I am so honored to be speaking at tonight’s Los Angeles PUG meeting. We will be talking about photography branding, and more specifically “How to find your Voice”. We’ll be breaking into groups to help each other find their marketing voice. Please bring 3 samples of your best work, and a few of your marketing pieces.

Can’t wait to see y’all ;)

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Make art, not waste.

As a graphic designer I surround myself with art whether it be design, photography or paintings – I need color, type and inspiration around me constantly.

I find pieces of abandoned furniture all the time and take them home with me –  then I recreate them into art. I use everything from book pages, newspaper, paint, lacquer or whatever I can get my hands on. There are no rules…I make it up as I go.

So instead of going to a landfill, the furniture becomes a living, breathing piece of art. It’s important for me to channel my creativity in new ways and this is a different and very tactile approach.

I call this series the Taschen trio. I used the pages of a Taschen book to create these pieces.

The chairs were found near the corner of  Franklin Ave. and Wilcox St.
The table was found near Las Palmas Blvd. and Hollywood Blvd.

Thanks to whoever for throwing them out.

Writing for our website over the last few weeks meant logging quite a bit of time with dictionary.com. Coming from the world of print, spelling errors can be quite costly. A good few rounds of spell check can make a big difference. This article from The Huffington Post made me chuckle. One might suggest before committing to something as painful permanent as a tattoo, check your dictionary.

PS: My letterpressed business cards and note cards and Emily’s business cards and gift certificates are in from Anemone Letterpress. They are so beautiful, as soon as I have a good shot I’ll post.