to your face to inspect closely, and share more easily.”
Laundry Day is ready for close study. It is an adventurous romp through high-and-low culture, Pop and history. It captures our love of ephemeral detritus, if that’s not an oxymoron or hyperbole. “Laundry Day is a double, or triple duty-picture party where we have taken full liberty to manipulate each other’s contributions,” adds Aaron. Each artist takes half of the pages and makes a mark, so to speak. Then we trade and add our own layer. Our overlapping and disparate interests result in a collection that builds momentum, almost a narrative; if you discard the idea of beginnings or ends. Love color and cartoons, romance and old television? This is for you.
Laundry day (lower case!) is often a bore and a chore. For others it is a satisfying day to restart, refresh, and reorganize. Making this book is a creative re-boot, a chance for us to reorganize our archives. Both artists have burrowed deep into their memory banks, and drawers of saved ideas while using our favorite printmaking and bookmaking techniques: screen-printing, rubbing, stencils, spray paint, handwriting, rubber stamps, collage, digital printing, and poster making—check out the centerfold!
