Box, Paper, Scissors

Come one, come all to the Kayo Gallery in Salt Lake City, saturday night!
From 6-10 pm, Kayo is hosting a fundraiser called Box, Paper, Scissors.  They gave cigar boxes to a bunch of local artists to decorate in anyway they see fit.  The only restriction was that it had to be able to close completely.
Saturday (Nov. 14) night onlythe boxes are on display.  It's a silent auction so, at the end of the night, whoever wins a box gets to take it home and open it.
I got a box and have decorated it.  Pictures will come after the show on Saturday night! so, stay tuned.

Halloween Print-X-Change

Leia Bell invited me to participate in the Halloween print exchange at the Signed & Numbered Gallery.  The best thing about print exchanges is that you get a copy of everyone's awesome prints! I was thinking about my past Halloween costumes as inspiration for this print. When I was 4, my mom made me a rainbow polka-dotten ghost costume.

See Fig. 1 

(letterpress printed from reductive linoblocks and metal type. the polka-dots are made from glittery eye shadow so sadly they didn't turn out very bright in the scan. they are actually very vibrant)

NEW WORK/ Signed & Numbered Show

The Dude Wrestles a Tiger (screen print with watercolor)

Hey Kitty Don't Eat That (screen print)

 cover for the People I know and the Things that We Do vol. 3 or 3 (letterpress printed from photopolymer plates, linoblocks and wood type)

 

a couple pages from vol. 3

the Craigslist Killer (renamed "I didn't Mean to Kill Those Two Hookers" (screen print)

alright, so it's not new work, but it was still in the show

my piece was even used as the ad image for our show

 As promised, here is new work. My coworkers from the Book Arts Program--Claire Taylor, Amber Heaton, Mary Toscano, Becky Williams Thomas, Elizabeth Smith, Allison Cornu, David Wolske and Marnie Powers-Torrey--and I had a show in September at the Signed & Numbered Gallery, here in Salt Lake City.

BACK IN ACTION!!!

Hi again,
After a long summer, I am back in action. Being out of school has made me lazy in terms of publishing more work on this blog. But, never fear, I will be posting on a regular basis again.
So, stay tuned for more!

THREADLESS DESIGN

threadless design competition for class. we were assigned opposites and had to make an illustration based on them. i got dead and alive.

WEBSITE UPDATE

check out my updated website. much better now http://lauradeckerstudio.com

CRAIGSLIST KILLER

sketch to finish. i'm trying the screenprinting thing again. it's so much fun and takes so much less time than gouache! this picture of the craigslist killer was inspired by old addiction to serial killers.