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Microscopy: Greenland
Nuuk, Greenland
Photography: Cape, Aug. 2018
Collection: Fishing
Year: 2018
A series of photographs from a fishing trip.
Experiments: Inside my Sketchbook: 01 – Illustrations
I have been working on my traditional art skills for sometime now and I am finally feeling comfortable with my style/approach to illustration. It’s taken me awhile to break away from the traditional/conventional realism but nowadays anything can be considered illustration if it’s not obviously hyperrealistic. So just for fun, I will be posting a new series of ‘inside my sketchbook’ and show you what I’ve been working on!
New Clients: Bowflex Barbie Fitness and Kathmandu Infosys
Happy to welcome Bowflex Barbie and Kathmandu Infosys into my ‘client family’. These past few weeks have been extremely busy with moving among other things. Transitioning from one way of life to another has been quite difficult, more or less than anticipated. It’s weird to think that something you’ve wanted for so long can be a huge adjustment. Anyway, just taking one day at a time, week, month, etc and slowly settling in. 🙂
A new beginning….
My client work has helped with the transition not only with the finances but with focusing, allowing myself to take a break from moving and day-to-day activities to focus on things I simply enjoy doing. My freelance projects have been there when things got scary, OK and now when things are transitioning. I know there will be a time when they won’t be… but for now they are the one thing that can’t be taken away from me…
In this day and age of graphic design being a competitive field, gaining clients regardless of the competition, is extremely satisfying, especially going after clients whom you’ve made proposals for or connected through other means and those means ending but still wanting to work with you regardless. Building something up from the ground is not easy, and can be hard to let go.
Loyalty
Client loyalty is also huge, in addition to two new clients, a previous client had come around again after a long hiatus asking if I still want to be on the team. Building business relationships isn’t just about the money, work or what have you but about the relationships and community that come from it. This particular client had been reworking things on their end as well and it would’ve been a shame to just say ‘no’ just because of things falling through. Life happens, and I wish more people would better understand that. To build a independent freelance business, one must focus on client loyalty, do good work and maintain lasting relationships through a collaborative, creative process. Otherwise it may just fail or you’ll be struggling and going from one project to another without much longevity. To sustain any business is to focus on longevity, to take your day-to-day activities and energy and think about what will this do to make my business last?
Give a shoutout to Bowflex Barbie Fitness —>Â https://www.facebook.com/bowflexbarbiefitness/
And Kathmandu Infosys —>Â https://www.facebook.com/kiecpage/
And continue to follow along for updates on these projects and their whereabouts 🙂
Also a thank you to Copy Cat Printing for their negotiations in working towards making these projects a success 🙂
Workshop: PVMA – Microscopy Workshop
LEEDS, MA – Last weekend, I attended the mycological association’s microscopy workshop and learned how to create a slide and use a microscope. This is something I’ve been wanting to get into for awhile now, and now that I have moved and have my own space I can plan/save some money to buy a microscope. I’ve been seeing some of my friends’ microscopy images and I think it might be a cool and interesting project to do microscopic images with my electrography, as they too in some respects are microscopy.
The leader of the association had a home lab setup and microscopes for us to use. I really enjoyed learning in an environment that wasn’t stressful nor as formal as a classroom and aim to find more workshops like this in the valley.
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Photography: Photo Projects Wrap Up
New Electrography Images
Sometime back in May after starting my new job, I went to the Vermont Center for Photography to expose a new round of electrographic images. The last time I think I did this was Italy I believe. I can’t believe it really had been two years since I created new images. Time flies when yer hustlin’…
I haven’t decided if any of the above are portfolio worthy. I have many plans to return after my life has settled and regained some stability. A colleague of mine suggested I do some sort of oracle deck regarding plants and flowers and was trying to figure out the best divination method for this. While talking to someone since moving here, I have realized a method to do this functionally however it will require a lot of trial and error. It came about after being inspired by how Italian artists decorate the streets for the Bishop’s arrival on easter and how one of my pieces resembled fish jumping out of the water. This symbology sparked an idea of how I could go about making an oracle deck and going back to ancient times and how psychics and seers would through bones and sticks to tell a fortune. The image would be the fortune and whatever is seen in the image would be what would be predicted. Kind of like a tea leaf reading as well.
I also have begun a traditional photo project that I started in my traditional photo class in college that required spinning objects on a lazy Susan and capturing the light streaks swirling around the object. I have been thinking a lot lately about my mission and how to go about visualizing it. One of the hardest parts about working with art and science is that you have to visualize scientific ideas, and my mission came to me through a psychic experience – while completely understanding that this experience is what I saw and made available to me not necessarily everyone around me is going to see the same, nor saw the same experience. Seeing the world through its’ depths isn’t exactly easy as we’re trained to see what our eyes see.
My Sweet Life
This past Sunday I began a project shooting photography with a woman who owns a very small Maple Farm in Worthington, MA. We seem to get along well and started the project off well. I go back again next Sunday to continue this work.
So a lot of project stuff has been going on especially photography related projects. If you follow me on Instagram you might catch a post on some graphic design projects that I’ve been doing at RVC. However, I’ve mostly been keeping graphic design work at RVC and have kept most of my freelance clients at bay… once my life settles down, I really want to start blogging more frequently. So much to explore, and do around here. I have to think about what would make great content. 🙂
New Clients
New Clients!
Happy to announce new clients: Alcon Lighting and About Africa.
For Alcon Lighting, I’ll be working with them on Social Media and Blogging. I’m especially excited because I get to use all my research with light.
For About Africa, I am going to be working with them on Website Design.
Alcon Lighting
With a reputation for the depth and breadth of its energy efficient lighting inventory, Alcon Lighting firmly believes that LED Lighting is the final step in energy efficient lighting solutions and the ideal replacement for all lighting applications. Without mercury—an ingredient in fluorescent bulbs that the state of California has categorized as Hazardous Waste—LED light bulbs reduce energy consumption by 90%.
About Africa
About Africa is a Company that educates and connects people from Uganda, Africa and all over the world to Ugandan Tourism and Trade via creating measureable changes in behavior, knowledge, and positive attitude among people interested in tourism. Its main Focus is in enhancement and reservation of various African traditions and culture via creating marketable tourism starting with Uganda..
We take into account individual needs hence catering for one’s specific needs in terms of duration of the trip, budget,activities and any other personal interests that might make your trip worthwhile. With a personal touch and friendly customer care
We say ”sanyuse okubalaba” your all welcome looking forward to meeting you.
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New Client: An American Craftsman Galleries
Super excited to announce that I will be working with An American Craftsman galleries on their branding and marketing. While job searching I came across an opportunity to work for them with their gallery in Stockbridge, MA. I reached out he was really into my graphic design work. We’re currently working on the nuances of this client relationship but the possibilities coming out of this are quite exciting. Look for future updates and projects over the course of this year and beyond. 🙂
An American Craftsman Galleries showcases the work of talented emerging artists alongside well established artists working in wood, clay, fiber, metal, glass, leather and mixed media. A wide range of work is represented… from unusual gifts to decorative art objects, from furniture to sculpture, from art glass to jewelry… for first-time buyers to seasoned collectors. An American Craftsman offers an ever changing collection of beautiful American made fine crafts.
An American Craftsman Galleries was founded by Richard & Joanna Rothbard as an exhibition space for contemporary American artists working in all craft media. The Rothbards, artists and art show organizers, opened the first AAC in Greenwich Village in 1980. Now located in two locations in midtown Manhattan and in Stockbridge, Ma, An American Craftsman has become a chosen destination for thousands of travelers from around the world.
American Art Marketing is an affiliate of An American Craftsman Galleries which produces some of the finest art events. Please visit AmericanArtMarketing.com
Graphic Design: AACG – Gift Certificate
an american craftsman gallery.
An American Craftsman Galleries showcases the work of talented emerging artists alongside well established artists working in wood, clay, fiber, metal, glass, leather and mixed media. A wide range of work is represented… from unusual gifts to decorative art objects, from furniture to sculpture, from art glass to jewelry… for first-time buyers to seasoned collectors. An American Craftsman offers an ever changing collection of beautiful American made fine crafts.
New Client: CyclePottery
During the summer, I connected with Kathryn over at CyclePottery in Florence, MA and we brainstormed on a few graphic design
projects. This past week we officially got the work off the ground and it’s been reinvigorating working on something new! CyclePottery is a pottery studio that offers workshops, camps, classes and much more. We’ll be working on a-frame poster design, brochure and web site revisions.
