When did you start printing?
I started printing in in high school, over the summer between my sophomore and junior year — I took part in a Lower Manhattan Cultural Council (LMCC) summer course run by Seth Cameron (formerly of Bruce High Quality). We all became fascinated with the banality of office life from our time around the LMCC office — specifically the kitchen, which seemed to have endless mayo packets, which became a mascot for us. We decided to silkscreen the packet on t-shirts. We used the lo-fi method of drawing fluid/screen filler (which I’ve recently returned to in my studio practice). I was hooked. I started making various prints on t shirts from janky handmade screens that I sold to kids in my high school. The following summer I took a silkscreen course at the School of Visual Arts in New York and it solidified my interest. I ended up majoring in printmaking when getting my BFA at RISD.
