I'm gonna keep it short and simple. A lot of good bands and a lot of free beer! Dan played a block party show by UT and I threw up some stencils at the Shepard Fairey bandana show.
Showing posts with label Caustic Stencils. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Caustic Stencils. Show all posts
Tuesday, March 24, 2009
SXSW
I'm gonna keep it short and simple. A lot of good bands and a lot of free beer! Dan played a block party show by UT and I threw up some stencils at the Shepard Fairey bandana show.
Tuesday, March 3, 2009
Tempe, AZ: Party at the Canyon Animal House
We finally made it to Phoenix with a few hours to kill before arriving at the Canyon Animal house in Tempe. In noticing all the stencils around the house, I took to testing some of my stencil on old boards in the backyard to make sure that Homeland Security hadn't ruined anything.
Andreas and DMLH opened the show, followed by some really great performances by Unfiltered, Parable Paul, Hearing Aids, Canyon Animals, and Adverse.
The next day, DMLH and Andreas spent all day recording a track with Adverse and The Canyon Animals for The Canyon Animals' new album. The chorus is all about "watching it grow" and should be available for the public to listen to in the next few months. It's incredible!
Andreas and DMLH opened the show, followed by some really great performances by Unfiltered, Parable Paul, Hearing Aids, Canyon Animals, and Adverse.
The next day, DMLH and Andreas spent all day recording a track with Adverse and The Canyon Animals for The Canyon Animals' new album. The chorus is all about "watching it grow" and should be available for the public to listen to in the next few months. It's incredible!
Friday, February 27, 2009
Vista/San Diego, CA
After spending over a week moving from town to town, highway to highway, it was nice to finally spend a week relaxing by the beach. We got the chance to see some old friends, and make new ones at a small coffee shop in Oceanside.
Before leaving San Diego, we visited this community center called Writer's Block. Its a legal graffiti yard where anyone is welcome to come and paint on the walls. Everyone who works there is really friendly and I got the chance to talk with other artists about techniques and inspirations.
We spent almost 2 weeks in California and now it's time to head to the Desert!
Before leaving San Diego, we visited this community center called Writer's Block. Its a legal graffiti yard where anyone is welcome to come and paint on the walls. Everyone who works there is really friendly and I got the chance to talk with other artists about techniques and inspirations.
We spent almost 2 weeks in California and now it's time to head to the Desert!
Wednesday, February 18, 2009
San Francisco, CA
We had a beautiful drive through the Redwood Highway 101 to bring us to San Francisco, giving us a view of some badass trees as well as a chance to leave a friendly mark on an abandoned building on the side of the road.
A few hours later we crossed the bridge.
San Francsico is such a great time, every time. We were celebrated Marcia's birthday on Monday, and Ethan Clarke's on Wednesday. In between we scoped the local scene, checked out the museum and cooked meals with our friends. With no official shows to play, we spent the last days with our portland homies celebrating the joy of our friendship. For both thrashley and I this meant leaving our best friends, who at the right time in their life would have just stayed on tour, but at this point had to head home. From here on out our caravan of seven turned into a jeep full of four. Onward to LA!
A few hours later we crossed the bridge.
San Francsico is such a great time, every time. We were celebrated Marcia's birthday on Monday, and Ethan Clarke's on Wednesday. In between we scoped the local scene, checked out the museum and cooked meals with our friends. With no official shows to play, we spent the last days with our portland homies celebrating the joy of our friendship. For both thrashley and I this meant leaving our best friends, who at the right time in their life would have just stayed on tour, but at this point had to head home. From here on out our caravan of seven turned into a jeep full of four. Onward to LA!
Sunday, February 15, 2009
Eugene, OR
Our first day on tour was spent 2 hours south of home in Eugene, OR. A few of us headed out to see if the Factory Fabrics free wall still existed, which it didnt, and on our way back to where we were staying, we were attacked by a mob of drunk people dressed as zombies who got fake blood and grey makeup all over Mady's car. We then decided to take it easy our first night on tour, painting the walls of Devin's cell above Redundant cartidge with colorful abstract paintings and stencil designs.
Sunday, February 1, 2009
Caustic Process
Thrashley has been busy stenciling, stamping, painting and generally going all out in preparation for our nationwide art tour that is coming up in just about 2 weeks. WOW. I suppose I could say the same though. I have been spending every free moment finishing the Start Fires LP in the basement with Alex. I came upstairs the other night and found the first floor thick in the midst of the Caustic Process. This is a map of her action, drawn to look like a mess of creation. If you look carefully you can follow the path that Thrashley takes through the drying shirts, aerosol layers, brushwork, and inspiration.
13 days and counting…
13 days and counting…
Friday, December 19, 2008
Thrashley's Stencils Summer 2008
When I first met Thrashley she was a young activist with a million ideas and the energy to work on them all. She was one of the first people in Portland who I really connected with on the level of direct action and creating art for the greater good. We both volunteered at an ancient indie movie theater and spent time talking about possible street art projects and bouncing ideas around. She told me about her interest in stencil making and showed me some of her stencils around town. They were simple but meaningful, images of her cultural heros, or direct political statement. 2 years went by and I noticed a few new pieces popped up on her photobucket page, notably the starving child, which has now undergone several transformations and applications.
Her hand cut lines were smooth and well defined and a greater sense of overall design seemed present in the final pieces. At this point she was combining images to create a sense of perspective, or setting, as well as using multiple layers to achieve greater detail with individual images.
In the summer of 2008 we found ourselves living together in a collective house of artists, and in that space dedicated to the creative process, her work really began to take on a whole other dimension. She has always been politically and socially active, and with that as her driving point, she went to work on creating images that would speak her mind. Images of young women and girls started popping up, with reflective personal statements.
At this time she set out to create as much work as she could with the goal of hanging the pieces in the street to enrich the local community. This project grew and became a larger effort involving many people, but it was her original action and continued effort that made it come together. You can read more about this at one34.wordpress.com.
Through these projects she has come to view her work not so much as "art" to be enjoyed, but rather a point from which to engage the community around her and express her views. This focus is driving her new work, which juxtaposes images from The Great Depression with those of The Consumer Ideal.
I recently had the good fortune to watch her through the entire process of creating a stenciled image. We captured it on video and added some music from our friend Shermstixx:
Her work continues to grow, and as we set out across the country to put it up in new places, I wonder how that story will affect the work and vice versa. She has a talent for being direct, and taking action, and the combination will only result in continued free expression. Who knows, maybe you will end up with a stencil mural in your favorite cafe!
Her hand cut lines were smooth and well defined and a greater sense of overall design seemed present in the final pieces. At this point she was combining images to create a sense of perspective, or setting, as well as using multiple layers to achieve greater detail with individual images.
In the summer of 2008 we found ourselves living together in a collective house of artists, and in that space dedicated to the creative process, her work really began to take on a whole other dimension. She has always been politically and socially active, and with that as her driving point, she went to work on creating images that would speak her mind. Images of young women and girls started popping up, with reflective personal statements.
At this time she set out to create as much work as she could with the goal of hanging the pieces in the street to enrich the local community. This project grew and became a larger effort involving many people, but it was her original action and continued effort that made it come together. You can read more about this at one34.wordpress.com.
Through these projects she has come to view her work not so much as "art" to be enjoyed, but rather a point from which to engage the community around her and express her views. This focus is driving her new work, which juxtaposes images from The Great Depression with those of The Consumer Ideal.
I recently had the good fortune to watch her through the entire process of creating a stenciled image. We captured it on video and added some music from our friend Shermstixx:
Her work continues to grow, and as we set out across the country to put it up in new places, I wonder how that story will affect the work and vice versa. She has a talent for being direct, and taking action, and the combination will only result in continued free expression. Who knows, maybe you will end up with a stencil mural in your favorite cafe!
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