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books
Bound or collected print objects presented in a sequential or counter-sequential manner.
sometimes comic books.
This is for the original limited book run of risograph books, printed in four colors (Yellow, Reflex Blue, Fluorescent Pink, Black) in 2023. certain numbers from the run have already been sold, to understand the variability in the numbered issues please read below. if you want to request a specific number in the run, please reach out to request, and I will do my best to provide. Issues 1 and 150 not currently for sale.
CMYK Walk In The Woods is an experimental hybrid of animation, comic, and art book that reconstructs a walk through Busey Woods, a small nature preserve in rural Illinois. The animation features 1,200 sequential compositions drawn from a three-color risograph printing process, running at a bell-curved average of 8 frames per second for a 2:30 loop. Over 360 specific plants, birds, clouds, and human-made structures populate the sequence, rooted in meticulous research and a taxonomy of local flora.
The work examines embodiment, perspective, and systems of organization through its iterative process. Each of the 150 printed copies was hand-sorted from nearly flawless to profoundly misaligned, foregrounding the conversation between mechanical and human imperfection. Risograph printing, which is biodegradable, tactile, and inherently flawed, serves as both medium and metaphor, emphasizing impermanence and the struggle to articulate. The final animation consists of the first and last book in the print sequence, its frame rate shifts over the course of the film, oscillating past the speed of perceivable motion.
The animation interrogates gaps in perception, language, and knowledge. Inspired by Ian Hacking’s “Looping Effect” and Nick Sousanis’ concept of triangulation in Unflattening, it was made while wondering, how do we understand wordless experiences, and what emerges from misalignment of colors, frames, or selves? This is explored further in an essay printed on the back cover titled “How Would a Mantis Shrimp Describe Blue?”
The animation originally premiered on a 190-foot ceiling display, The Canopy at 900, in 2023, and will be exhibited at the Museum of the Moving Image in March of 2025, and part of an installation at The Krannert Art Museum in April 2025. It has been released on VHS.
Much more coming soon!
Prints
Risograph prints that are unbound, single-sheet artworks.
We are living in feudal times again, which had me thinking: what would a midwestern medieval society look like? Somewhere far from the heart of the empire, people are able to shape their own realities in the margins. A series I wouldn’t mind returning to again, so keep an eye out! My main goal was two-fold: make fun drawings that followed in the footsteps of various cartoonist philosophies I hope to embody, and print something I can sell to fund future projects at Get Home Safe Press. Every print you purchase of Middle of Nowheria goes back into the press to buy printing supplies, and hopefully soon more equipment!
“He just keeps getting bigger and bigger! It’s hard to keep him clothes, he’s taking fabric donations if you have any.”
Four color print (cornflower blue, sunflower yellow, fluorescent pink, black) on cream colored 20 lb paper.
“He’s been like this for hours, should we tell someone?”
“No, this is normal for him.”
Four color print (cornflower blue, sunflower yellow, fluorescent pink, black) on cream colored 20 lb paper.
“Aye we didn’t always look like this ya know, but take enough blows under the helm and you start to look similar.”
“I was much more handsome before I started jousting”
“No, don’t say that, you look great!”
Four color print (cornflower blue, sunflower yellow, fluorescent pink, black) on cream colored 20 lb paper.
“(Gurgling Sounds)”
Four color Riso print (cornflower blue, sunflower yellow, fluorescent pink, black) on cream colored 20 lb paper.
“When I took the job, nobody told me the gauntlets that came with the uniform magically transformed you into a pile of dusty bones, but I guess I should have known better when I applied to be The Boneyard Guardian. The pay is alright, I suppose.”
Four color print (cornflower blue, sunflower yellow, fluorescent pink, black) on cream colored 20 lb paper.
“We swapped heads While I was testing a transfiguration spell last week, and he seemed to be having fun. Then I realized that my spells were twice as strong in dog form. I think its the pure heart or something.”
Four color print (cornflower blue, sunflower yellow, fluorescent pink, black) on cream colored 20 lb paper.
“It’s been in the stone for years, it's not particularly stuck, but anyone who tries gets too... noodly to do much of anything with it, then they tend to give up.”
Four color riso print (cornflower blue, sunflower yellow, fluorescent pink, black) on cream colored 20 lb paper.
