Practical Magic...

First post from Italy! But not new Italy art sadly, still catching up on posting all the work I made this semester. So, andiamo!!!

For our Artist's Books collaboration this last semester we chose the theme 'Spell Book.' We all interpreted it our own way then made enough mini books for everyone in the class to have one of ours and vice versa (ie- 14 mini books!).

I have these two Foxfire books from my grandpa. They're basically manly men guides to living and surviving in the wilderness. Everything from the art of moonshining to bear hunting to log cabin building is in described within them. Including natural, alledged remedies for common ailments....

All of them!

Each book has four herbal 'remedies' with the ingredients needed in order to administer the cure...

13 year old boy from the 70's

This semester was my last time in Advanced Lithography. Before the semester started, I stumbled upon my grandfathers portfolio of photos from his stunt projects from the 60's onwards. That was the main inspiration behind the series of prints I made for the final semester, with the addition of samplings from posters from the iconic car movies from that era as well. So the majority of the semester I felt like I was drawing like a 13 year old boy in the 70's...

The Ward Kurtis

KITT from Knight Rider

Every semester the Advanced class makes a book. Our theme this semester was "Centerfold."

This last one was for out Litho trade. It's based off a photo I took while on the set of Tarentino's "Death Proof."