Sunset Samples
Sunset Samples is an ongoing studio project exploring color, pattern, and production techniques. Using gradients found within sunsets we photograph (👆), we break these images into three distinct halftone color channels, manipulating the shape and scale of the pattern in each layer. The results are experiential, meditative expressions that ground these ephemeral occurrences in the tactile, tangible language of print.
The project began as a risograph zine, throughout which the Samples become progressively abstracted.
It has also been realized as a series of silkscreened prints.
In 2019, we were commissioned by Meta (then Facebook) to create a hand-painted installation of this work for the opening of their Pittsburgh office.
Gradients within the mural are built from three differently colored layers of halftones, each made using a different shape. The final mural was over 24 feet in length and was painted over the course of two weeks.
Riso and silkscreen developed and printed during a residency at the FacebookAnalogResearchLab
Mural curator: Tamara Weg
Mural assistants: Joy Poulard Cruz, Matthew Constant, Max Emiliano Gonzales, Aaron Regal, Matthew Constant
Mural documentation: Ross Mantle (install photos), Dominic Hackley & Owley (process shots and time lapse)
