Artist Survey #13: BZ Smith

I was introduced to BZ at a post-Thanksgiving celebration in 2007. We found we had many things in common, including the dream of seeing Sonora as an artisticly centered community with heavy youth involvement. Ever since she has been introducing me to local artists, designers, board members, organizations, entrepreneurs and festivals. Until recently she was …

Graphic Artists Guild: Code of Fair Practice

I discovered this while reading the Graphic Artists Guild Handbook: Pricing & Ethical Guidelines. Their Code of Fair Practice was created to help all facets of art and design prosper. In a perfect world we would all be able to hire representatives, make proper legal documents and never plagiarize, download, appropriate or “steal” others work …

Artist Survey #12: Hanah Hicks

Hannah is basically my other sister. I have known her my whole conscious life and our families remain close friends. She is currently finishing up a degree in fashion and apparel design in San Francisco and hopes to start designing/manufacturing bold clothing and outerwear to fit today’s board culture. Name: Hannah Hicks Location: San Francisco, …

Blacksmith Type

Last summer I had the pleasure of working as an aprentice blacksmith to my sister at Columbia State Park. This is some of the typography we would create day to day. Horseshoes were our scrap metal. We experimented with all sorts of shapes, figures symbols. Kristi, my sister, had been working there for several years …

UTLTRN v. Tuolumne

It is my goal to have a bad ass printmaking workshop. A place where I can create day and night. A place where I can get friends and family involved in creating. A place open to the public. A place to hold concerts, parties and events. A place to teach and entertain. A place with …

Artist Survey #11: Rick Reese

Rick was my intro to illustration professor back at Long Beach State. I always looked forward to his class because he is a real down-to-earth guy and would often bring in his current projects to show us his creative process (usually because he was behind schedule I’m sure). I enjoy drawing a great deal, but …