When you come to my new site, you will see things in a
brownish tone. Well it’s brownish to me. Give me a break I’m color blind. The
site has been changed for now because I bought a book on branding myself. No,
not in the whole cattle hot iron type, but as in I need to set myself up as a
brand. Brands are something I have not thought about as a way to display my
wares, but I have thought about in terms of my portfolio and my business cards.
I chose the brown paper because it is what I cover my tables in before I work.
Well, I cover them now because of the wife. It is hard to pull liquid latex out
of carpet. And I work very messy. I draw on the closest thing to me when I get
an idea. This could be a napkin, a sketch book, my work table.
Brown paper makes me think that something is about to happen
or in the process of happening.. Brown paper is a good base for most forms of
work. You can tell a lot about what happened in a location by the scraps that
are left. Are there coffee stains and ink blots on it or is it covered in pure
white paint? Is it covered in mathematical equations and designs from some cryptic
grimoire? This could be the scraps of some very important work. Image what DaVinci’s
palette looked like after painting the Mona Lisa. Was that palette simply thrown
away afterwards? The palette can look more interesting then the final piece a
lot of times. Packages also used to come wrapped in brown paper. Covering a
package in brown paper makes me think someone took the time to wrap and care
for whatever is inside.
I have large rolls of brown paper and I now keep scraps with
me just in case an idea runs through my brain. I’ll post some of them from time
to time.
