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Kyle Culps

I was recently introduced to designer Kyle Culps through our friend and fellow designer Jeremiah Britton and I really like his work. Kyle is a designer / printmaker from Canton, MI. While attending Central Michigan University, Kyle participated in many student / groups show.

See more of Kyle’s work behind the cut.

Interview: John Bailey

I first met John Bailey up in Grand Rapids, where I found out he was the artist behind all the graphics for the band Stepdad. Even after doing some research for this interview, that was still all I could find out about him. He has no About page, no “social media presence” for self-promotion, just a Tumblr of his work that fills up at a breakneck pace. It’s strange these days, it seems, to find an artist who spends 110% of their time just creating. And so the interview started with a pretty basic question: “tell me about yourself…”

Could you give me a quick introduction or bio? How did you get started as an artist?

John Bailey, house sloth, YouTube addict…artist. If I were to describe my work to someone who had never seen it…I guess I’d say its what you would see if someone put an SNES in a microwave, while NBA Jam is playing.

READ THE ENTIRE INTERVIEW: John Bailey

Alisa Bobzien

We’ve been super busy keeping up with holiday craft shows for the past month and have been completely slacking on our blog. On the upside we’ve had a chance to meet so many talented people, whom we will profile on the site in the upcoming week.

Ann Arbor’s Alisa Bobzien, whose work we absolutely loved at this years Detroit Urban Craft Fair, creates these ornate screen prints.

More of Alisa’s work behind the cut.

Kady Jesko

Kady Jesko is a graphic designer from Detroit who shares our love of printmaking and typography. She’s not even out of school yet, and she already has a couple of typefaces under her belt. There’s lots of good stuff to be found throughout her portfolio.

See more work by Kady Jesko…

Day of the Dead Recap

Happy Halloween! Where did the month of October go? We’ve admittedly fallen a bit behind on blogging, and the only thing to do is to catch up, one post at a time. Please keep your submissions coming (email them to heyyouguys [at] perfectlaughter [dot] com).  If you’ve submitted something and haven’t heard back, we apologize. Hang tight, we’re getting there!

This weekend is the last chance to see Day of the Dead at Starkweather Arts Center. The gallery is open Thursday through Saturday.  The show that Heather Hansma curated has a lot of fantastic work in it, and we were happy to be a part of it. The opening featured music by Hand in the Ocean, and performance art by Jayme Ludwig. All of the opening’s hijinks can be seen in this Day of the Dead photo album that Heather put together on Flickr.

As for the artwork, it’s showcased beautifully in this highlight reel that was shot by local cable channel WBRW. Great job, Heather, on a very thoughtfully curated and tirelessly promoted show that all of the artists involved are no doubt very proud of.

 

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