2017 — WeMake

EXPERIMENTS

volume 5, issue 4

EXPERIMENTS: Before there is ever success or failure, there are experiments.

FALL 2017

Featured

Nov 15, 2017

Elli Lume— Klume House Workshop

Nov 15, 2017

Nov 15, 2017

Nov 15, 2017

Nick Misani Art Deco Workshop

Nov 15, 2017

Nov 15, 2017

Nov 15, 2017

Asa Bree Sieracki Nail Workshop

Nov 15, 2017

Nov 15, 2017

Nov 12, 2017

Recap: 2017 WeMake Celebrates: A Design Conference About The Process of Making

Nov 12, 2017

Nov 12, 2017

Oct 5, 2017

Adam J Kurtz: Honesty, Humor and a Little Darkness

Oct 5, 2017

Oct 5, 2017

Oct 2, 2017

From the Greenwood of Louisiana to Michigan Ave, The Ural Thomas Story

Oct 2, 2017

Oct 2, 2017

Sep 18, 2017

Student Spotlight—Meet Jodie Beechem

Sep 18, 2017

Sep 18, 2017

Sep 18, 2017

An Interview with Luke Choice—Experimenting with Abandon

Sep 18, 2017

Sep 18, 2017

Sep 17, 2017

Alice in Wonderland

Sep 17, 2017

Sep 17, 2017

Sep 11, 2017

An Interview with Nick Misani—Type, Style, and Freelancing

Sep 11, 2017

Sep 11, 2017

WELCOMING

volume 5, issue 3

WELCOMING: Summer is the season of welcoming in growth and seeing the fruits of your labor.

SUMMER 2017

Featured

Aug 25, 2017

RECAP: sXc with Zach Yarrington

Aug 25, 2017

Aug 25, 2017

Aug 9, 2017

Student Spotlight - Meet Elana Gabrielle

Aug 9, 2017

Aug 9, 2017

Jul 24, 2017

Meet Zach Yarrington

Jul 24, 2017

Jul 24, 2017

Jul 5, 2017

RECAP: sXc with Erik Marinovich

Jul 5, 2017

Jul 5, 2017

Jun 14, 2017

Student Spotlight - Meet Clara Dudley

Jun 14, 2017

Jun 14, 2017

May 20, 2017

Woodworking Workshop with Annie Beedy

May 20, 2017

May 20, 2017

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LIGHTHEARTED

volume 5, issue 2

LIGHTHEARTED: cheerfull and carefree

SPRING2017

Featured

May 10, 2017

RECAP: Design Week Portland 2017

May 10, 2017

May 10, 2017

May 10, 2017

Student Spotlight - Meet Dana Parker

May 10, 2017

May 10, 2017

Apr 9, 2017

The Tenacity of Tuesday Bassen

Apr 9, 2017

Apr 9, 2017

Apr 1, 2017

Annie Beedy: West Coast All-Natural

Apr 1, 2017

Apr 1, 2017

Mar 17, 2017

Pin That Shit!— With Makers From Around The World

Mar 17, 2017

Mar 17, 2017

Mar 15, 2017

Student Spotlight – Meet Subin Yang

Mar 15, 2017

Mar 15, 2017

Mar 9, 2017

RECAP-sXc with BRETT STENSON

Mar 9, 2017

Mar 9, 2017

Mar 7, 2017

Pin That Shit! A Creative Affair to Show Off Your Flair

Mar 7, 2017

Mar 7, 2017

Mar 6, 2017

RECAP—A DDC LOGO WORKSHOP

Mar 6, 2017

Mar 6, 2017

PERSEVERANCE

volume 5, issue 1

PERSEVERANCE: Steadfastness in doing something despite difficulty or delay in achieving success.

WINTER 2017

Featured

Feb 16, 2017

A Special Design Week Portland sketchXchange with Tuesday Bassen

Feb 16, 2017

Feb 16, 2017

Feb 13, 2017

Meet Brett Stenson

Feb 13, 2017

Feb 13, 2017

Jan 30, 2017

Pin That Shit—A Creative Affair to Show Off Your Flair

Jan 30, 2017

Jan 30, 2017

Jan 18, 2017

STUDENTS SUBMIT YOUR WORK!

Jan 18, 2017

Jan 18, 2017

Jan 9, 2017

LOGO WORKSHOP WITH AARON DRAPLIN

Jan 9, 2017

Jan 9, 2017

WeMake is a non-profit 501(c)(3) that helps to foster art and design in Portland's creative community through hands-on experiences, creative dialogue, and design in action initiatives. Come make it happen.

RT @typecon: Looking for an excuse to head back to Portland? Check out DISRUPT on October 19th, 2018. Created by our community p… https://t.co/OBHi9BtvX9
about 9 hours ago
INSPIRED BY: Anja Charbonneau, writer, photographer and CD of Broccoli Magazine. Anja will be speaking at our desig… https://t.co/Htf2hHRKRp
about 2 days ago

WORKSHOP! Another great workshop happening in our headquarters @tillamookst hosted by the Make & Mary.

Join respected teacher, artist, and weaver Natalie Novak of @combedthunder on September 14th. Working primarily in tapestry, Novak draws from ancient and contemporary weaving techniques to explore color relationships, modern mysticism and the (super) natural world. All materials included.

To find out more and to register visit @themakeandmary This is a 21+ event that guarantees to be highly inspired. 🌿 .
#wemakepdx #pdxdesign #weaving #portland #makeandmary

Visiting our friends over @swiftcollective today, and scheming up something for our conference this October. 🌿🖤🌿

INSPIRED BY: Anja Charbonneau, writer, photographer and creative director. Anja is the Editor in Chief & Creative Director at Broccoli Magazine, and the former CD for Kinfolk Magazine.
@broccoli_mag is an international magazine created by and for women who love cannabis. Offered free of charge, Broccoli explores and shapes modern stoner culture by looking at cannabis through a global art, culture and fashion lens. They give cannabis a dedicated space to be discussed in a fresh, stylish and approachable new way.

We look forward to having Anja at our design conference DISRUPT on 10/19 as one of the 5x5 speakers.
5x5 gives 5 minutes, and 5 slides to 5 entrepreneurs rocking Portland’s creative scene in unique ways. We think the work Anja is doing does just that!
Find out more about the conference and register for Earlybird tickets via our site now!

#wemakepdx #wemakedisrupts #pdxdesign #pdxmakers #cannabisculture

Always Be Making. Thank you Gemma for capturing our spirit in such a bright, bold, and beautiful way. We love it! ✨💙💚💛🖤✨ .
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#alwaysbemaking #wemakepdx #makersgonnamake #madeinpdx #mural #lettering #pdxdesign

Day 2.5 @mrseaves101 is on Aussie time and the mural she’s making for us is coming to life✨

#wemakepdx #aussietime
#processisgolden #alwaysbemaking

WORKSHOP! Join Make & Mary in our headquarters @tillamookst for another highly inspired workshop with artist Megan Karzmarzick aka @messengerbird on 8/17. Find out more and register @themakeandmary
All supplies, snacks, sips, and a little natural inspiration supplied.
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#wemakepdx #makeandmary #abstractart #pdxdesign #workshoppdx

Day 1. @mrseaves101 mural in progress.

TONIGHT! Join us from 7-10 for the @typecon closing party! Tacos by @tacopedalerpdx , spirits, letterpress and Gemma O’Brien ( @mrseaves101 ) will be painting our new mural in our headquarters at @tillamookst
See you then!
#typecon2018 #wemakepdx #mural #pdxmakers

Primary Categories of Ornamental Type #typecon2018

@louisefili @typecon 💜

The Experience is Everything. Excited to have our friend Gemma O’Brien in town for @typecon and the custom mural she’ll be painting in our headquarters @tillamookst
Come out Sunday night for the closing party and visit Gemma, and watch her make some magic on the wall! .
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#wemakepdx #alwaysbemaking #pdxdesign #typecon2018 #typeography #mural

WORKSHOP: Abstract painting with Megan Krzmarzick aka @messengerbird hosted by Make & Mary on 8/17.
Join us for a night of abstract painting with local artists, creative strategist, and breast cancer survivor Megan Krzmarzick. Meagn’s bold and dramatic use of color and texture gives form to feeling, capturing deep and resonate emotion and energy. This is a 21+ event, find out more and register @themakeandmary .
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#wemakepdx #madeinpdx #abstractpainting #pdxdesign #pdxmakers #makeandmary #fuckcancer

EVENT: We are excited for @typecon coming up next month!! There are so many great speakers including the legendary @louisefili ✨ Want to go? We’ve got a special discount code for you to use!
TC18GX374EX

Also we are helping to host the closing party in our headquarters at @tillamookst Hope to see you there!

#wemakepdx #lettering #typecon2018 #typography

INSPIRED BY: Fabi Reyna is a Mexican-born, Portland-based 25-year-old guitarist and founder and editor-in-chief of She Shreds magazine. @suavecito_91 is currently one of the most interesting people in the world of guitars.

After picking up the instrument at a young age she later felt unrepresented in the press. So, a year out of high school and spurred on by the politically charged energy of the ‘90s riot grrl movement she merged her twin loves for classical guitar and punk and spearheaded @sheshredsmag in 2012.

Marnie Stern, Sleater Kinney’s Corrin Tucker, acoustic wizard Gabriela Quintero, Beyonce guitarist Bibi McGill, Esperanza Spaulding and Alabama Shakes’ Brittany Howard are just some of the luminaries who have graced a She Shreds cover over the course of their first 11 issues.
Fabi is our guest at DISRUPT, our design conference this fall on 10/19 in the Grand Ballroom of the Portland Art Museum. She’ll share a bit about her journey and shred a little too. Check out our site for more information and for Earlybird registration.
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#wemakepdx #wemakedisrupts #sheshreds #womenwhorock #pdxmaker #pdxdesign #disruptthenorm

INSPIRED BY: Christina Lonsdale is the owner of Radiant Human, where she makes polaroid photographs of you and your aura. The prodigal daughter of an energy painter mother and a two-time commune founding father, Lonsdale was raised on mysticism at the dawn of the digital age — formative years when science and spiritualism occupied equal bandwidth. In @radianthuman_ , she finds a sort of parity between these opposing faiths; a discipline that shores up the distance between New Age self-discovery and New Media self(ie)-actualization.

Christina will be speaking as one of our 5x5 guest at our conference DISRUPT on 10/19 in the Grand Ballroom of the @portlandartmuseum We are looking forward to hearing her thoughts on process & disruption within this illuminating and energetic photography. We hope you can join us. First 📷 by @brandonbphoto .
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#radianthuman #wemakepdx #wemakedisrupts #portlandmakers #pdxdesign #designthinking #pdxphotographer #auraglow

This Friday our friends at the @portlandartmuseum is having their Monster Drawing Rally that feature nearly 100 Portland-based artists, including some of our favorite illustrator friends: @nick_stokes_design @gogopicnic @katebingburt @natecorrado @julznally @trishgrantham @skinnyships @adriennevita @kungfutoast @fromthebureau @casswandra @guyburwellartist @simplykumquat and more!! Check out PAM’s site for the full list and times!
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#wemakepdx #madeinpdx #pdxartist #community #monsterdrawing

INSPIRED BY: graphic designer Lizy Joy Gershenzon, a Co-Founder of Future Fonts, and Partner at Scribble Tone.
@futurefonts is an inventive platform that gives access to experimental styles designers are currently working on, as well as the ability to give feedback and buy in-progress fonts at a discounted price. We are excited to have Lizy present as a 5x5 speaker at our conference DISRUPT on Friday evening 10/19. To find out more and to register visit our site for Earlybird tickets! Also fun note-Lizy is one of our original team members at WeMake!
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#wemakepdx #wemakedisrupts #typography #pdxdesign #portlandmakers

WORKSHOP: in our headquarters with Make & Mary. Learn the Art of Kokedama with tattoo artist Alice Carrier ( @alicerules ) on Friday night 7/27. This is a 21+ only event. To find out more & register visit @themakeandmary .
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#portlandmakers #madeinpdx #pdxdesign #wemakepdx #highlyinspired

INSPIRED BY: Loveis Wise. Yes her name is a sentence and is pronounced- Love Is Wise.
Loveis is a Freelance Illustrator based in Philadelphia whose work is bursting with color, energy and movement. She just recently did the cover for The New Yorker and her client lists includes: BuzzFeed News, Bitch Media, BUST Magazine, Design Sponge, Wieden+Kennedy, and many more. What’s even more impressive is that she graduated from college this year! She is a young talented black woman who stands out in the illustration world and she’s just beginning.
We are excited to bring Loveis to Portland in October for our conference DISRUPT happening on 10/19 . She’ll will be joining 8 other makers to share thoughts on process, disruption and why they make. Tickets are on sale now and only $75! Proceeds benefit arts education for underserved youth. Check out @cosmicsomething to find out more about Loveis and visit our site for details too!
.
#wemakepdx #illustration #pdxdesign #designconference #designthinking #wemakedisrupts

INSPIRED BY: Katy Ann Gilmore. Fascinated by our perceptual relationship to space, @katyanngilmore has devised a drawing-based practice to articulate the world through intersecting line and concise planar geometries, creating spatial impressions far larger than the sum of their minimal parts. Inspired by both natural topographies and architectural constructs, Gilmore distills the plasticity of lived form into linear, two-dimensional strata, taking the most complex experiential impressions of time and space and reducing them to graphic, optical phenomena.
Katy is one of our featured keynotes for our conference DISRUPT happening this fall on 10/19 in the grand ballroom at the @portlandartmuseum Check out her feed to see more of her amazing work and grab your early bird ticket via our site now! It’s going to be a great evening of inspiration and disruption.
.
.
#wemakepdx #pdxdesign #wemakedisrupts #pdxart #muralist

WORKSHOP! Another great workshop happening in our headquarters @tillamookst hosted by the Make & Mary.

Join respected teacher, artist, and weaver Natalie Novak of @combedthunder on September 14th. Working primarily in tapestry, Novak draws from ancient and contemporary weaving techniques to explore color relationships, modern mysticism and the (super) natural world. All materials included.

To find out more and to register visit @themakeandmary This is a 21+ event that guarantees to be highly inspired. 🌿 .
#wemakepdx #pdxdesign #weaving #portland #makeandmary

Visiting our friends over @swiftcollective today, and scheming up something for our conference this October. 🌿🖤🌿

INSPIRED BY: Anja Charbonneau, writer, photographer and creative director. Anja is the Editor in Chief & Creative Director at Broccoli Magazine, and the former CD for Kinfolk Magazine.
@broccoli_mag is an international magazine created by and for women who love cannabis. Offered free of charge, Broccoli explores and shapes modern stoner culture by looking at cannabis through a global art, culture and fashion lens. They give cannabis a dedicated space to be discussed in a fresh, stylish and approachable new way.

We look forward to having Anja at our design conference DISRUPT on 10/19 as one of the 5x5 speakers.
5x5 gives 5 minutes, and 5 slides to 5 entrepreneurs rocking Portland’s creative scene in unique ways. We think the work Anja is doing does just that!
Find out more about the conference and register for Earlybird tickets via our site now!

#wemakepdx #wemakedisrupts #pdxdesign #pdxmakers #cannabisculture

Always Be Making. Thank you Gemma for capturing our spirit in such a bright, bold, and beautiful way. We love it! ✨💙💚💛🖤✨ .
.
#alwaysbemaking #wemakepdx #makersgonnamake #madeinpdx #mural #lettering #pdxdesign

Day 2.5 @mrseaves101 is on Aussie time and the mural she’s making for us is coming to life✨

#wemakepdx #aussietime
#processisgolden #alwaysbemaking

WORKSHOP! Join Make & Mary in our headquarters @tillamookst for another highly inspired workshop with artist Megan Karzmarzick aka @messengerbird on 8/17. Find out more and register @themakeandmary
All supplies, snacks, sips, and a little natural inspiration supplied.
.
.
#wemakepdx #makeandmary #abstractart #pdxdesign #workshoppdx

Day 1. @mrseaves101 mural in progress.

TONIGHT! Join us from 7-10 for the @typecon closing party! Tacos by @tacopedalerpdx , spirits, letterpress and Gemma O’Brien ( @mrseaves101 ) will be painting our new mural in our headquarters at @tillamookst
See you then!
#typecon2018 #wemakepdx #mural #pdxmakers

Primary Categories of Ornamental Type #typecon2018

@louisefili @typecon 💜

The Experience is Everything. Excited to have our friend Gemma O’Brien in town for @typecon and the custom mural she’ll be painting in our headquarters @tillamookst
Come out Sunday night for the closing party and visit Gemma, and watch her make some magic on the wall! .
.
#wemakepdx #alwaysbemaking #pdxdesign #typecon2018 #typeography #mural

WORKSHOP: Abstract painting with Megan Krzmarzick aka @messengerbird hosted by Make & Mary on 8/17.
Join us for a night of abstract painting with local artists, creative strategist, and breast cancer survivor Megan Krzmarzick. Meagn’s bold and dramatic use of color and texture gives form to feeling, capturing deep and resonate emotion and energy. This is a 21+ event, find out more and register @themakeandmary .
.
#wemakepdx #madeinpdx #abstractpainting #pdxdesign #pdxmakers #makeandmary #fuckcancer

EVENT: We are excited for @typecon coming up next month!! There are so many great speakers including the legendary @louisefili ✨ Want to go? We’ve got a special discount code for you to use!
TC18GX374EX

Also we are helping to host the closing party in our headquarters at @tillamookst Hope to see you there!

#wemakepdx #lettering #typecon2018 #typography

INSPIRED BY: Fabi Reyna is a Mexican-born, Portland-based 25-year-old guitarist and founder and editor-in-chief of She Shreds magazine. @suavecito_91 is currently one of the most interesting people in the world of guitars.

After picking up the instrument at a young age she later felt unrepresented in the press. So, a year out of high school and spurred on by the politically charged energy of the ‘90s riot grrl movement she merged her twin loves for classical guitar and punk and spearheaded @sheshredsmag in 2012.

Marnie Stern, Sleater Kinney’s Corrin Tucker, acoustic wizard Gabriela Quintero, Beyonce guitarist Bibi McGill, Esperanza Spaulding and Alabama Shakes’ Brittany Howard are just some of the luminaries who have graced a She Shreds cover over the course of their first 11 issues.
Fabi is our guest at DISRUPT, our design conference this fall on 10/19 in the Grand Ballroom of the Portland Art Museum. She’ll share a bit about her journey and shred a little too. Check out our site for more information and for Earlybird registration.
.
.
#wemakepdx #wemakedisrupts #sheshreds #womenwhorock #pdxmaker #pdxdesign #disruptthenorm

INSPIRED BY: Christina Lonsdale is the owner of Radiant Human, where she makes polaroid photographs of you and your aura. The prodigal daughter of an energy painter mother and a two-time commune founding father, Lonsdale was raised on mysticism at the dawn of the digital age — formative years when science and spiritualism occupied equal bandwidth. In @radianthuman_ , she finds a sort of parity between these opposing faiths; a discipline that shores up the distance between New Age self-discovery and New Media self(ie)-actualization.

Christina will be speaking as one of our 5x5 guest at our conference DISRUPT on 10/19 in the Grand Ballroom of the @portlandartmuseum We are looking forward to hearing her thoughts on process & disruption within this illuminating and energetic photography. We hope you can join us. First 📷 by @brandonbphoto .
.
.
#radianthuman #wemakepdx #wemakedisrupts #portlandmakers #pdxdesign #designthinking #pdxphotographer #auraglow

This Friday our friends at the @portlandartmuseum is having their Monster Drawing Rally that feature nearly 100 Portland-based artists, including some of our favorite illustrator friends: @nick_stokes_design @gogopicnic @katebingburt @natecorrado @julznally @trishgrantham @skinnyships @adriennevita @kungfutoast @fromthebureau @casswandra @guyburwellartist @simplykumquat and more!! Check out PAM’s site for the full list and times!
.
.
#wemakepdx #madeinpdx #pdxartist #community #monsterdrawing

INSPIRED BY: graphic designer Lizy Joy Gershenzon, a Co-Founder of Future Fonts, and Partner at Scribble Tone.
@futurefonts is an inventive platform that gives access to experimental styles designers are currently working on, as well as the ability to give feedback and buy in-progress fonts at a discounted price. We are excited to have Lizy present as a 5x5 speaker at our conference DISRUPT on Friday evening 10/19. To find out more and to register visit our site for Earlybird tickets! Also fun note-Lizy is one of our original team members at WeMake!
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.
.
#wemakepdx #wemakedisrupts #typography #pdxdesign #portlandmakers

WORKSHOP: in our headquarters with Make & Mary. Learn the Art of Kokedama with tattoo artist Alice Carrier ( @alicerules ) on Friday night 7/27. This is a 21+ only event. To find out more & register visit @themakeandmary .
.
#portlandmakers #madeinpdx #pdxdesign #wemakepdx #highlyinspired

INSPIRED BY: Loveis Wise. Yes her name is a sentence and is pronounced- Love Is Wise.
Loveis is a Freelance Illustrator based in Philadelphia whose work is bursting with color, energy and movement. She just recently did the cover for The New Yorker and her client lists includes: BuzzFeed News, Bitch Media, BUST Magazine, Design Sponge, Wieden+Kennedy, and many more. What’s even more impressive is that she graduated from college this year! She is a young talented black woman who stands out in the illustration world and she’s just beginning.
We are excited to bring Loveis to Portland in October for our conference DISRUPT happening on 10/19 . She’ll will be joining 8 other makers to share thoughts on process, disruption and why they make. Tickets are on sale now and only $75! Proceeds benefit arts education for underserved youth. Check out @cosmicsomething to find out more about Loveis and visit our site for details too!
.
#wemakepdx #illustration #pdxdesign #designconference #designthinking #wemakedisrupts

INSPIRED BY: Katy Ann Gilmore. Fascinated by our perceptual relationship to space, @katyanngilmore has devised a drawing-based practice to articulate the world through intersecting line and concise planar geometries, creating spatial impressions far larger than the sum of their minimal parts. Inspired by both natural topographies and architectural constructs, Gilmore distills the plasticity of lived form into linear, two-dimensional strata, taking the most complex experiential impressions of time and space and reducing them to graphic, optical phenomena.
Katy is one of our featured keynotes for our conference DISRUPT happening this fall on 10/19 in the grand ballroom at the @portlandartmuseum Check out her feed to see more of her amazing work and grab your early bird ticket via our site now! It’s going to be a great evening of inspiration and disruption.
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#wemakepdx #pdxdesign #wemakedisrupts #pdxart #muralist

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