the small comforts of bartering

I work for a small urban farm in Kingston known as Main St. Market. It is decidedly my fun job. I am in charge of helping the small family run operation prepare to start selling food at the local farmers market on top of what they're already working on (which is feeding 35 families on produce grown from a community garden by the way!).

On one such week, I was selling veggies and bread at the Wally Elmer Community Centre when my market neighbour Yvonne mentioned she is wanted a business card made for her blossoming baked goods and knitting business. I photographed the graphic from her flyer and cleaned it up before making the card itself.





My freezer is now the proud owner of 5 (-1) apple pies! I love Kingston food community!! (2011)

cabaret bursts at the seams

Our first attempt at having the cabaret at a new venue. A lot changed. This poster has 3 incarnations. I like them all.

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#1


#2


#3 (made at 1am. i was very tired)

#2 ended up being used.

gimp-free

Everything you see on this blog is made with the Gnu Image Manipulation Program or GIMP. Except for this one. I didn't have access to my home computer at the time so I used Microsoft Word much to my chagrin.

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Its also relevant to note that I took the base photograph. Both are from 2010.
Body paint done by Sherry Bellafontaine-Bruce.

take two

The first cabaret was so fun, it became an establishment. My role of poster-maker became a badge of pride. This is where I really start having with it.

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To date, this cabaret was my favourite. It had the best and loudest audience. I do not own the base image. 2010

the cabaret is born

It started when a fire spinner said, "I want to have a cabaret for my birthday."



Though today I am dissatisfied with this poster. It had to go up. 2009

where i got my practical skills

My dad is a master electrician. He is definitely talented in his field. After getting laid off, every successive company he worked for asked him to cut corners on building safety code. For this reason he took the leap to go into business for himself. After hearing this he unknowingly gained a level of respect from me that wasn't there before, though you'd probably not be able to tell that from listening to us argue.


This is the front...


...and back of the card I made for him. 2007
One day after picking me up from work some years ago, something randomly broke in the steering column of his truck. I watched him jam a screwdriver into just the right spot in order to crudely steer long enough to make it home.

itako

This was a blog meme. I think it originally turned me onto making show posters in the first place. Itako is a fictional, randomly name-generated band. The image and sentence were also randomly generated in google searches. I do not own the image. 2008

i thrash, you thrash

Some old friends play electro-industrial. They came to play Kingston one fine day.


poster and...


flyer. 2008
they haven't been back since.

a gaseous cluster is born...

For practical purposes I have decided to compile my design work and photography.
These projects were done for various community groups, events, friends, family, and fun.

Please enjoy and/or offer me guidance.