I WORKED IN A PRINT SHOP IN MONTREAL FOR YEARS AND WHILE I WAS THERE I DID MY BEST TO FIND WAYS TO MINIMIZE WASTE THAT INEVITABLY HAPPENS WHEN WORKING IN PRODUCTION. I SET ASIDE ALL OF THE WEIRD SIZED SCRAP PAPER TOO SMALL FOR OUR AVAILABLE PRODUCTS. IN THE MORNINGS I WOULD CALIBRATE OUR PRINTERS TO VERIFY THEY WERE PRINTING TRUE TO COLOUR, AND I MADE COLOUR BLOCKS TO PRINT. HUMIDITY IS EXTREMELY IMPORTANT IN PRINTING AND YOU WOULD BE AMAZED AT HOW DIFFERENT COLOURS WILL PRINT BASED ON WHAT THE WEATHER IS.
2019
MY SISTER LOVES PUZZLES AND I NEVER UNDERSTOOD WHY YOU’D DO THAT WHEN YOU COULD DO THIS INSTEAD. I COULD SPEND HOURS MAKING RECREATIONS OF MY FAVOURITE ARTWORKS, THIS ONE OF COURSE IS BASED OFF A SELF PORTRAIT BY MATISSE. I SPENT A LOT OF TIME COLLAGING AS A KID, WE WOULD BE AT A COTTAGE BY THE BEACH AND I’D BE INSIDE MAKING COLLAGES OF CITIES I MIGHT LIKE TO LIVE IN.
2010
ONE OF MY MOST CREATIVE CLOSE FRIENDS HAS ALWAYS LIVED FAR AWAY FROM ME AND WE HAVE HAD A VARIETY OF PROJECTS OVER THE YEARS TO CONNECT AND PLAY DESPITE SO MUCH OF OUR LIVES BEING LIVED APART. THIS WAS A ZINE I MADE FOR HER FULL OF COLLAGE AND STORIES THAT HAVE SOME TRUE FACTS IN THEM, BUT ARE MOSTLY MADE UP, PURPOSEFULLY DREAM LIKE BUT ALSO FULL OF CONVINCING DETAILS TO CREATE A FEELING OF NOSTAGLIA AND INTIMACY.
I’VE INCLUDED PICTURES OF THE TEXT SEPARATELY SO IT’S EASIER TO READ IF YOU CLICK ON THE IMAGE.
2017
