I am sure most of you know about Eduardo Recife and MisprintedType, and if you don't, you haven't been reading lately! That's why I am actually going to cover Eduardo's design and illustration work, because it's new to me and it's a fantastic example of the many ways collage can be used in design. I've actually made a point to do that this year at school—try to use collage in any way I can. I hope Eduardo never stops doing his personal work, because it's quite inspirational to a lot of us!
Name (Real or Screename): Eduardo Recife
URL (Blog, Website): http://www.misprintedtype.com, www.eduardorecife.com
Location (Where are you from?): Brazil
Q: Describe your work in 10 words or less.
A: It's thoughts on paper.
Q: What do you like to work with (magazines, photographs, vintage)? Be specific!
A: I work with all kinds of resources. I've been collecting things for the past 10 years—old magazines, books, found stuff, photos, ephemera... I have a cabinet filled with them.
Q: How long have you been creating collages and what made you start?
A: I have had MisprintedType online for exactly 10 years now... So, I must
say that I've been working with collage for around 11 or 12 years. Not exactly
sure when I started. But one thing led to the other, I discovered the grunge
type on the internet, and all sorts of typographic manipulations, and I fell in
love with it. So, usually they used to come with collage works, and so I started
to play with type and collage in a very experimental way.
Q: Are you solely an artist, or do you work in another profession?
A: I work mostly as an illustrator these days. But I also enjoy keeping my personal works going; working on collages, drawings and photographs.
A: I graduated in graphic design here in Brazil. But I must say that I am self taught, since I had my personal style developed way before I entered graphic design school.
Q: Explain your favourite techniques.
A: I truly love handmade collage. Working with scissors, glue and all sorts of papers and other materials. It gives a depth that its very different from just digital collage. I must say that I also really enjoy to work with pencil. I am addicted to it...
Q: Describe your favourite piece ever created.
A: I have no favorites really, but usually I enjoy my latest piece of work.
Q: What other artists do you admire?
A: So many...
Thanks Eduardo!
Comments (1)
Aprile,
so glad about this interview, i love Eduardo's work!
:)
Posted by Shelley Kommers | September 6, 2008 3:33 AM
Posted on September 6, 2008 03:33