my love for you is a stampede of horses.

Process: Mike Dacey X Chris Piascik.

Mike Dacey of Repeat Press and Graphic designer Chris Piascik recently collaborated to make a letterpress print to celebrate and accompany Chris' latest tribute 'zine to Major Taylor. The fellas sent over images to share with us the process behind the making of the print and some biz cards for Chris. Sweet!

These bad Larrys are flying out the door...so if I were you I would just scan these pics and head on over to Print Brigade to get the print or the zine. Or just make it a deal and just get both. STAT.

Pertinent and all relevant info:

6" x 9" two-color letterpress print. Edition of 100. 
Illustrated by hand in Boston, MA. 
Printed by hand in Somerville, MA at Repeat Press, as a tribute to Major Taylor who spent the majority of his life in Worcester, MA.

Marshall "Major" Taylor (26 November 1878–21 June 1932) was an American cyclist who won the world one-mile track cycling championship in 1899 after setting numerous world records and overcoming racial discrimination. Renowned as The Fastest Bicycle Rider In The World in the early 1900’s, accredits his success as a world champion to the value of good habits and clean living.

Process: Luke Bartels & Jeff Canham.

****This installment of the Process/Inspiration Series comes to us by way of San Francisco from from Jeff Canham . Over the past couple of months Jeff and Luke Bartels have been working on a group of bird houses for their upcoming show, For the Birds at The Curiosity Shoppe which opens on April 9th. Jeff and Luke share with us step by step the process of building the birdhouses. Between Luke's wood working skills and Jeff's sign painting finessing the detail is amazing and hilarious! Bird Bath and Beyond!? Brilliant. Enjoy!****

And as always more Images after the JUMP.

An establishing shot of my studio where the birdhousing is going down.

A corner of Luke Bartels' woodshop where the two of us do most of the building and assembling. Rather that's where Luke does most of the building and assembling and I make witty comments while he's working.

Some of the elements (rooftops, vents, etc.) that will go on the finished birdhouses. You can see a couple of the blank boxes at the end of the shelf.

Process: Dan Gluibizzi.

*****This installment of the Process/Inspiration series I did a little differently. In February, I had the pleasure of meeting Dan Gluibizzi through my friend Zefrey Throwell. I was really fascinated with Dan's work right off the bat, not just because of the fluid, water color feel to his work but the concept behind it. He captures the voyeuree of amateur porn sites in such a subtle, refreshing way. I've left it up to Dan to explain his work more, and I have added my photos.*****

More images after the jump.

I am not alone in being Internet obsessed. When I was in school I would go through the art section in the library looking at each book, not so much to learn about the artists or the history but in the hunt for the 'perfect image'. I search for images on the Internet in the same ways that I used the library.

Every year we each look at billions of images, filtered, processed, altered. We live in a mediated picture world. Experience, capture, post.

I love searching the Internet for "perfect images'  those that have a possibility of transcending their time and place.

My recent works are collections of nudes culled from a wide range of websites - although most come from nudist and amateur adult sites. Tumblr sites are my favs.

I use basic photoshop tools to compose a simple collage. Project the collage and color in the figures.

I have been focusing on the abundance of images of women taking self-pics. The figures are striking - there is awkward and interesting cropping. I find these images to be foolish yet compelling.

Process: Tony Bevilacqua.

*****This weeks Process/Inspiration post is from Boston based artist Tony Bevilacqua. Tony's post is honest and somewhat funny (on point with that curling observation!) commentary about his own anxiety and doubt around making art. It's a self-effacing, direct viewpoint about his process and what he gains once he pushes through those demons. We've all been there, some more than others. Thanks Tony for opening up! ~ meighan*****

Art is a lot of fun when it’s not making me feel terrible about myself. It has the power to make me feel like a waste of space, fill me with anxiety for investing so much of my life in creating things to hang on a wall. Although, I think that last part won’t be as much of an issue any more after having watched the curling event on the Olympics last week.

But sometimes art makes me feel really excited and inspired and truly fulfilled, and I guess that it’s those moments, however rare, that keep me coming back to make more. There are few things as exciting to me as a blank canvas, and few things as beautiful, powerful, and inspiring to me as taking a walk through a place like the Gardner Museum in Boston. It reminds me of why I love art so much and why I can’t really imagine a life without it.

The three images [above and] below are three different paintings that were done on the same canvas. And there are two more finished paintings buried in there that I don’t have any photos of, one of which I labored and obsessed over for weeks. The [top] one with the big “help” on it is the most current, though I am sure not the final version. This is my process. Paint, repaint, stress out, repeat.

Inspiration: Mike Maxwell.

*****Wrapping up Mike Maxwell's two part Process/Inspiration post is the second installment; Inspiration. More images after the jump! Thanks Mike!*****

I gain inspiration from everything around me at all times. I love the life art has granted me. The freedom to do the things I find most meaningful is something I cherish. I am grateful everyday.

These two are a daily inspiration. Ms. Crystal Barnes who can also be credited for most of the photos for this blog. Pete Dog is my spiritual leader.

She has been a huge inspiration to me in my life and particularly over the last year.

More images after the jump!