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Tuesday, March 29, 2011

Plant Movements


Collage, enamel, and acrylic on wood

Thursday, March 17, 2011


Jack and Jill
copper plate etching

Wednesday, March 16, 2011

Russian Costructivist Emulation


redesign of 1988 Penguin Edition of A Clockwork Orange (translated into Russian)

redesign of 1987 Ace Edition of Dune

DaDa Emulation - redesign cassette sleeve for Jane's Adiction: Ritual De Los Habitual


Hand printed type and collage on paper

Futurist Typography Emulation- Redesign of DEVO's Freedom of Choice


Design 1 (front and back covers)

Design 2 (record cover front)
Design 2 (record cover back)
Hand printed type on clear vellum, collage, monotype, and wood type on paper

19th Century Handbill Emulation Design


Magazine Front Cover

Magazine Dust Cover

Joseph Meyerhoff Career Development Center- Soap Design

Terraform Analysis #2996

There is a solar system eight hundred light-years away from the Vouslair Nebula, the brightest nebula in it’s galaxy. Within that solar system is a terrestrial planet known to it’s inhabitants as Xetha. It revolves around two suns simultaneously. The first sun, which Xethans call Iso, is placed at the center of it’s system. Everything in the Iso system revolves around Iso, including it’s second sun which Xethans call Eso. The nature of this duel solar system prevents Xetha from being in shadow for most of their year. It becomes blistering hot on Xetha during this period of solar bombardment. The planet’s soil cracks from drought. Xethan life is plagued by poverty and starvation. Those, with the exception of very few Xethans, who have developed complex language and written communication call themselves Isotens. Like many other terrestrial forms of life that have developed written language, Isotens suffer from the fear of difference. Written language lays a foundation for understanding but also builds walls of prejudice. There is a period of time once every generation on Xetha when sun does not bleach the sky. Xetha’s moon, Oso, eclipses Eso and Eso eclipses Iso. The sky is blanketed with the serenity of the Vouslair Nebula, only eight hundred light-years away. When the sky is empty, light waves from the Vouslair Nebula activates compounds in the soil of Xetha that makes life grow. Isotens honor this sacred blessing of life with ceremonies praising the Vouslair Nebula. Food is harvested, poverty is forgotten, and in the presence of their God, Isotens dare not sin while the Vouslair Nebula is watching. A dialogue between the Isotens and Vouslair is formed that is only understood in the presence of their God. They pray for the blessings of Vouslair and it graces them with the gift of life and prosperity.
I am not God, for God births life. I cannot birth life, but being that I question whether I am living could I birth life? Can something that is not alive birth life? If one must be living to give birth to life than that must mean that God is alive. But how is it possible for a being that is eternal to be living? One must be able to die if it was ever to live. If God is truly alive, then he/she/it must have been born. And being that life must give birth to life, what living entity gave birth to God? The Vouslair Nebula is not alive, yet it gives birth to life on Xetha. Since it is not alive, the Vouslair Nebula thus cannot be God. Yet, according to Isotonian logic, Vouslair is God. Therefore, the only entity that can give birth to God is terrestrial life. God dies when terrestrial life dies.

Terraform Analysis #2995

I am a mind outside of the terrestrial beings of the Universe. I reflect on the thoughts and social laws of all life. I am not God, though I am not corporeal. I am searching for the answer to what I am. Thus, I pose questions about life, to know if I am living.
The terraform creatures who call themselves Homo Sapiens have peace of mind believing that there is a person, group, or entity watching over their well being. They want this belief because it means they can ignore their vulnerability to being the prey of a predator. Their guard can be let down with trust in that person, group, or entity. At one time, Homo Sapiens lacked their deathly explosive-projectile arsenal, along with their large partitioned pieces of earth they call cities and suburbs. Homo Sapien cities and suburbs are unwelcome ground to any creature or disease that has not been domesticated or vaccinated within their lifestyle. However, before this age of Homo Sapien dominance, Homo Sapiens were more subservient and vulnerable to other creatures and diseases that could prey upon them if they were not on guard. The age of Homo Sapien dominance has caused them to be less aware. They build physical and doctrinal systems to act as the armor to their bodies and the glasses to their mind. They believe this makes them less vulnerable to threats outside of their system, ignoring the possibility of a threat from within the system itself. The Homo Sapien system of Law and Justice varies from one side of their inhabited planet to another, but it’s principle remains the same. It is the armor protecting a prey from its predator; the glasses scrutinized those accused of injustice. But if the prey is blind, how can they know who to trust? They assume that their armor will be protect them and that their glasses do not belong to a predator. Homo Sapiens regulating the Law and Justice system are capable of the same emotions as those Homo Sapiens being watched over by the Law and Justice system. They are still capable of become violent, vengeful, and prejudice. But as they are an entity to be trusted, the blind and unaware prey give the system of Law and Justice the authority to decide who is guilty and who is innocent.

The Midnight Ghosts of Our Workforce


The Conference Room

Illumination

Improved Method of Folding Paper

Shipping Department Operations

Special Lighting Booth

Design of Machines and Equipment

Elbow Height Table Height Standing

Elbow Height Table Height Sitting

Base Circle DIA Machine

Assembling and Cementing Operation

Table XXIX

Twenty Cycle Operation

List for Transport Empty and Transport Full

Table XXX
Silver Gelatin Prints