rational frank

should have stayed anonymous

rational frank — Wed, 10 Mar 2010 21:10:29 +0000

then I could tell you all the shit that’s going on.

Processing

rational frank — Mon, 15 Feb 2010 14:16:44 +0000

busy, busy

rational frank — Wed, 10 Feb 2010 01:14:18 +0000

it’s been a busy year so far. lots of craziness at work. and lots of freelance streaming my way, which is great. you know how they always say to have 6 months of salary in the bank? I’ve never had that, but I’m working on building it up with freelance gigs.

also working on a new portfolio site, that should be up soon. in case the fit hits the shan…

keep you posted.

thank you

rational frank — Tue, 09 Feb 2010 16:58:37 +0000

for wasting my time.

Silence

rational frank — Thu, 21 Jan 2010 21:26:04 +0000

I haven’t written in quite a while.
I’ve been looking for silence

Work: constant babble.
Play: goodly babble.
Making sculptures: hearty noise.
Tom Waits: holy man of noise and dissonance.

Godbless heartache and pain.

Silence.

Ain’t found it.

Toosdee

rational frank — Tue, 08 Dec 2009 15:00:31 +0000

What I did today.

rational frank — Sun, 06 Dec 2009 02:00:23 +0000

Got up and showered and ate leftover pancakes (yum) and drank some coffee and got in the car to go to the Charm City Craft Mafia Holiday Heap at 2640, which by the way is the coolest building in Baltimore, hands down. Place was jammed with awesome stuff and so many people. Olivia was a little kirked out by the crowd. Can’t blame her.

I picked up a print from Tugboat Printshop and chatted with Paul Roden (I think) about the paper they use, the inks they prefer and their process. Here’s a pic of the print I got:

picture pulled from http://www.tugboatprintshop.com/

I also picked up a comic book about screenprinting from Red Emmas:

Do It Yourself Screenprinting by John Isaacson

Then, we had an awesome lunch at Paper Moon Diner. You want to make the cheese steak yummier? throw it on white bread and then grill that in butter. Good thinking, Paper Moon!

Came home made some snow-droids with the girls out front. Then decided to try out the woodcut process myself:

I used a bigass piece of wood I've had forever and freehanded the whole thing.

Then I made a test print, but the paper was real thick, so it turned out meh...

Here is a picture of my “studio” in the basement:

I'm super organized.

Oh, and here’s a Japanese stab binding I did last night:

Silver is the new black.

Ten miles on the bike, leftover curried chickpeas and now I’m ready to finish Coraline. What did you do today?

Skullage Print, First Run

rational frank — Thu, 26 Nov 2009 00:48:16 +0000

Pulled about ten prints with Olivia’s help tonight. 3 were not so hot. Olivia pulled one herself and was so excited that it printed well that she started waving it around in the air on and smeared. But, as she said, “It’s okay. It shows that I’m a beginner.”

Skullage

rational frank — Mon, 23 Nov 2009 18:17:38 +0000

I hate holiday weeks. Even though it’s a short week, I wanna go home and screen print these skulls.

Application to Volunteer with the Alpha Lunar Society Friends of Automatons

rational frank — Mon, 23 Nov 2009 01:45:55 +0000

Name: Frank Balls

Email: carpediembytheballs@frankballs.com

Why do you want to volunteer to work on the Alpha Lunar Society Friends of Automatons?

Why the hell do you care? I’m volunteering. Isn’t that enough? You fatheads should be grateful to have my company. You wanna test my blood while we’re at it?

What special skills do you bring with you?

What special skills do you bring with you, eh? Let’s just say I’m a people person. Oh, and I’m a real team player.

How much time can you devote to working with the committee?

Literally, every waking moment, once I get myself out of this mud puddle.