Shaft, Sisal Twine Installation, Temple Bar Gallery + Studios, Dublin
Shaft, the site-specific sisal twine sculpture that I installed in Dublin’s Temple Bar Gallery atrium for Culture Night, will remain in place until Saturday 15 October 2016. TBG+S are included in Open House Dublin 2016 and the installation will be part of their tour. More photos here.
Memovoco 2016
A thank you to Martha Luczak and Kathy Scheuring for asking me to be part of Memovoco 2016, a tear-off calendar filled with inspiring statements about life, with contributions by artists, designers and illustrators from over 25 countries. My papercut memo was inspired by Alan Counihan and Bridge Street Will Be.
I am very happy to have five of my fonts included in the beautifully produced Typodarium 2016. Typodarium 2016 is a colourful tear-off calendar that features 366 fonts by 223 designers from 32 countries. My fonts are Pacemaker Backslant (20 January), Spacepixel (22 March), Levelrebel (11 July), Bullwhacker (25 September and back of the box) and Southbound (21 December). Typodarium 2015 is for sale through a number of bookshops and on amazon.
Abhainn Rí Festival 2015 Papercut Poster
My papercut design for the Abhainn Rí Festival 2015 in Callan, Co. Kilkenny.
Resonance, detail, Papercut, 6x320cmx100cm, 2015
The Pattern Exchange, Temple Bar, Dublin, 2015
Temple Bar Gallery + Studios, Dublin, 06 February – 28 March 2015, Paul Bokslag, Sarah Browne, Gareth Kennedy, Sarah Lincoln, Fiona McDonald, Studio Weave
The Pattern Exchange is an exhibition, guest curated by Rosie Lynch and Hollie Kearns, which presents existing work from Irish artists Sarah Browne, Gareth Kennedy, Sarah Lincoln and Fiona McDonald, with new commissions by Paul Bokslag (IE/NL) and architecture practice Studio Weave (UK). Taking pattern as a point of departure, the exhibition explores patterns of knowledge, material production, labour, and patterns of movement and change within urban and natural landscapes.
I have installed a large scale paper cut for The Pattern Exchange and also developed the display font for this exhibition. The Pattern Exchange font can be downloaded for free from the Temple Bar Gallery + Studios website.
I was delighted to find out that five of my fonts were selected for Typodarium 2015, the typographic tear-off calendar. This year it features 365 fonts by 223 designers from 31 countries. The fonts are solituda (25 januari), Switchboard (23 July), Playroom (8 April), Hide & Seek (25 September) and Pelicano (21 December). Typodarium 2015 is for sale through a number of bookshops and on amazon.
Abhainn Rí Festival Papercut Poster 2014
My papercut design for Callan’s 5th annual Abhainn Rí Festival of Inclusion and Particpation.
Cottage Industry Font Sample
Two of my picture fonts, Cottage Industry and Things That Go are now for sale through the Hellofont website. I am hoping to add more fonts over the coming months.
Things That Go Font Sample
Ballytobin Open Day Papercut Poster 2013
Time for the annual Ballytobin Open Day and time for another paper cut poster.
I was very happy when I found out that five of my fonts feature in Typodarium 2014. Typodarium is a daily dose of type design, a tear-off calendar, like the one our grandma used to hang in her kitchen, unveiling a new font every day: 365 fonts by 232 designers and foundries from 26 countries. On the front, the font is prominently displayed, and on the back it is described in detail. Typodarium 2014 is edited by Lars Harmsen and Raban Ruddigkeit, published by Verlag Hermann Schmidt Mainz in an edition of 10,000 and is sold online and in design- and museum shops and selected bookstores around the world for €16.80. The featured fonts are: Crazy Fredericka (Tuesday 29 April), Granny’s Bear Hunt (Saturday 9 August), Broken Promises (Thursday 4 September), Featherstone (Wednesday 8 October) and Rock Paper Scissors (Wednesday 3 December).
Paul Bokslag 