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PREFACE by MikE PERRy . . .12

How To SCREEn PRinT

by DAn blACk . . . 14

AESTHETiC APPARATuS 18

ASHkAHn 30

SCoTT bARRy 34

DEAnnE CHEuk 40

JoSH CoCHRAn 42

MiCHAEl ColEMAn 46

JiM DATz 52

DEMo 54

RACHEl DoMM 62

E*RoCk 66

AnnA GiERTz 68

GluEkiT 72

J. nAMDEv HARDiSTy 76

STEvEn HARRinGTon 80

MAyA HAyuk 88

AnDREw HolDER 92

CoDy HuDSon 100

iMEuS DESiGn 108

JEREMyvillE 112

kAlEiDoPHAnT 118

lAnDlAnD 122

DAniEl luEDTkE 132

DAviD MARon 144

MARquE & AnnA wolF 150

blAkE E. MARquiS 154

SCoTT MASSEy 156

GARRETT MoRin 166

AnDy MuEllER 168

CHRiS SilAS nEAl 176

MikE PERRy 182

PiETARi PoSTi 188

lukE RAMSEy 190

RinzEn 194

CHRiS Rubino 198

nATHAniEl RuSSEll 202

SERiPoP 208

AnDy SMiTH 222

MARCRoy SMiTH 228

SonnEnziMMER 230

JoEl SPEASMAkER 234

JiM SToTEn 236

JAMES viCToRE 238

HAnnAH wAlDRon 240

inDEx 250

O P P O S I T E , J I M STOT E N A N D M I K E P E R RY . . . 237

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Despite the advances in digital printing, when I first started screen printing in 2001, it was still cheaper for me to screen print one hundred posters than it was to have them digitally printed. It wasn’t just the economy of screen printing that appealed to me but also the culture: the kids who were burning screens in their bathrooms and printing in their bedrooms, and the artists at Space 1026, in Philadelphia, and Fort Thunder, in Providence, inspired me most. With this book, I hope to share with you my appreciation and love for this work. Every mailing tube and carefully wrapped package of prints I received for this project offered an intimate view of its maker. I could see evidence of the time and energy poured into each print. I could feel the texture, the overprints, the accidents—the labor. There are things you just can’t achieve with digital prints, like the quality of Aesthetic Apparatus’s nineteen-color print

(pages 26–27). Or Landland’s set of proofing prints (pages 122–31) that explores the effect of overlapping images. Or Seripop’s equally dense and delightful prints that push layering, overprinting, and abstraction (pages 208–21). There is so much process, care, and craft in this work. In many ways, I still feel that same sense of wonder, thrill, and nostalgia every time I pull a print, and I’m excited to share that passion. It seems only fitting to produce a book that is not only a survey but also a how-to; it wouldn’t be in the spirit of screen printing to do anything less than get your hands dirty. Now that I spend so much time in front of a computer, I savor every chance I get to print. You just can’t beat what happens when ink is laid down on paper: it smells good, it’s messy, and it takes some muscle. It gets me moving and it moves me. I can only hope it does the same for you.

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AESTHETiC APPARATuSwww.aestheticapparatus.com

Often considered Minneapolis’s best unknown design team, Aesthetic Apparatus was founded around 1999 in Madison, Wisconsin, by Dan Ibarra and Michael Byzewski as a fun side project. Over the years, their limited-edition, screen-printed concert posters have secretly snuck into the hearts and minds of a small, rather silent group of socially awkward music and design nerds. Now, Aesthetic Apparatus is a full-time, full-fledged, insanely unstoppable, and occasionally award-winning design megastudio.

o P P o S i T ESimian Cyclopia, 2008. Personal.Art print. 5 color. Edition of 100.

To PDoom in Bloom, 2009. Doomdrips series. Art print. 3 color. Edition of 100.

b oT To MSelf-Portrait of a Bike Commuter, 2009. Exhibition, Artcrank Poster Show, One on One Bicycle Studio, Minneapolis, MN. Art print. 3 color. Edition of 160.

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l E F TNightwindows V3, 2009. Personal. Art print. 2 color. Open edition.

o P P o S i T E To P l E F TDoombuddy II: Mister Tibbets First Blood, 2007. Doomdrips series. Art print. 3 color. Edition of 190.

o P P o S i T E To P R i G H TDoombuddy I: Code Name: Mister Tibbets, 2007. Doomdrips series. Art print. 3 color. Edition of 190.

o P P o S i T E b oT To M l E F TDoombuddy IV: Mister Tibbets Prince Of Doom, 2009. Doomdrips series. Art print. 3 color. Edition of 190.

o P P o S i T E b oT To M R i G H TDoombuddy III: Mister Tibbets Project X, 2008. Doomdrips series. Art print. 3 color. Edition of 190.

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o P P o S i T E To P l E F THor Good, 2008. Frank L. Sprayberry Presidential Collage Series. Art print. 6 color. Edition of 100.

o P P o S i T E To P R i G H TSlit, 2008. Frank L. Sprayberry Presidential Collage Series. Art print. 3 color. Edition of 100.

o P P o S i T E b oT To M l E F TLite, 2008. Frank L. Sprayberry Presidential Collage Series. Art print. 6 color. Edition of 100.

o P P o S i T E b oT To M R i G H T21 Inch, 2008. Frank L. Sprayberry Presidential Collage Series.Art print. 4 color. Edition of 100.

A b ov EDose, 2008. Frank L. Sprayberry Presidential Collage Series. Art print. 4 color. Edition of 100.

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l E F TDeal, 2008. Frank L. Sprayberry Presidential Collage Series. Art print. 5 color. Edition of 100.

o P P o S i T EFrank L. Sprayberry, 2008. Frank L. Sprayberry Presidential Collage Series. Art print. 5 color. Edition of 100.

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