These were components of the Shape Studio I took at UT with critics Chris Risher and Mark Vaughn. The paintings began as expressive gestures that evolved to rigorously reflect a series of imposed limits. What began as logo-centric forms took on qualities including the use of void spaces as well as a depth and primacy of smaller pieces within an overall composition.
Almost lasted a year. I hope to start updating this site more regularly as I gear up for the inevitable job search and rapidly approaching graduation.
I’ll miss venice, it has to be the only place where trophy taxidermy hangs from the trees. I wanted to send this to Rauschenberg but someone had already snagged this before I could go back.
A friend forward this to me from my time at Michigan State, or as I like to call it, “the billionaire playas club”
I have a love / hate relationship with Helvetica. If I knew anything about fonts, I probably wouldn’t use it so much. And while it’s not Norm’s or Lacma, after watching the documentary there is no doubt that helvetica must burn!
Also seen in my freelance work blog at lioninoil.net.
Columbia it is.
GracefulSpoon Version1.0 was mainly a static repository for my undergraduate portfolio and eventually led to this printed version. It’s funny to look back on something that became such a major time investment, something that is supposed to sum up all my design sensibilities, and even, in no small measure, played a major role in determining the outcome of my immediate future. And then, after months of anticipation, the portfolio fulfills its purpose – successfully! – and is no longer relevant. So, in lieu of a fiery burial at sea, I hope a modest blog post isn’t too anticlimactic.
Click here to view the full portfolio.
By popular demand, I added a link to lulu if you’d like to order a high-quality, printed version.
And welcome to 2008 and Version 2.0! For nostalgia sake, the V1.0 has been archived and can be visited here. I created this site back in 2003 as a way to help secure an internship in my last year of undergraduate.
