Category: art-i-fact

Art-i-fact #012313v001

I had a great day in class today. It was great to see the students work and see great potential. I have a really great bunch of students this semester. Art-i-fact #011513v001 A pewter checkerish pattern. I will print it out and live with it for a few days to see if I like it.… Continue reading Checkerish. Is that a word?

Art-i-fact #011113v01

On my way to work this morning all the trees and grass were covered with white frost crystals. It was beautiful. Art-i-fact #011013v01 The frost crystals on the trees inspired me to try a pattern for todays art-i-fact. There is not much frost but it was beautiful. There is a beauty in the bare branches… Continue reading The trees were covered in frost crystals

Today was the first day of classes so my artifact for the day is my syllabus for the identity design class. Sometimes you just do whatever it takes. Artifact #005 Just in case you are interested it was a good first day of class. I am looking forward to the semester.

Tidy Messiness. Thank you Mike Laughead for that accurate description of my work. At least I hope it is a good thing to say about my work. Art-i-fact #004

Today the Art-i-fact is more painterly and maybe a bit clownish. Art-i-fact #003 I once talked to a bow-tie-wearing gentleman that told me that he always wanted to be sure that his bow ties didn’t look “clownish.” Since then I have been concerned about the same thing. For today I took the liberty to go… Continue reading Art-i-fact #003

Two days in a row and the second Art-i-fact of the year. It feels good to make images. I have found that my head is filled with ideas, but they are not in a visual form. The only way I can see what I am thinking is to make work. Sometimes I am pleasantly surprised.… Continue reading Art-i-fact #002

Welcome to 2013. Like many of you I have some New Year’s resolutions. One of mine is to create something “art-i-fact” every day. For today I have created a pattern called titled the very imaginative name, Pattern #001-2013. Art-i-fact #001 I have applied the pattern to a bow tie because I am in need of… Continue reading First post of 2013