LOGO

I've been collaborating with Morgan Winter the past week or so on

the design for my logo. Inspiration was a mix of hieroglyphic text and the work of

Michal Rovner-- with a play on a human figure, oversized knitting needles and my

initials. The preliminaries turned out brilliant! It was so hard to choose... but after

some thought we decided on #13.

Next, Morgan got to work, carving a stamp with the logo silhouette out from a baby

potato. I was so intrigued by the sound of this process when she first told me,

and, after only one day passed, I was sent all of these really great photos

of the new stamps and what they can do!

logo #7-- I liked this one too, it reminded me of a loom

so cool!!!

Next idea was applying a rock texture or printing on rock

like Michal does. It not only goes along with the coloration, texture and

inspiration to my work, but also brings it into the world, grounds it.

Printed on some pet rocks from my collection. This one above is my favorite favorite,

I can't even believe it exists

Hopping a bus to PA with the gang for a 4th of July bash at

Morgan's place this Sunday! Can't wait to thank her in person with a great bear hug

and relax a bit on the grass. Maybe even see some stars for a change ;)

artist in focus: Morgan Winter

Pen and ink.

That's all Morgan Winter needs to fill the pages of her vast notebook collection with wildly intricate,

contrast pattern. Her work holds those qualities I deeply appreciate, and often try to reflect in mine

as well: A quality in line, and stark contrast between space and opaque form. An understanding of

naturally occurring orderly/abstract pattern, and almost a subconscious ability to translate this into a

graphic image, or an image that is the artist's own. Also, a great sense of humor, and life-long interest

in ancient tribal art... or really,the history of human existence and things we have done over time.

Currently, Morgan is finishing up her last semester in F.I.T's graphic design program.

She does have a background in fashion design, attending the High school of Fashion Industries in

NYC, also, spending her first two years at F.I.T in the fashion design program (where we met first

semester). After one interlude-semester in communication design, she is now a graphic artist.

I believe given this history, it is easy to understand why her sketches translate into textiles

quite effortlessly.

As far as knits go, I'm set on graphing out one of these sketches this week and knitting it up

float-jacquard style... we will see how this goes later on...

Anyhow, enjoy!

Morgan spent this past semester studying in London, where she began her tumblr,

American Accent. Pay the site a visit to view updated work, or dig deeper into

what inspires her daily.

Also, morganwinter.com contains a great variety of her work.