handlettering
Check out this rad time-lapse video of yours truly captured by longtime (7+years) Walter Foods regular Kirk Balden. A tremendous thank you to him for literally spending hours filming this. He time-lapsed my process of hand lettering & water gilding 23k gold at the Williamsburg BK restaurant, Walter Foods. The Mercow looks fabulous!
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When you give to Extreme Kids & Crew you get invited to the Felix Award Gala! Extreme Kids & Crew is a welcoming community center where children with disABILITIES, their friends, and their families, socialize, create and play. Together families share resources, stories, tears, and laughter while children play and take part in inclusive arts programming that is open to all members of the family.
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May 19th ~ Give to the campaign & GO to the Gala!
Extreme Kids and & Crew enlisted me to design and paint the invitation & banner for the Felix Award Gala. It was a pleasure to collaborate with them. I can't wait for the Gala!!
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Starbucks ~ Thrilling news!!!
Biggest project to date!!
Starbucks enlisted me to paint 3 large scale maps of coffee growing regions: Asia/Pacific, Africa and Indonesia. These large scale watercolor maps are 3 x 3 feet big.
Each letter, and all the writing on these map was done by my hand. Each stroke of the pen reflects who I am as an artist. As a result, the lettering is highly expressive with a distinctly unique style.
The Sumatran tiger was completed using Inkblot technique, creating the markings on the coat and face. Inkblot creates an expressive uncontrolled mark. It's incredibly laborious but well worth the effort, resulting in deep, rich, expressive lines. This technique was the finishing touch on all the maps created for Starbucks.
The maps will be installed in Starbucks across the country.
{Details of these paintings can be seen at abbiezuidema.com}
