Haystack workshop in August

It's now official- I'll be teaching a paper workshop August 25th - 31st at Haystack in Maine. 
8am GONG...noon GONG....6pm GONG!  Come spend a week eating the best food of your life on the water in Maine folding paper.  Get on it!

EIGHT EMPERORS

Eight Emperors is now LIVE.  Thea and I have been hard at work making this collection a reality for a long time.  We have finally launched and are so excited to share this work with everyone. 

Levi's flagship stores

I've been designing for the Levi's stores in both SoHo and Union Square.  Pieces are finally up!  Pics by Whitney Dinneweth and Thea Eck.

making of Video coming soon...

CANAL +

I'm on French TV!! Things get papier at 12 min...any french speakers want to tell me what they said??

L'Oeil de Links - Emission du 08/10

Ghostly at the ADC

installing the piece

the full piece

another view

the ghostly team afterwards

opening

opening

speaking at the ADC on Saturday

the Ghostly team Friday

after the talk this happened

when you are killing what you are meant to kill there can be no remorse

Thanks for the killer pics Josh!!

Ghostly at the Art Directors Club

September 13-16th in NYC.
I'll be speaking on Saturday.
Come say Hi

NSF meeting

Our team met altogether for the first time this past week at the studio.  The University thought it would be a good idea to take pictures and video of our brainstorming session.  Here are a few shots.

  Max explains

 John investigates

 PC orders food while I cut

 Nick folds

 John considers a new hat

Sharon is delighted

good things are coming.

Thanks Laura for the shots!

When you are killing what you are meant to kill there can be no remorse

Here's some in process pics of the new piece.  It's made from 150 feet of black tyvek.  Come see the final piece this September at the Art Directors Club in NYC.  Pretty sure I'll be speaking on Friday the 14th at the show.  More info to follow.

thanks Adam for the title

new video

Ghostly International presents Matthew Shlian from Ghostly International on Vimeo.

Extraction Series

Finished a new series for ghostly- drops in a week.  first piece in series:

 

more soon

NSF GRANT

We did it!  We just received our NSF grant!!!!!!!!!

HUGE CONGRATS TO MAX ,SHARON, PC, NICK AND JOHN. 



I'm freaking out.  I'm taking you all to abblebees.

Penland

 

I spent the the last 2 weeks teaching a class at Penland School of Crafts.  My students were incredible, the school was idyllic, the food was delicious.  I'm not ready for the real world. 

 

MC tests some patterns and forms on the wall

 Look at this focus.

 Rachel at work.

 Got to design some new forms myself.

 The view

 The Barn where the resident arts work.

Bookworks in Asheville.

Downtown Asheville.

This cat has no regrets.

Marie, Norma and Amanda: the folding machines.

Rachel and the baddass Hunt Clark made some killer molds using paper and Lurecraft.

Curve fold mold form...so much potential.

Aushra folds copper mesh like paper.  woah.

Amandas earrings for the Auction.

In process critique.

 Getting started.  Look how clean it is...for now.

 paper explosion.

 Rachel's sewn tyvek explorations.

We collabroated with glassblowers to encase our folded copper forms in hot glass.

I can't wait to go back!