When The Sea Meets The Sky: 2010

Monday, December 20, 2010

Spiralces

a spiracle is an external respiratory opening

Prose Spring/Summer 2011

~ sea ~

Sunday, December 12, 2010

Humans vs. Nature, Humans vs. Humans, Nature vs. Nature

Phillip Estlund

Hurricanes

Foreclosed abandoned homes

Demolition

Wild Fires

Tornados

Earthquakes

Homelessness

Natural Resources

Overdevelopment

Urban planning

Tsunamis

Bombs

Rain

Is this starting to sound like a Billy Joel song? Anyway, I'm very captivated by Phillip's work. The subject matter haunts me and draws thoughts of a surviving world with a romantic tone. His sculptures are resurrected pieces of broken Florida homes and dioramas of shifting overgrown materials both natural and synthetic. I love the collages as well but I am especially drawn to the architecture of the sculptures–part whimsical treehouse, part serious post-apocolyptic shelter, part disturbing reality of south Florida's housing crisis.

- sea -

Monday, December 6, 2010

Stoned

Beach Combing , Drop Necklace s and Spotted Stones.
-sky-

Thursday, November 25, 2010

Whiskey Food Co.

A friend of mine recently asked me to design a 'food co.' logo for him. I love when friends are open to my ideas, because he didn't have a name in mind and if I had a food label, this is what I might call it. We both know cooking isn't exactly my forte, so I'm living vicariously through him. Yummy sauces and jams and the like will be wearing this label and I'm pretty happy with it.

-sky-

Wednesday, November 24, 2010

A quickie

Just made this and wanted to share. It's getting awfully close to me coming to visit...yayayayay.

-sky-

Monday, November 15, 2010

Deerhunter

Helicopter

best youtube comment:

This song is so sweet & god damn beautiful it kills me...and there's nothing like hearing it on headphones walking through the city when it's 50 degress and slightly chilly.

- sea -

Sunday, October 31, 2010

More Margaret

Margaret Durow's work ignites the same inspiration I feel when I stumble upon a collection of old slides – a nostalgia that is not mine but I still long for and cherish. It was really amazing to use her photography in the story You Will Be The Living Equation by Amber Sparks. Content is of course the key to my inspiration when developing a thoughtful design for each story in Annalemma magazine. Their pairing resulted in a rich narrative that clings and releases simultaniously.

Read the interview between Margaret & Amber here.

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Saturday, October 30, 2010

Annalemma Issue 7: Endurance

I think this is the best one yet. The theme of Annalemma Issue 7 is Endurance. It's a special issue because we have teamed up with the community of Eatonville, Florida, one of the first African American townships in the US. This issue reflects the legacy of Zora Neale Hurston who grew up in Eatonville and made the town the historical site it is today. Many of her writings including the novel Their Eyes Were Watching God, take place in Eatonville. Ted Hollin's, who has been photographing the annual ZORA! festival of art and culture for 22 years, contributed incredible documentary photographs. If you are in Central Florida join us November 12th at the Zora Neale Hurston Museum 6-8 p.m. for the realease party!

I must say there is stunning photography in here this time: Margaret Durow, Nina Hartmann, Jesse Hlebo, David Potes, Rose Wind Jerome really make my job easier. And I am so happy to say this: I'll have a copy for you when you are here in December! Woop! xo

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Thursday, October 28, 2010

In Bloom

Recently I was asked to do some props for a photo shoot with my friends at Abicus for a local newspaper called Reverb. It's a pretty rad magazine and I was incredibly honored. The really amazing part of this was to see my sketches become a reality, with the help of the fabulous Jaime Brassil, our lovely models Ruth and Mitch {of horselove fame} and of course, the crew here at NDD HQ. The issue comes out on the first of November, I'll scan some pages and show you next week how it all turned out. I think we ended up having ten really great shots in the end!

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