RISOGRAPH:
I created the Mantra series in three color combinations on a single-color risograph machine. (Prints are unique in each, not merely reproduced in a different color combo.)
Each print measures 11’’ x 17’’.
RISO: Sunflower + Scarlet
11’’ x 17’’ each
RISO: Bright Gold + Mahogany
11’’ x 17’’ each
RISO: Light Lime + Kelly Green
11’’ x 17’’
LETTERPRESS:
I screen printed these poster backgrounds back at my studio before heading to NH. Once there, I used wood type on the Vandercook No. 4 to letterpress text onto the posters.
Each poster measures 12.5’’ x 19’’.
Nobody’s Free Until Everybody’s Free
Often attributed to many others, these words are believed to have first been said by Fannie Lou Hamer.
Get Up, Stand Up!
Hearing Bob Marley on this one.
Dreams Have Power.
If You Want To Fly, You’ve Got To Give Up The Shit That Weighs You Down.
Words from Toni Morrison’s, Song of Solomon.
Bring Da Ruckus!
Words from the Wu-Tang Clan.
Protect Ya Neck!
Another Wu-inspired phrasing.
Open Eyes Steady Heart
Think For Yourself. Question Authority.
Words from Timothy Leary.
Loud & Proud!!
Don’t Start No Shit, Won’t Be No Shit.
Lil’ Jon said it best.
FUCK ICE!
We Keep Us Safe. / Do Not Obey In Advance. / Think For Yourself. Question Authority.
For all ICE related posters: 50% profits donated to the Midwest Immigration Bond Fund and/or Northeast Ohio local groups keeping our neighbors safe from ICE.
Do Not Obey In Advance.
Advice from historian Timothy Snyder - in his book, On Tyranny.
Stay Safe.
Get Free
Eat The Rich.
Plant A Garden
Takin’ Time To Make Time.
Hearing Dusty Springfield on this one.
Waste Not, Want Not.
25% profits donated to Cleveland’s People’s Distro.
Tough As I Must, Soft As I Can
Tend & Befriend
I Don’t Need Drugs. I Am Drugs.
Words from Salvador Dali.
Don’t Be A Hard Rock, You Really Are A Gem.
Lyrics from Lauryn Hill.
Oooooh Baby I Like It Raw
Wu-Tang again? Aww yeah, again and again!
Riso Monoprints
11’’ x 17’’
Risograph + Letterpress
Created using risograph plant backgrounds created the year prior as part of the A Garden Is… Series, with added letterpressed wood type text
Screen Monoprints
12.5’’ x 19’’
Screen Print + Letterpress
Created using varied screen printed one-of-a-kind backgrounds, with added letterpressed wood type text
