I’ve been meaning to post some photos of this project for a little while now. This one had me busy for quite some time. I think we first started it almost 2 years ago, and we finished up and saw the final books in late April. It’s a 165-page book commemorating Sigma Phi’s 75th year in their current house on the Cornell campus. The book details the rich history of the Epsilon chapter as well as the fraternity as a whole, and includes anecdotes from many Sigs about their memorable experiences as brothers in the fraternity.

I recently completed a logo for JBJ Construction.  The final logo appears on top, along with a couple of alternate versions I showed them.

Zachary Aaron Marschke

Congratulations Mike & Abby on the new baby!!!
Can’t wait to meet him in person!

Born May 21, 2009

I recently collaborated with Carianne Mack Garside, a friend from college, on her wedding invitation. She’s an amazing painter and wanted to add a hand-made element to the invite. Her paintings often incorporate a poured background which she then paints on top of. We experimented with having her pour ink on each card, but it curled and warped the card stock a bit too much for it to then run through a press or printer reliably. So instead we printed a background image similar to the pour effect she does. She then sewed paper flower cutouts onto the card with one line of stitches through all three flowers.

Her wedding was beautiful, with amazing paper flower center pieces and favors, held in a gorgeous 100+ year-old barn. Congratulations, Carianne & Paul! And check out Carianne’s painting and drawing at cariannemack.com

This is one of the coolest things I’ve seen lately. I tried it at home and it’s pretty amazing.

I’ve been meaning to integrate our blog into our site and I’ve recently installed WordPress and played around a bit, and you’re looking at the result. There will likely be some changes along the way, but the main goal was to integrate the blog and an easy to update portfolio gallery into one simple site, and I definitely think that’s been achieved. The site is based off a great template I found called Oulipo by Andrea Mignolo. Hope you like the new site, now if I can finally set up an etsy store…

Willa made her first painting the other day, and I think it’s just stunning. I’m so excited for her to start painting and drawing, and our magnetic wall should be filled with her masterpieces in no time.

Also, I saw one of my old bosses the other day, and he told me about a business he’s started with his wife, called Artimus Art. They preserve your child’s art in a hardcover book and an online gallery. They send you out a box, you gather all the artwork and send it back to them, and they scan each piece and produce a great looking hardcover book. I think it’s a fantastic idea that could, and should, really take off. We’ll be building our collection of Willa originals for a little bit before we’re ready to order a book, but someday!

Image from Artimus Art Web Gallery

I still really have no art (or many concepts) for March, June, August, & September, so let me know if you’ve got any suggestions.