A poster for a Crafty Bastards-style fair at a school in Bethesda, the client wanted something that looked “like a rock poster”. A couple trendy fonts and a dark background later and we’re on our way. The strength of this … Continue reading →

Five colors on the poster stock version, I added a sixth color (solid white) on the newsprint versions. I knew the ink would soak and look dank and muddy on the flimsy newsprint without a backing white layer, hence the … Continue reading →

Starting a couple years ago, I began photographing my process. I’ve got a couple new ones in the pipeline, but from time to time will put up some old work with process shots, and maybe shots of the posters pasted … Continue reading →

Fire Studio is working with the new Mt Pleasant Temporium, plus planning a workshop for local elementary school students. More on that soon… Bigfoot is up there for a reason. Fire is also a sponsor and a retailer at the … Continue reading →

This is our fourth year doing the Rock N Shop poster. Made just prior to the plumbing being hooked up to our utility sink (necessary for screenprinting), this is a six-color poster using limited silkscreen for the background split-fountain (color … Continue reading →

The good folks at Barrelhouse were kind enough to ask me for an illustration for their Sex, Drugs, and Rock N Roll issue. I was persnickety enough to offer a redesign including the cover titling. The cover includes found images … Continue reading →

Pleasant Plains Workshop is hosting a studio grand opening party sunday, November 21! PPW is the home of Fire Studio and artist Kristina Bilonick. This is the studio-warming for our studio/store space at 2608 Georgia Ave NW in DC. Come by … Continue reading →

The crowd last night: zombies, French maids, devils, vampires. I’ve been making poster for These United States for about four years. They are as fun to work with as they are to see play, I recommend insist you see them when … Continue reading →

I seldom print things I didn’t design, owing mostly for time/print capacity, but I gladly made an exception for friends Kira Wisniewski and William Bert, with whom I had the pleasure of working on the first Call + Response show … Continue reading →

After five years and thousands of prints I’m growing/mutating Dirty Pictures into a broader company with a bricks and mortar location near Howard University, in the heart of DC. Fire Studio will continue with the handmade-poster tradition and will broaden … Continue reading →