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March 11, 2010

Portland Mercury Mention for Powell’s Smallpressapalooza

Powell’s Portland: Hawthorne Store Reading Event for Small Presses

Powell's on Burnside

Powell's on Burnside

This coming Monday, March 15, I’ll be reading some work during Powell’s Smallpressapalooza, which I believe is in its third year. Hosted by Powell’s small press aficionado Kevin Sampsell, the event looks promising and should be a nice, full day of great readings and insight into the world of independent and small press publishers.

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March 8, 2010

New Spider Web Painting in Progress

Filed under: Painting — Tags: , , , , — Matty @ 9:52 am

New Spider Web Painting in Progress

Matty Byloos Spider Web Painting 003.02

Matty Byloos Spider Web Painting 003.02

I’ll have to take a bit more time when it finally shows up, but these new paintings have so much to do with recurring visual themes in works I’ve been thinking about lately… think Hitchcock’s spiral in Vertigo or the postmaster symbol in Pynchon’s Crying of Lot 49. Feeling the obsession again… (more…)

March 3, 2010

Don’t Smell the Floss Written Up at Small Press Reviews

After getting way too caught up in work over the last few weeks, it’s time to get back to reporting the good news. On Valentine’s Day, Marc Schuster over at Small Press Reviews published an absolutely awesome review of Don’t Smell the Floss. Check it out in total here.

Small Press Reviews Logo

Small Press Reviews Logo

Highlights from the review include: (more…)

February 4, 2010

Wired Magazine Best New Gear: Byloos Designed Couch Straps Make the List

Filed under: Design — Tags: , , , , — Matty @ 11:37 am

Wired Magazine’s Gadget Lab Announces Best New Gear List

Byloos Couch Strap Wired Magazine

Byloos Designed Couch Strap at Wired Magazine

Always nice to get a little surprise in the morning. Today, it came in the form of a facebook message from Dan Perkins, owner and founder of Couch Guitar Straps from Long Beach. A few years ago, I did a little design for his Artist Series guitar straps, most of which feature vegan, dead-stock vintage vinyl. I guess we did pretty well with the design, and it’s gone on to sell to a lot of musicians. (more…)

February 3, 2010

Heavy Metal Birds

New Artist Commission for The Curve, Barbican, London

French artist Céleste Boursier-Mougenot creates works by drawing on the rhythms of daily life to produce sound in unexpected ways. When stunning video work comes around, (more…)

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