Work for the Proles

Just added a PRINT section to the site... Luckily for you, it's work that anybody can afford. Which is great for me too, considering my work generally attracts the lowly poor types. But be quick, the secret is out on some of the images and they are selling like proverbial "hot cakes."As a consequence my edition inventories are either low or completely sold out. Check it 'em out here. 

In celebration of updating my portfolio (albeit a modest achievement), I've decided to do a quick blog posting that supports the glorious event, and what would be more relevant than a posting on my printing process? Nothing. So, without anymore hesitation... Here's some pictures of my printing process- 

key run on "Voyage to Amazonia"

I've been enjoying the process of silkscreening on panels as it creates numerous challenges for the medium. Above is the screen for the key run on "Voyage to Amazonia". Below are images of the process after the second and third runs.

yellow and red runs "Voyage to Amazonia"

blue layer "Voyage to Amazonia"

 "Voyage to Amazonia" was my first attempt at printing on a raised surface. Since then, I've completely lost my mind and started experimenting with cube forms... CRAZY, right???? Below is a good illumination of how stupid one of my setups can look like by the end. 

Print set up for "Changeable Charlie"

Ketchup Fountains and Other Reasons to Get This Gosh Dern Site UP

I was sent a link this morning that highlighted my Ketchup Fondue Fountain.

I figured being featured on Gizmodo, and Tosh.0 blog, among others was a good motivation for me to actually make this site live... as unfinished as it were. So, if you're new to my work, Welcome. My name is Britt Spencer. I have another site that has over the years become a stagnant portfolio of my illustration work. This site will host a broader spectrum of my work... including McDonald's food pyramids with a ketchup fountain crest.

The fountain, a center piece in my thesis show "The Dagnabit!!!", was pretty popular for the two hours it was operational. I had suspected that McDonald's would be a good catering option as it matched my work much better than carrot sticks and celery. Not to mention, much of my thesis is concerned with an adulation of mass consumerism.  

I heard a number of gallery goers mention that it above my work was the most memorable thing. I'm ok with that.

ketchup fountain

Hitchhiker

Digital file of Hitchhiker 2011. Currently using it to teach a photoshop duotone demo for a silk-screening class this quarter at the Savannah College of Art and Design.

hitchiker

hitch hiker, nonsense test experiment

Welcome to my new and questionably better website... enjoy

I've decided to shake the monkey off my back that is website coding and start hosting my site using a template created by a third-party. Check back periodically and become witness to the transformation. Those of you that were familiar with my old site will notice that most of the old work has been "swept under the rug" so to speak, excluding a few little "gems" that get to stick around in my portfolio so long as they keep bringing in the eyes.

While jumping to this new platform has been really beneficial in a number of ways, it has unfortunately had one consequence that isn't so great; namely the loss of my old blog posts. So, expect some lost reruns here... or rather, they're not really reruns, in that a rerun would imply a copy of old material. They'll be more like new versions of old material, sort of like Melrose Place to Beverly Hills 90210. 

Enjoy!