I was at the show in Knoxville on Tuesday. The next morning I went back to the venue box office to see if I could buy the posters they had taped to their windows. I never expected it, but neither had anybody who had asked for them. So for a modest contribution to the theatre (which I offered, they didn't even ask for that), I left with (2) very nice posters from the show.
One of the posters (the better of the two) had a web site address for the designer. When I went to it, I was shocked to see that Moz himself had seen it and had highly complemented the artist on it. For those interested, copies are available for a modest cost. Here is the web site for those who are interested.
Morrissey with Kristeen Young poster - strawberryluna
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Very nice (Score:1)
A really LARGE one would be great!
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Grammar Police (Score:0)
Excellent (Score:1)
I had my credit card ready, but then saw it was going through PayPal. I don't want my CC info going through that company -- if you have any other way to accept CC payments, please let post it so I can buy one!
In the meantime, please tell us when and where Morrissey uttered the words about your poster?
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Good old Soviet style (Score:0)
Comrads, this poster is truly eccelent!
I hereby award the designer of this artwork with the purple start of USSR. Plus a pair of nailon socks.
Yours Sincerely,
Generalissumus Stalin
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i smell a conspiracy (Score:1)
seriously, though, i can't imagine Moz saying that it was "the coolest poster ever". WTF, did he "scope it out" at a surf shop in Malibu?
cowabunga dude; i don't see it.
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Artist for Hire (Score:1)
After that dirty fingernail fiasco involving one of the posters, (shame, that was a nice photo) at least this one claims to have had gotten that most coveted Mozzer Seal of Approval.
Damn, I would love to do one for the next tour or event. I'm not much of a fine artist, most of my work is done on the computer, but at least I have clean fingernails.
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Strawberry (Score:0)
yep-its a good one (Score:1)
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hmmm (Score:1)
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that poster is a 5 out 10 maybe a 6 (Score:1)
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Embedded Poll: Your All Time Fave Morrissey Art (Score:1)
1. "Our Frank" (UK release)
2. "Everyday Is Like Sunday"
3. "Certain People I Know"
4. "Sing Your Life"
5. "Boxers" (UK release)
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Dude... cool! (Score:0)
It's like the coolest poster ever!
To the max!
Thanks! (Score:1)
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My BFF Morrissey said (Score:1)
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awesome! (Score:1)
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haha (Score:1)
Nice try on selling your wares.
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I believe his exact words were... (Score:0)
It really is like taking candy from babies, isn't it?
Coolest marketing ploy ever!
Knock-off (Score:0)
Knoxville poster (Score:1)
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great poster ????? (Score:1)
"Ouais bof !!!"
which means :
"Yeah, very average poster"
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Coolness! (Score:1)
Posters you see everyday are commonly printed with an offset press in the thousands. What makes this poster very special is that the artist/craftsman decided to print it with silkscreen in limited quantities. In silkscreening, (from what I can recall from 8th grade shop class) a design is made and then separated depending of the number of colors used, in this case two plus white, being the paper. These designs get photo-transferred on a gellatin-based film, sort of like a stencil, that is adhered onto a fine mesh screen. The ink is then applied onto the screen an spread with a special tool in one stroke! Lift the frame and what you have is an image on paper.
Since there are two colors used, the yellow would be applied first, and would need to dry first before the red would be applied. By the way, that file gradient effect you see is nothing more that a series of dots (called a halftone) arranged mathematically.
The design itself needs to be kept simple; that's one of the constraints of the process. Contour shapes work best and in this case, the sans-serif lettering and the outline of Morrissey figure is used for optimum effect. Another contraint is the fine mesh fabric will slowly clog and degenerate after many prints, so the number of copies is kept to a minimum. If you ever seen Warhol's works on canvas, that degeneration of the image is used as an artistic statement, as well as his technique of offseting the colors when they are applied; great for Warhol, but otherwise not practical for a poster used to communicate.
Silkscreening is a tedious process, but greatly respected by fine artists and craftmen alike. Any collector of rock posters might consider adding something like this to his/her collection, for it is unique and not often done used in this application.
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it should be noted... (Score:1)
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Available for only $ 25 too... (Score:2, Informative)
Morrissey
Strawberryluna 7/10/2007
LTD ED Silkcreen Concert Poster S/N Edition of 150! 16x22" Gold Inks Used!
$25
http://www.philaarts.com/images1/morrissey71007st
PLUS:
Morrissey Phillips 7/3/2007 LTD ED Silkcreen Concert Poster S/N Edition of 145! 10x26" $25
Morrissey Slater 3/13/2006 LTD ED Silkcreen Concert Poster S/N Edition of 200! 17x24" $100