LAUGARVATN, ÍSLAND 

In 2023 I spent two months in creative residency at Gullkistan Center for Creativity in Laugarvatn, Iceland. My goals were to “unteach” myself any rigid processes ingrained during graduate school by slowing my means of production and opting for a completely analog screen printing syllabus. I treated my screens like my notebook; doodling, improvising, and fucking up without any consequence. I began Nytthus with a fellow graphic design resident; Anu Kristal-Unt from Estonia. She + I found a symbiotic workflow that inspired both of us. We’d drink espresso + smoke cigarettes while complaining about the other residents, laughing as we went insane from isolation.
Towards the end of my time I went to Milan during Design Week, where I met with dutch graphic designer + friend; Mark Van Winengan, founder of Novo Typo. His practice heavily inspired my own during my residency, as he creates his own inks, printing blocks, papers, and tools. I used his typeface, ZIZA, as the stencil for practically all my type-based work during my residency.


9 layer print for Mami Wata "Nothing In the World Like Love" Geometry 1 3 Layer Print Knarrarós Lighthouse 2 Layer Print in Ziza Typeface. Trying out arm printing. Screen Printing Class with local Highschoolers. NYTTHUS poster decaying. Geometry 2 Geometry 3 3 Layer Print Jacket Screenprinting class with local Elementary School. Jacket Print in alternate color screen on paper made by Novo Typo. Screenprinting Class with local Middle School. 3 Layer Print poster for my classes. 4 Layer Print. Salomon Speedcross 6, my favorite shoe in Iceland.