Poster Mountain

The last post touched very briefly upon artist Laurent Durieux and his 1950s futuristic style. Today we are going to be spotlighting artist Rob Schwager of Tiny Bird Press ( http://tinybirdpress.com/ ). His work captures those sun filled, scraped knee and happy moments of childhood.  Coincidentally, I love when the universe works out like this, Rob has a print release today (Friday, May 31st!). Head over to his website to see his newest silkscreen, inspired by Doctor Who. Apart from the images themselves, which are great, Rob does all of his own work from the concept drawing  to pulling each print by hand. Rob was kind enough to answer a few questions for me about how started making silkscreens and his own artistic process. What was your first introduction to silk screens? I used to see screen printed gig posters by guys like Frank Kozik and Derek Hess coming into the club in Chicago where I worked as a bouncer, a place called Cabaret Metro, (now, just called

This week we are going to be focusing on silkscreens. All of us here at Poster Mountain collect some sort of art and given the nature of our work, we all have posters and prints. For those of you who don't know, John's particular passion is silkscreens. A few months ago John, along with a group of like minded silkscreen collectors, commissioned one of the most sought after artists, Laurent Durieux, to design a print based off of an older illustration that John liked. (For more information on Durieux, here is a link to his website: www.laurentdurieux.com ) Durieux's work is beautiful and reimagines the futuristic style of the 50s into grand and modern designs. The clean lines, bold colors and detailed prints have history and weight to them that give a sense that there is an entire world beyond what is contained by the borders of the page. He is a well known artist in Belgium, where he lives, but has only recently come to the attention of American collectors. I could go on