This is a stop motion video I made exclusively for the iBook edition of the classic instructional text Complete Metalsmith by Tim McCreight, published by Brynmorgen Press. It took over 600 ink drawings to make this (very) short piece. Lots of fun, though.
For the last year I've been working closely with Brynmorgen Press. One thing I do is edit together promotional videos. This one presents a new book about Jewelry traditions in West Africa called Legacy. The editing was a pleasure thanks to the amazing footage and photos taken by the author Mathieu Cheminée.
With little more than an anvil and a small box of tools, successive generations of jewelers in West Africa have developed a style of working in silver and gold admired the world over. While many books have been published documenting jewelry artifacts of Africa, few have documented the makers, their process and their traditions -- until now.
Saturday at the truck yard.
Philly is a great town and my friend Frosty has a house there. This winter he let me drop in to paint.
This is a show of block prints by yours truly and photos by Ms. Ester Pinheiro dos Reis taken in Salvador de Baia. There are also some of my goldfish drawings and prints and original drawings available for sale.
