Nature-led, I dig.

I was blessed to be featured in Toronto's, The Grid in preparation for my thesis exhibition at The Gladstone Hotel in Toronto ON, along with my thesis Printmaking class at OCAD University. 

Cool. 

You can read the article with more clarity here.

Blueberry Love

Instead of running in the rat race of Toronto and being a cubicle desk jockey, I opted for picking and grading Blueberries. 

I love it. 

Everyday I surrounded by nature; bugs, plants, and delicious blueberries.

Here are some photos I took of the grading machine, which, well, grades the blueberries before they are shipped out to our customers. 

Bluejay Blueberries

I love Bugs

These are some photos I took in my backyard at night while having a cup of tea looking up at the stars.

I sense these images will become pen and ink drawings. 

Bugs are rad. 

This is a Wood Nymph Moth (Eudryas grata)

Kindred spirits... I think yes.

Moths are butterflies of the Night.

 June Bug (Phyllophaga)

After spending the last two hours trying to determine this specie of moth, the search was unsuccessful. 

Perhaps it is a new specie. 

(doubt it) 

Time to invest in a moth handbook.

Gardening with Ma

The fruits of our labour.

It's Nano-Camp Cosmic Time.

Carl Wagan Bookmobile

OCADU Student Gallery – 285 Dundas Street West, Toronto

Opening Reception: Thurs. June 28th, 2012

Summer Camp / Camp Nano Workshops: 12 – 2pm

Gallery Opening: 6 – 11pm

Carl Wagon Bookmobile & Campfire: Located in the parking lot beside Butterfield Park / South side of OCAD University – 100 McCaul Street

 

COME! and learn the art of Nano-Publishing, partake in mini workshops and browse through various zines and artist multiples that students at OCAD University have been busy creating. My zine, Erectus and artist multiple, Artistic Guide to Trinity-Bellwoods will be featured in the exhibition at the OCADU Student Gallery.

Come for nano-cosmic fun, stay for smores!

Engraving

Working on an upcoming publication entitled, Automatic. It explores one of the founding exceries of surrealism, where the artist must remove logical thought and create via the subconscious.


Let's see how this goes...

Erectus

These are some process shots of a zine I am currently working on, 'Erectus' for a nano publishing class I am taking at OCAD University, in affiliation with a Montreal zine distributor.

Erectus

Melissa Cormier

Polymer Plate, Silkscreen, Ink, Seed, Recycled Paper

4X3

Artist Statement:

Erectus, Latin for Erection, gives a visual narative about the concept of fertility and growth. By the incorporation of illustrations that have subtle erotic symbolisim such as phallic and chalise representation, visually support the idea of procreation.

The idea is for the viewer to soil his/her seeds and make this earth flourish. (literally).

 

The magical and amazing 'Polly' Maker, which makes polymer plates for the Vandercook Press. 

 
 

PROCESS SHOTS