February | 2019 | A Planetary Collage

Thoughts On Process: The Impact of PanPastel Colors from Colorfin

February 26, 2019 by telyhardware

The books and drawings that I make are, I am told, eccentric. I make them using archaic techniques and using tools for industrial or architectural design. The resulting drawings create their own category. It is difficult to ascertain with precision just what is is going on — which is my intent. (All art benefits from a little mystery.) My drawings begin from a small plan about the size of a business card and expand to fill the format of a […]

Categories: Mastery, Working & Methods

SCORE (cont.): Making, My Process and the CD

February 12, 2019 by telyhardware

I recently introduced a new work, SCORE, which can be seen at the Lilly Library at Indiana University then posted a walk-through of the piece. Although artistic process really can’t be fully explained, I enjoy hearing artists talk about their processes because I find that hints and helps come about. So with that in mind… (Note that each of the photo’s below can be clicked to expand to full resolution.) …a few details about the creation of SCORE. Last winter […]

Categories: My Work, Working & Methods

SCORE (cont.): A Walkthrough of My Book Recently Delivered to the Lilly Library at Indiana University

February 1, 2019 by telyhardware

Last week I posted about my new work, SCORE, delivered to the Lilly Library at Indiana University. Today I wanted to share more images from the book in a bit of a guided tour. At the same time the following descriptions offer insight into the music which accompanies SCORE. What is the work? My primary works, like SCORE, start with a set of unique, one-of-a-kind spreads — in the future I’ll visit the process of creating the folios in more […]

Categories: My Work, News • Tags: artist books, bookbinding, modern art

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Monthly Archives: February 2019

Thoughts On Process: The Impact of PanPastel Colors from Colorfin

SCORE (cont.): Making, My Process and the CD

SCORE (cont.): A Walkthrough of My Book Recently Delivered to the Lilly Library at Indiana University