SWEET CALL AND RESPONSE By Steve MacDonald and Dana F. Smith

SWEET CALL AND RESPONSE

By Steve MacDonald and Dana F. Smith

2012, San Francisco, California

edition of 25



Sweet Call and Response was developed with an emphasis on experimentation with the materials - digital printing on canvas, photo collage, machine sewn thread, and sewn collage.


Instinctively, messages are sent to attract a response. This book is a visual poem about communication through the interplay of universal symbols and photographic images.


The book is printed entirely on canvas specially coated for digital printing with pigmented inks. A variety of sewing techniques, such as patchwork and embroidery, are applied to the pages over the ink. Each page of the book is treated with meticulous stitching executed by hand using a home sewing machine. Pages are affected on both sides by the stitching. Inverse images create a visual echo woven into the design of the book, which propels the narrative ever forward.


Designed by Steve MacDonald and Dana F. Smith

Digital printing by Dana F. Smith

Sewing by Steve MacDonald

Hand bound by Juliayn Coleman with a hard case canvas cover.

Closed book measures 16.5" by 12.5"

42 pages and endpapers

signed by the artists and blindstamped



Photos of the book by Matthew Davis

http://www.treatzone.com



To buy

http://www.danadanadana.com/sweetcall.html

Alphabet Skate Park Zine

Andrew McClintock helped me put together my first zine.
We made a LTD run of 100.
4in x 4in zine.
The cover is silk screened.
The inside was printed on thick paper with a color copier.






To buy,
http://www.etsy.com/view_listing.php?listing_id=33522802

Steve MacDonald, "Upstairs Is Where The Magic Happens," Gallery Three

Gallery Three is proud to present “Upstairs Is Where The Magic Happens,” a new body of work by Steve MacDonald. Intermixing gold, silver and explosive colors, MacDonald creates enchanting worlds made of thread and paint. Please join us for the opening reception on Saturday October 10 from 7-11 pm.

Steve MacDonald is no stranger to the art community. Known as a jack of all trades, master of one, he finds his own unique niche in sewing. His artwork has paved the way for a number of creative ventures including designs for Modest Mouse, PUMA, MASH and most recently Huf SF.

Steve MacDonald's embroidery embraces alternative forms of visual expression by diverging from domestic and industrial traditions of sewing. With an obvious attempt to use less paint than thread, he creates images that command fine craft and a still hand. His process begins by cutting up painter’s canvases and re-sewing them like patchwork to achieve an unorthodox template. He then maps out a rough sketch on the canvas and traces an outline with his Singer 503a. His vibrant colors of thread obtrude from the canvas with overlapping patterns, creating a contoured surface. Inspired by the urban and natural landscapes of the Bay Area, his multicolored clouds of smoke stream from the city skyline sewn with gold, red and blue threads. The combination of pattern and contrasting colors tend to create optical allusions, guiding the eye back and forth across the canvas, entrancing the viewer.

Ramblin Worker is a San Francisco based artist. He began his formal art education at the Kansas City Art Institute where he earned a BFA in sculpture. He later went on to earn a MFA at UC Berkeley. In addition to his solo art projects, he’s been engaged in a number of collaborative endeavors across the country and around the world.

Upstairs Is Where The Magic Happens
By Ramblin Worker / Steve MacDonald

Opening Reception:
Saturday October 10th, 2009 from
7-11pm
Show runs through: November 7th,
2009

Gallery Three
835 Larkin Street
San Francisco, CA
94109

Gallery Three is located in the upstairs for White Walls gallery

Bicycle Film Festival window at HUF made by the artist Steve MacDonald Ramblin Worker

Photo by Matthew Davis
www.treatzone.com
and
Kirsten of
www.whitewallssf.com

Ramblin Worker / HUF / Bicycle Film Festival

www.ramblinworker.com/
www.hufsf.com/
www.bicyclefilmfestival.com/

Art For Sale

I have some art for sale!

For a limited time I am selling my art direct from my studio to you.
I don't have a gallery that represents me right now. Buy it now, before everything goes through the gallery again only.
Feel free to email me.
Steve@ramblinworker.com
Thanks,
Steve

Embroidered Mountain


Cargo Ship.
Sold


and
this is a small cargo ship
8 1/2 x 8 1/2in
Sold


Tiger and Flowers



White Snow Clock
Sold


Gold Wings Clock
Sold


Cuckoo Bird Clock
SOLD


Flower



Mission Card Board Truck
8 1/2 x 8 1/2in
Sold


skateboard alphabet



Mountain with Fog



Mountain with Fog 2



Rainbow_skulls
Sold



There is more art on my website.
http://www.ramblinworker.com/art.html