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Using Letraset in Collage

I love the forms the layered letters make. One of my favorite resources in creating collages is a sheet of rub-on letters. In Providence I had a secret spot where I could go to get as much Letraset as I could afford. At first, it was in a small room towards the back of a [...]

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DC: The Typography of a City

My first trip to D.C.! So Julia and I have been trying to get to D.C. for our anniversary for 5 years now, and for some reason or other, something always comes up. This year we had given up until we got some last-minute news on Thursday that we could go on Friday. With less [...]

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Anticipation: A Contemplation on Advent

I was invited to create this installation at Emmaus Way in Durham. Over the course of Advent, I worked in a make-shift studio space in one of the storefront windows on Saturdays and Sunday evenings during church meetings. Each week the pieces would change and become more detailed, and since I was working in public [...]

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