Tuesday 14 August 2018

NIGHT WATCH STUDIOS

I happened upon Night Watch Studios by happy accident when wondering around downtown Portland where I came across Upper Playground, a shop & gallery showcasing local & national design talent, with work from Night Watch Studios as their current exhibition.





























The exhibition featured sketches, screen prints, riso prints, prints on wood and giant tapestries. It was great to see the process, with the original drawings next to the finished pieces and work on different materials and at different scales. If there was one word to describe it - it would be RAD (or wicked rad according to Tallboy!) Its vivid, humorous, playful with an edge of psychedelia and a masterful use of fonts & halftones - when I got home I looked them up to find out more.....