaking to get it started and the pressure isn't the strongest.
BELTON MOLOTOW:
This can is another favorite of ours. Belton comes in close to 200 colors and is great for light narrow lines. It doesn't drip much or require a lot of shaking and it gives even coverage. It's also versatile enough to use on multiple surfaces including wood, metal and glass. A good can for cold weather, it also comes in pocket size. The only downside is that it's expensive.
KRYLON:
The classic 80's New York can that you can get in any Kmart or Home Depot. It's cheap and super basic. The color options are mediocre depending on which store you're at. The paint is thin and runny. This isn't a half-bad option if you're in a bind, but go with something else if you can. Krylon is very vocal about their anti-graffiti stance, even funding anti-graff campaigns. If you want to contribute to getting your work buffed or your ass arrested, go with Krylon.
PLUTONIUM G:
This newcomer has more innovative quirks than a Mexican Swedish hula-hooping bounty hunter. Spray it upside down, sideways or right-side up. It's got 70% pigment for a solid color, LEMON SCENT (!?!?) and a whole new futuristic cap system and look. They've got a great color palette and are the most widely-distributed art paint in the history of aerosol. Get it at thousands of stores in the U.S.; flagships are coming to Western Europe.
RUSTOLEUM:
This can holds it down surprisingly well. Rusto is great for metal surfaces. The coverage is pretty solid, and it's great with a skinny cap (which it comes with) as well as a fatty. It can take a Montana cap which is a nice plus if you're on the street and need to switch caps fast. It's an affordable can that is good for bold lines.
SPANISH MONTANA:
Hardcore - Generally elicited responses of "excellent" and "fucking awesome". It has the best coverage of all the Spanish Montana formulas. It has a fixed high pressure system, so it's great for hard lines. It goes on real solid, dries fast and comes in great colors. It's super glossy and reflective, so pay attention to how light strikes what you're spraying.
Pocket - Not our favorite, but the tiny size is handy for tagging on the fly. You have to shake it really well or the paint comes out looking like stringy blood snot.
Alien - Super slow flow. Not our favorite by any means.
There are only a few last copies of Overspray 7, the materials issue, floating around the country, but you can still find them in stores (or on our site). It's a killer one, featuring 27 different artists using wild materials to get up. Plus a ton of tutorials on how to do it yourself.
www.overspraymag.com
Sunday, June 15, 2008
Make your own sketchbook tutorial
Came across this in the tutorials forum on stencilrevolution.com. A person under the avatar 'goblin' posted this ridiculously informative tutorial on how to make your own sketchbooks. For anyone into paper and inks and glues and notebooks (ie. ME) will love this.
Making a sketch book.
I go through a lot of sketch books, more than one a month, sometimes one a week, usually I just buy the regular books with 110 gsm (ordinary) cartridge paper, they are cheap and are adequate for dry work. At the moment I'm doing a project that requires my using black and mid toned paper. I've had a look at the prices of black sketchbooks locally and found that even spiral bound sketch books start at about $20 – there's no way in hell I'm paying that for a book that won't last more than a couple of weeks.
So I had a look around and found that I can go to a local stationary supplier (think kinko's in the US) and they'll spiral (wire) bind your choice of paper for a few dollars, I've used this choice before when I've wanted watercolor pads, that way I could get a (350+ gsm) pad of good paper for $15-20, a savings of $20-30. But that's not the point of this post, in this case the weight of the paper isn't so critical. So I'll show a cheap and easy way to make a sketch book using everyday supplies.
When I studied jewelry a few years ago we actually covered book binding as part of the course, as a result there were lot's of weird & wonderful sketchbooks floating about on that course, We did study traditional European bookbinding, but that is a rather time consuming process and requires some tools that many people don't have. Thus I was attracted to oriental book binding techniques, and in particular the butterfly book. The way that they are traditionally made only makes every second page fully usable, My technique is a work around for that problem. This sketchbook won't hold up to really rough treatment the way that a regular hard cover book will, but it won't fall apart under normal use either.
This is pretty similar to how the moleskin books I've seen are made (but about 1/20th the price).
Right, into it. I've decided to make an A5 size sketchbook.
What you need;
(1). Paper for the sketchbook (obviously) – here I'm using A3 size black paper.
(2). Card for the covers – this is A5 size card, it's 1100 microns (about 1/16th of an inch).
(3). Glue – this is wood glue, aka PVA, alphatic glue, etc. I make no recommendations on brand as it's all much the same.
(4). Duct tape (of course).
(5). Marker pen – I actually used a white coloring pencil, but you get the idea.
(6). Box cutter with a sharp blade.
(7). Metal ruler.
(8 ). A bit of sandpaper (optional).
(9). Cutting board – also a clipboard – the clipboard makes things ten times easier, so it's highly recommended.
(10). Contact glue (optional).
Also needed;
A piece of regular paper to glue on the spine – the length of the spine by about 2” wide – enough to cover the spine plus at least 1/2” on the front & back.
Some type of weight to hold stuff down & still, use what you have.
A flat work surface with a square edge (kitchen bench).
Some wax paper is useful, but not totally essential.
That looks like quite a shopping list, but all that's really essential is paper, glue & a sharp knife. The other stuff just makes it easier.
Stage 1.
Here I've lined up the pages to be trimmed down and marked the top one (I folded it then marked the crease). It's now held in place with the clip of the clip board and I'm about to clamp the ruler in place to act as a guide for cutting.
I'm making an A5 size book, so I'm cutting the pages down to A4 size – they'll be folded to make A5 size.
When I've chopped the pages down to A4 size;
I line up the pages and use the ruler and knife again to trim off any rough edges – this stage isn't essential, I'm just a bit obsessive about straight edges.
Now I individually fold each page and stack them up.
In the above shot I've lined them up neatly and put a wee bit of masking tape at either side to keep them lined up and still, Be sure to tape it about an inch back from the edge to allow room for gluing, I had to move the tape after this shot. It's essential that the folded edges all line up exactly, if they're out of line the book will come apart later.
Now I put the spine of the book at the edge of the 'bench', and move onto the gluing.
Sorry about the piss poor photo, I wasn't looking at them as I was going.
Here the spine has been glued liberally and the glue rubbed into the spine, use plenty of glue, but not enough that it drips, it's hard to use too much, but too little and the book won't hold together.
On the right you can see the piece of paper that I am gluing in order to place over the spine. again use plenty of glue, the glue needs to be fairly thick, the only thing that's holding the book together is glue, so don't be shy.
in the next shot I've placed the paper strip over the spine;
How I did this was to let the spine of the book hang about an inch out over the edge of the bench and apply the glued paper to the underside of the book, then put the book back onto the bench fully and taken the ruler.
Then I placed the ruler onto the top of the spine and applied pressure to compress the spine. Then I brought the glued paper up the spine and laid it down over the top. it's easier than it sounds.
I pressed down any loose bits of the glued paper & made sure that it had contact over it's whole surface, then I wrapped some wax paper around the book and put it under something heavy for a while for the glue to start drying (and typed this to here).
Right, now you have a functional book, if you leave it to dry it will be usable, though a little fragile and flimsy with just the paper spine & without covers, so here's how to put the covers on.
First I liberally apply glue to the cover (outside page) of the book and make sure it's well covered. This glue is fairly transparent, so I'm using plenty. I have the spine towards myself as it's easier to line up that way.
Then I take the piece of card I've selected for the cover and stand it up at the spine so that it lines up with the edge of the spine. Then I just lay it down and apply decent pressure to secure it. I open the book and press it down from the other side of the end page making sure it's mated properly and that there's no bubbles.
When I've done one end I flip the book over and do the same from the other side, if there's any bit's of glued paper showing I trim them off and clean it up.
Then I take a piece of duct tape the same length as the spine;
I do the same as when I glued the paper strip to the spine, I apply it to one side (to one cover) and then place the book down, apply pressure with the ruler and bring the tape up and over tightly to the other side. Someone who gives a rats ass will prolly line the tape up better than I did (different widths at each cover).
Again I wrap wax paper around the book & place it under something heavy & flat for the glue to settle down. The glue doesn't need to fully dry in order to go on with the making, it just needs some time for the moisture to soak into the respective paper surfaces and thus make the glue tackier, you do need to be a bit careful till it's fully dried though.
This is a fully finished book, but I'm still not satisfied, the edges of the pages don't line up perfectly, thus I'm going to clamp the book down again and give the pages a bit of a trim using the ruler & box cutter. Same routine as at the start. You can sand paper the edges a bit if they're not dead smooth.
It's now good as finished, I decided to duct tape the edges as they would wear rather quickly, and thus got this;
And there we have it, a completed sketch book, to buy this from a shop locally would have been about $25 for a book that had black paper, has the same number of pages (60), wasn't wire bound and was A5 in size. This one cost me $3 in paper and card, and maybe 50 cents in glue & tape. a wee bit of a savings, it took about 30 min of actual working time (not counting the time to let bits dry).
But I don't really feel this book, it's kinda dull. It's not... well, prettyful.
I like the duct tape, duct tape's prettyful, but the covers a little dull, I think I could perhaps fix this with a little spray paint (any excuse).
So I mask off the duct tape bits with masking tape and start to think about what I could do with it, This logically led me to use a rat on the book. After all they're prettyful. I sprayed the cover black and the edges of the pages gold, the latter just cos it's traditional. and let that dry off.
And then I sprayed a wee rat in a snowstorm, it's got fuzzy feet, but the books only going to last a few weeks before I make another, so whatever.
And the final step that I do in the making of one of these books is to contact glue a wee chunk of sandpaper in to the back cover of the book, this is for sharpening pencils and other such tasks. I usually glue it to the inside of the cover as I don't want it to be sandpapering my cell phone or stuff when it's in my bag. You could also add an elastic band to keep it closed, I don't bother personally.
And then it's finished.
Later in the tutorial the author also said:
"It opens up fairly flat, this ones a bit thick for that, still fine for drawing, if you make it thinner, like 20 pages then it'll open up totally flat every second page. the other pages are held together just by a thin strip of glue & the spine, so it's not a great idea to force it flat on those openings, not aggressively anyhow. If I'm doing stuff for scanning I usually work on loose bits of paper rather than a sketchbook, but these do scan okay. If you're only like 5 pages into a 60 page book it won't be flat though for the simple reason that one side's like 11 times thicker than the other side. It's no worse than a regular hard cover sketch book though.
Working with certain media (like marker pens) I'll only use every second page, I make books for that a bit differently. Instead of stacking them and gluing the spine I glue a strip about 1/2" wide at the fold of each section (time consuming) and then stack them glued one by one - so that only every second page opens properly. They tend to be a bit more robust that way and lay flatter at every second page."
And for a final option, if you need something more official, check this out: http://www.Michaelshannon.us/makeabook/
A big thanks to Goblin for ingenuity and putting in all the work in to put this on the internet. If you want to thank him/her yourself, log in to SR and send him/her a PM.
Making a sketch book.
I go through a lot of sketch books, more than one a month, sometimes one a week, usually I just buy the regular books with 110 gsm (ordinary) cartridge paper, they are cheap and are adequate for dry work. At the moment I'm doing a project that requires my using black and mid toned paper. I've had a look at the prices of black sketchbooks locally and found that even spiral bound sketch books start at about $20 – there's no way in hell I'm paying that for a book that won't last more than a couple of weeks.
So I had a look around and found that I can go to a local stationary supplier (think kinko's in the US) and they'll spiral (wire) bind your choice of paper for a few dollars, I've used this choice before when I've wanted watercolor pads, that way I could get a (350+ gsm) pad of good paper for $15-20, a savings of $20-30. But that's not the point of this post, in this case the weight of the paper isn't so critical. So I'll show a cheap and easy way to make a sketch book using everyday supplies.
When I studied jewelry a few years ago we actually covered book binding as part of the course, as a result there were lot's of weird & wonderful sketchbooks floating about on that course, We did study traditional European bookbinding, but that is a rather time consuming process and requires some tools that many people don't have. Thus I was attracted to oriental book binding techniques, and in particular the butterfly book. The way that they are traditionally made only makes every second page fully usable, My technique is a work around for that problem. This sketchbook won't hold up to really rough treatment the way that a regular hard cover book will, but it won't fall apart under normal use either.
This is pretty similar to how the moleskin books I've seen are made (but about 1/20th the price).
Right, into it. I've decided to make an A5 size sketchbook.
What you need;
(1). Paper for the sketchbook (obviously) – here I'm using A3 size black paper.
(2). Card for the covers – this is A5 size card, it's 1100 microns (about 1/16th of an inch).
(3). Glue – this is wood glue, aka PVA, alphatic glue, etc. I make no recommendations on brand as it's all much the same.
(4). Duct tape (of course).
(5). Marker pen – I actually used a white coloring pencil, but you get the idea.
(6). Box cutter with a sharp blade.
(7). Metal ruler.
(8 ). A bit of sandpaper (optional).
(9). Cutting board – also a clipboard – the clipboard makes things ten times easier, so it's highly recommended.
(10). Contact glue (optional).
Also needed;
A piece of regular paper to glue on the spine – the length of the spine by about 2” wide – enough to cover the spine plus at least 1/2” on the front & back.
Some type of weight to hold stuff down & still, use what you have.
A flat work surface with a square edge (kitchen bench).
Some wax paper is useful, but not totally essential.
That looks like quite a shopping list, but all that's really essential is paper, glue & a sharp knife. The other stuff just makes it easier.
Stage 1.
Here I've lined up the pages to be trimmed down and marked the top one (I folded it then marked the crease). It's now held in place with the clip of the clip board and I'm about to clamp the ruler in place to act as a guide for cutting.
I'm making an A5 size book, so I'm cutting the pages down to A4 size – they'll be folded to make A5 size.
When I've chopped the pages down to A4 size;
I line up the pages and use the ruler and knife again to trim off any rough edges – this stage isn't essential, I'm just a bit obsessive about straight edges.
Now I individually fold each page and stack them up.
In the above shot I've lined them up neatly and put a wee bit of masking tape at either side to keep them lined up and still, Be sure to tape it about an inch back from the edge to allow room for gluing, I had to move the tape after this shot. It's essential that the folded edges all line up exactly, if they're out of line the book will come apart later.
Now I put the spine of the book at the edge of the 'bench', and move onto the gluing.
Sorry about the piss poor photo, I wasn't looking at them as I was going.
Here the spine has been glued liberally and the glue rubbed into the spine, use plenty of glue, but not enough that it drips, it's hard to use too much, but too little and the book won't hold together.
On the right you can see the piece of paper that I am gluing in order to place over the spine. again use plenty of glue, the glue needs to be fairly thick, the only thing that's holding the book together is glue, so don't be shy.
in the next shot I've placed the paper strip over the spine;
How I did this was to let the spine of the book hang about an inch out over the edge of the bench and apply the glued paper to the underside of the book, then put the book back onto the bench fully and taken the ruler.
Then I placed the ruler onto the top of the spine and applied pressure to compress the spine. Then I brought the glued paper up the spine and laid it down over the top. it's easier than it sounds.
I pressed down any loose bits of the glued paper & made sure that it had contact over it's whole surface, then I wrapped some wax paper around the book and put it under something heavy for a while for the glue to start drying (and typed this to here).
Right, now you have a functional book, if you leave it to dry it will be usable, though a little fragile and flimsy with just the paper spine & without covers, so here's how to put the covers on.
First I liberally apply glue to the cover (outside page) of the book and make sure it's well covered. This glue is fairly transparent, so I'm using plenty. I have the spine towards myself as it's easier to line up that way.
Then I take the piece of card I've selected for the cover and stand it up at the spine so that it lines up with the edge of the spine. Then I just lay it down and apply decent pressure to secure it. I open the book and press it down from the other side of the end page making sure it's mated properly and that there's no bubbles.
When I've done one end I flip the book over and do the same from the other side, if there's any bit's of glued paper showing I trim them off and clean it up.
Then I take a piece of duct tape the same length as the spine;
I do the same as when I glued the paper strip to the spine, I apply it to one side (to one cover) and then place the book down, apply pressure with the ruler and bring the tape up and over tightly to the other side. Someone who gives a rats ass will prolly line the tape up better than I did (different widths at each cover).
Again I wrap wax paper around the book & place it under something heavy & flat for the glue to settle down. The glue doesn't need to fully dry in order to go on with the making, it just needs some time for the moisture to soak into the respective paper surfaces and thus make the glue tackier, you do need to be a bit careful till it's fully dried though.
This is a fully finished book, but I'm still not satisfied, the edges of the pages don't line up perfectly, thus I'm going to clamp the book down again and give the pages a bit of a trim using the ruler & box cutter. Same routine as at the start. You can sand paper the edges a bit if they're not dead smooth.
It's now good as finished, I decided to duct tape the edges as they would wear rather quickly, and thus got this;
And there we have it, a completed sketch book, to buy this from a shop locally would have been about $25 for a book that had black paper, has the same number of pages (60), wasn't wire bound and was A5 in size. This one cost me $3 in paper and card, and maybe 50 cents in glue & tape. a wee bit of a savings, it took about 30 min of actual working time (not counting the time to let bits dry).
But I don't really feel this book, it's kinda dull. It's not... well, prettyful.
I like the duct tape, duct tape's prettyful, but the covers a little dull, I think I could perhaps fix this with a little spray paint (any excuse).
So I mask off the duct tape bits with masking tape and start to think about what I could do with it, This logically led me to use a rat on the book. After all they're prettyful. I sprayed the cover black and the edges of the pages gold, the latter just cos it's traditional. and let that dry off.
And then I sprayed a wee rat in a snowstorm, it's got fuzzy feet, but the books only going to last a few weeks before I make another, so whatever.
And the final step that I do in the making of one of these books is to contact glue a wee chunk of sandpaper in to the back cover of the book, this is for sharpening pencils and other such tasks. I usually glue it to the inside of the cover as I don't want it to be sandpapering my cell phone or stuff when it's in my bag. You could also add an elastic band to keep it closed, I don't bother personally.
And then it's finished.
Later in the tutorial the author also said:
"It opens up fairly flat, this ones a bit thick for that, still fine for drawing, if you make it thinner, like 20 pages then it'll open up totally flat every second page. the other pages are held together just by a thin strip of glue & the spine, so it's not a great idea to force it flat on those openings, not aggressively anyhow. If I'm doing stuff for scanning I usually work on loose bits of paper rather than a sketchbook, but these do scan okay. If you're only like 5 pages into a 60 page book it won't be flat though for the simple reason that one side's like 11 times thicker than the other side. It's no worse than a regular hard cover sketch book though.
Working with certain media (like marker pens) I'll only use every second page, I make books for that a bit differently. Instead of stacking them and gluing the spine I glue a strip about 1/2" wide at the fold of each section (time consuming) and then stack them glued one by one - so that only every second page opens properly. They tend to be a bit more robust that way and lay flatter at every second page."
And for a final option, if you need something more official, check this out: http://www.Michaelshannon.us/makeabook/
A big thanks to Goblin for ingenuity and putting in all the work in to put this on the internet. If you want to thank him/her yourself, log in to SR and send him/her a PM.
Friday, June 13, 2008
Ale Zuek kills it
Ale Zuek (www.zuekphotogrpahy.com), one of my favorite working photographers today, just got a little press for his photo essay on 'La Troia', a legendary drag queen performer in Ibiza, Spain. Ale will be shooting Threads for Overspray Issue 09.
For the full set, check: http://www.ithoughtiwasalone.com/2008/06/09/ibiza-11pm-7am-alessandro-zuek-simonetti/
For the full set, check: http://www.ithoughtiwasalone.com/2008/06/09/ibiza-11pm-7am-alessandro-zuek-simonetti/
My secret homeboy
has moved to Berlin and started a blog. He's a dope photographer and does his bit to beautify the town. FOr a peek into the wild life of a native NY kid, check out lifeainthard.blogspot.com. It just barely got started so give him a minute to pump it up. Definitely worth keeping tabs on.
Poets of the Paste!! TONIGHT at Ad Hoc in BK!
Do yourself a favor and go see Poets of the Paste when it opens tonight at Ad Hoc Gallery in Brooklyn (Morgan stop on the L). Elbow toe has seriously outdone himself, Imminent Disaster blew me away with her cut outs, Armsrock's dioramas are so so fresh and Gaia's gone giant!
"June 13th - July 13th, 2008
Opening Reception: Friday, June 13th, 7-10pm
Poets of the Paste unites four figurative artists known for their striking images that comment on nature, contemporary society and the everyday lives we live. These artists transform public spaces to moments of private reflection with an emphasis on careful craftsmanship. ELBOW-TOE, Armsrock, Gaia, and Imminent Disaster have left their marks on the urban landscapes, generously giving their talent to the public, to time and to the elements. Now they bring their skills together at Ad Hoc Art; through drawings, stencils, paintings and block prints incorporated onto various media."
Now go!
"June 13th - July 13th, 2008
Opening Reception: Friday, June 13th, 7-10pm
Poets of the Paste unites four figurative artists known for their striking images that comment on nature, contemporary society and the everyday lives we live. These artists transform public spaces to moments of private reflection with an emphasis on careful craftsmanship. ELBOW-TOE, Armsrock, Gaia, and Imminent Disaster have left their marks on the urban landscapes, generously giving their talent to the public, to time and to the elements. Now they bring their skills together at Ad Hoc Art; through drawings, stencils, paintings and block prints incorporated onto various media."
Now go!
Thursday, June 12, 2008
"Disstopia' by Ronzo @ Dface's Stolenspace - LONDON
'Disstopia' opening at StolenSpace gallery on the 19th June, will feature a new body of work by Ronzo. The works are based on visions of an apocalyptic future set in the wastelands of what is once believed to have been the city of London. The new paintings, collages and drawings examine not only the ruins of the architectural landscape as we know it, but focus on the human aspect of life in a society, the day after.
Ronzo is a London-based street artist who made himself a name in the art scene as well as on the streets through his unique characters and figurative paintings. Coming from a graffiti background the city landscape has always been a primary source of inspiration. Ronzo was also heavily involved in the first “Finders Keepers” free street art exhibition in London, which kick-started the then unknown phenomenon now known as street art in the UK.
StolenSpace
Old Truman Brewery
91 Brick Lane
London
E1 6QL
020 7247 2684
http://www.stolenspace.com
Wednesday, June 11, 2008
Underground/Overground
Underground/Overground is a group show and collaboration exhibition featuring graffiti artist CERN, street artist Billi Kid, photographer Elisha Cook Jr., and photo journalists James and Karia Murray. Large-scale photographs by James and Karia Murray become an environment for other artists to install their individual works. This collaboration brings together a ton of different mediums and styles in several powerful collages.
Artbreak Gallery
195 Grand St.
2nd floor
Williamsburg, NY
11211
May 30th - June 30th
DECK HEADS
Amble Gallery and Books along with Exit Skateshop present DECK HEADS 2. Bigger and better than last year, Deck Heads 2 features almost 40 hand painted skateboards that will be part of a silent auction that will go towards the building of a new skate park in Fishtown, PA. The opening reception is Saturday June 14th at 6pm and the bidding starts at 7pm sharp and will end at 9pm. So don't miss out!
Amble Gallery and Books
1001 N. 2nd St. Suite 27
Philadelphia, PA 19123
June 14th - July 6th
Amble Gallery and Books
1001 N. 2nd St. Suite 27
Philadelphia, PA 19123
June 14th - July 6th
BAST at Brookynite Gallery Grand Opening Show
I got to check out the preview last night of the BAST show that just went up at the newly opened Brookynite Gallery in Bed Stuy Brooklyn (right around the corner from Biggie's high school!). I wanted to take home the gorilla for myself!
Thomas "Keramik" Mock
One of the oldest writers from the Austria scene, Thomas "Keramik" Mock, has done a whole heap of things to push the image and perception of graffiti in Austria over the past few years. He organized an old power plant to use as studio space for graffiti artists, and helped organize the graffiti exhibition at the Museum of Young Art in Vienna. His work has been exhibited all over Europe and in Brazil and some of his pieces can be seen in the book "Graffiti Brasil".
Tuesday, June 10, 2008
Skullphone in Riverside Museum!
This weekend Spazmat aka SKULLPHONE had a opening at the Riverside Art Museum. I was lucky enough to check it....
it runs till July 26th. If your in the area i highly recommend to go.
http://www.riversideartmuseum.org/exhibitions/
it runs till July 26th. If your in the area i highly recommend to go.
http://www.riversideartmuseum.org/exhibitions/
Monday, June 09, 2008
Friday, June 06, 2008
Thursday, June 05, 2008
Brooklyn's AdHoc Gallery does it again with Poets of the Paste
Poets of the Paste
June 13th - July 13th, 2008
Opening Reception: Friday, June 13th, 2008
Poets of the Paste unites four figurative artists known for their striking images that comment on nature, contemporary society and the everyday lives we live. These artists transform public spaces to moments of private reflection with an emphasis on careful craftsmanship. ELBOW-TOE, Armsrock, Gaia, and Imminent Disaster have left their marks on the urban landscapes, generously giving their talent to the public, to time and to the elements. Now they bring their skills together at Ad Hoc Art; through drawings, stencils, paintings and block prints incorporated onto various media.
ADDRESS
49 Bogart Street
Buzzer 22, Unit 1G
Brooklyn, NY 11206
Tel: 718.366.2466
Fax: 866.599.7270
Online: info@adhocart.org
Wednesday, June 04, 2008
Skewville's new Factory Fresh space opens this Friday!
A limited one weekend art show
Factory Fresh
Direct from Skewville
Grand Opening Party
This Friday, June 6th 6-10pm
Limited show only till
Saturday, June 7th 1-9pm
Skewville will transform this former brooklyn bodega into a Pop-Art Market for the galleries grand opening. Skewville has been making great advancements in the experimentation of street stamping technology along with revamping city materials to communicate phrases like "FRESH" and "FAME GAME". Yet, most know is Skewville's Sneaker mission, WHEN DOGS FLY, since 1999 they have been manufacturing fake wooden sneakers, which can be found tossed over thousands of power lines in your neighborhood and all over the world.
www.whendogsfly.com
www.skewville.org
For more information www.factoryfresh.net
Tuesday, June 03, 2008
Swoon's opening a couple days ago
Most of you probably werent aware that Swoon was having a show on the 30th. That likely has something to do with the fact that it was more of an installation than a show.
The petite political powerhouse punched a hole in the Honey space gallery floor and installed her single piece on a wall surrounded by dank, musty rubble.
The show served to raise awareness for the senseless, unsolved and ongoing murders of women in Juarez, Mexico. The piece was a drawing of a woman, presumably recounting the story, mirrored on the pamphlet handed out at the opening, of her daughter's murder. Framed by a smattering of glass housed candles on the ground, and a handful of butterflies spilling from what should be her dress, in true Swoon style, the one piece managed to be haunting enough.
In tandem with the highly factual information detailed on the back of the show flyer Swoon made a real impact with her statement.
Get on the google train and find out more about the Juarez killings, and see what you can do to attract some attention to the situation.
Portrait of Sylvia Elena
A collaborative installation by Swoon and Tennessee Jane Watson
May 30- July 5, 2008
Opening reception: Friday, May 30, 6-8pm
Honey Space
148 11th Ave. btw 21st & 22nd
New York, New York
www.honey-space.com
The petite political powerhouse punched a hole in the Honey space gallery floor and installed her single piece on a wall surrounded by dank, musty rubble.
The show served to raise awareness for the senseless, unsolved and ongoing murders of women in Juarez, Mexico. The piece was a drawing of a woman, presumably recounting the story, mirrored on the pamphlet handed out at the opening, of her daughter's murder. Framed by a smattering of glass housed candles on the ground, and a handful of butterflies spilling from what should be her dress, in true Swoon style, the one piece managed to be haunting enough.
In tandem with the highly factual information detailed on the back of the show flyer Swoon made a real impact with her statement.
Get on the google train and find out more about the Juarez killings, and see what you can do to attract some attention to the situation.
Portrait of Sylvia Elena
A collaborative installation by Swoon and Tennessee Jane Watson
May 30- July 5, 2008
Opening reception: Friday, May 30, 6-8pm
Honey Space
148 11th Ave. btw 21st & 22nd
New York, New York
www.honey-space.com
Monday, June 02, 2008
Nick Walker Auction Results
British street artist, Nick Walker is one of the biggest names not only in urban art but in the world right now. On Tuesday May 13th at the famous Inaugural Contemporary Art Sale at Benhams in NYC Walker, who has been deemed Banksy's predecessor, auctioned off several of his earlier works including one of his most popular pieces the "Moona Lisa". Here are the results from the sale:
Moona Lisa (print), 2006
Estimate: $1,000 - 1,500
SOLD FOR $7,000
The Sergeant, 2005
Estimate: $10,000 - 15,000
SOLD FOR $50,000
White Panties, 2006
Estimate: $8,000- 12,000
SOLD FOR $37,000
London Morning After (print), 2007
Estimate: $4,000-6,000
SOLD FOR $12,000
Get em hooked while they're young...
People of all ages can get down with coloring with the new Graffiti Coloring Book that features sixty of Scandinavia's best graffiti writers. Publishers, Dokument Florag have already released coloring books featuring subject matter such as gangster rap and George Dubya, so a graffiti themed book seems like a natural progression. You can choose the colors, or use the bold black outlines of a hand full of different styles as a pattern for a graffiti piece.
Sunday, June 01, 2008
SKULLPHONE at Riverside Art Museum!
SKULLPHONE HISTORY MUSEUM
at the RIVERSIDE ART MUSEUM
opening reception: Saturday, June 7, 6-9pm
exhibition dates: June 3 - July 26, 2008
riverside art museum
3425 Mission Inn Avenue, Riverside, CA 92501
www.riversideartmuseum.org
951.684.7111
sponsored by Volcom and CR&R Waste and Recycling Services
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