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Lucky Disasters: Art Without Intent
The overprint s contemporary approach to composition and design recycles a
multiplicity of root images leading to distinctly original works of art,
which is a direct reaction to its mass production origins. Lucky Disasters
documents printing test patterns, or Overprints, produced when setting up
design jobs. The inception of the test print was a budget decision as opposed to an artistic expression. Working out ink inconsistencies by re-printing a
previously printed test sheet saves paper costs. The relevance of an
Overprint is in its resourcefulness.Layering source imagery by happenstance (image availability and sequence based on design job succession) presents a design problem that is solved with painstaking patience and unimaginable surprises. For in this endeavor an eye for pre-existing compositional integrity separates artistic genius from just another piece of trash.As a principal in the contemporary print industry Scott Peek has become a beacon for avant-garde screen printers and serigraph artisans. Designed in conjunction with David Carson, this endeavor, chronicles artists and printers from across the United States.
multiplicity of root images leading to distinctly original works of art,
which is a direct reaction to its mass production origins. Lucky Disasters
documents printing test patterns, or Overprints, produced when setting up
design jobs. The inception of the test print was a budget decision as opposed to an artistic expression. Working out ink inconsistencies by re-printing a
previously printed test sheet saves paper costs. The relevance of an
Overprint is in its resourcefulness.Layering source imagery by happenstance (image availability and sequence based on design job succession) presents a design problem that is solved with painstaking patience and unimaginable surprises. For in this endeavor an eye for pre-existing compositional integrity separates artistic genius from just another piece of trash.As a principal in the contemporary print industry Scott Peek has become a beacon for avant-garde screen printers and serigraph artisans. Designed in conjunction with David Carson, this endeavor, chronicles artists and printers from across the United States.
256 pages, Hardcover
Published December 14, 2007
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David Carson
12 books26 followersDavid Carson is an American graphic designer and design director.
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