Chris Stain
Have Paint, Will Travel.
June 23, 2010 at 2:46 PM
filed under Day to Day, Works Archive
Man! Where to begin? It’s been a busy few days with little sleep, a lot of work, and I can’t remember what else. By the end of this entry I will surely have somethin’ for ya.
Well let’s see… Monday I finished up a 4 month teaching project at PS/IS 49 here in Queens. It all began in March by the good graces of Katherine Huala and Anthony Lombardi. I was given the privilege to lead a 6th grade class of 110 students into the wild jungle of screen printing. We started out looking for images of architecture from around the world as suggested by Mr. Lombardi. From there we discussed how shapes make up the structure of objects and talked about the positive and negative space of images. Then it was onto hand cutting the rubylithe films. I took advantage of the time during Easter break to get the the chosen images onto screen and we started printing soon after. Then we experimented with different printing and ink mixing techniques. All in all it was a great class and only four kids lost fingers. Here’s some photos:
Last night….Last night went late. I got home around 3:30 am. And let me tell you, if you have to commute using the BQE you should switch your work schedule to nights because it was as open as a Tyco raceway. Thanks to the patience, understanding, and unpaid labor of Heather “High Tower” Jones and the fine folks at the Kesting Gallery in Chelsea I was able to finish an 8 ft x 20 ft mural. I congratulate myself on forgetting to photograph the finished piece. However heres the original film I cut for the piece and a progress shot or two. The show titled Dead Letter opens this Thursday night. If you are not busy stop by and if you are busy add this too the list. They are filling the space with a host of todays “street art” luminaries and me. Here’s some info on that: http://www.leokesting.com/ and the photos as promised:
And one more thing…yesterday afternoon I met up with Charlie Ahearn of Wild Style fame. For the past few summers he has been exposing SVA ( School of Visual Arts) students to the inner workings of the graffiti and street art world. I had the privilege to talk about my work and share some stories ( like the time my friends at the police dept tried to arrest me for painting a 20 ft x 25 ft piece in 20 mins with a 5 ft ladder and no extension pole). The piece was part of the India St mural project in Greenpoint last summer. I got onboard with Logan Hicks via Queens own Skewville bros. Check out the photo below and remember if you need a 20 ft x 25 ft mural done in 20 mins just give me a call and I’ll pencil you in.
Thanks for reading. Talk soon. -Chris
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