March 2014 – Chandler O'Leary

On the same wavelength

Mar 31, 2014

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in Dead Feminists, Illustration, Kindred Spirits, Lettering, Life & Miscellany

I just picked up a sheet of the new Shirley Chisholm postage stamps—not just because Shirley is awesome, but also because the color scheme matches our Shirley broadside perfectly! (Great minds think alike?)

Hedge trimmings

Mar 27, 2014

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Chandler

in Behind the Scenes, Lettering

Look! I made an alphabet! It’s funny—I almost never design an entire alphabet. In general, lettering projects just don’t really work like that. Most of the time, a letterer(erer) designs only the letterforms required for the word or phrase they’re lettering. That’s really the best way to create letter styles (which are not the same…

Jellied delights

Mar 24, 2014

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Chandler

in Behind the Scenes, Illustration

You already know I have a thing for absurd, elaborate, apocalypse-resistant desserts. I took an afternoon “off” from my normal studio work to play around with various silly things, and this ended up being the theme. I think it’s sort of an illustrator’s version of happy hour, I suppose…

Focal Point

Mar 18, 2014

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Chandler

in Behind the Scenes, Book Arts, Dead Feminists, Illustration, Lettering, Letterpress

If you earn your living by drawing pictures, you have to spend a lot of time with your head down and your eyes on your paper. Yet at this time of year, with spring coming along fast (at least in the Northwest…), life hurries by at a frantic pace. I hate the idea of missing…

They clean up nice, don’t they?

Mar 13, 2014

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Chandler

in Book Arts, Dead Feminists, Illustration, Kindred Spirits, Letterpress, Pacific Northwest

Well, I only just realized that my only photo of last night’s opening (stupid phone!) was so out of focus, but oh well. It still gives you an idea of how nicely the Wayzgoose steamroller prints look on a gallery wall! Thanks to everybody who made the trek down to Parkland last night for the…

Gallery ‘goose

Mar 10, 2014

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Chandler

in Behind the Scenes, Book Arts, Illustration, Letterpress, Pacific Northwest

This year marks the 10th Anniversary of the Tacoma Wayzgoose! The festival isn’t until the end of April, but we’re celebrating early with an exhibit of all the giant steamroller prints created over the years at the Pacific Lutheran University Gallery. It’s going to be a doozy! And I’m honored to see that the artwork…

Tandem printing

Mar 7, 2014

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Chandler

in Behind the Scenes, Book Arts, Dead Feminists, Kindred Spirits, Letterpress, Pacific Northwest

Jessica’s studio is hopping lately. She and I are working on the next Dead Feminist broadside, and our friend R.J. joined us on the adjacent press. There’s just something so satisfying about a room filled with the sound of Vandercook motors humming…