mnartists.org: Morgan Wylie

POP!

Morgan Wylie — Thu, 12 Jul 2007 15:55:23 GMT

One of my colleagues at the Walker Art Center is heading out of the nest to take on a job at the Minneapolis College of Art and Design. (Good Luck, Megan!) This card was made to celebrate her time at the Walker. POP! is the perfect word to describe Megan's effortless enthusiasm and charm.

image: POP! (interior shot 1)

image: POP! (interior shot 2)

image: POP! (interior shot 3)

Sun in Virgo (Birthday)

Morgan Wylie — Thu, 07 Jun 2007 20:04:55 GMT

This card was made to commemorate by Bossy-Boss's birthday. She's a true Virgo. Happy Birthday, Sarah!

image: Sun in Virgo (side view)

image: Sun in Virgo (logo detail)

A Graphic Birthday

Morgan Wylie — Thu, 07 Jun 2007 20:04:04 GMT

A birthday card made for a co-worker. I grabbed images from various graphic novel and anime sources. Then I deleted text from the dialog bubbles or added bubbles for other co-workers to make up dialog on their own. Happy Birthday, Witt!

image: A Graphic Birthday (cover detail)

image: A Graphic Birthday (page detail)

image: A Graphic Birthday (page detail)

image: A Graphic Birthday (page detail)

Sparrows (Birthday)

Morgan Wylie — Mon, 04 Jun 2007 17:23:17 GMT

Christi's birthday has come around again, so I dug into the office supplies in the Art Lab to put something together. Foam and construction paper, pink tape, and hand-cut sparrows from adhesive mats (found at Target!) came together nicely in this piece. Happy Birthday, Christi!

image: Birthday Card: Sparrows (view 2)

image: Birthday Card: Sparrows (view 3)

I Don't Care if it Hurts

Morgan Wylie — Fri, 13 Oct 2006 20:57:02 GMT

Omedetou, Mamichan! (Birthday)

Morgan Wylie — Thu, 07 Sep 2006 21:42:30 GMT

A tri-fold birthday card with collage elements for my dear friend Masami.

image: Omedetou, Mamichan! (Girl Interior Detail)

image: Omedetou, Mamichan! (side 1 tri-fold)

Deca-Christi

Morgan Wylie — Tue, 15 Aug 2006 16:05:12 GMT

My colleague Christi just celebrated 10 years at our museum, so I made a card in her honor. Each card is about the size of a standard tarot card, and features found images and collage elements. On the back of each card are personalized notes from friends and colleagues.

Marimekko Happy Birthday!

Morgan Wylie — Thu, 27 Jul 2006 21:38:15 GMT

I make custom birthday cards for my co-workers. So many hours go into these suckers that I figure I might as well document them. This card is for a pattern lover - I snagged images of Marimekko designed fabric online and created strips for a 'basketweave' pattern on the front and back covers of the card.

image: Marimekko Happy Birthday! (basketweave detail)

Friends Among Streetlights, 2003

Morgan Wylie — Fri, 17 Feb 2006 22:13:02 GMT

Another book made for a Rotten Boy. The next one will have to be for me.

image: Friends Among Streetlights, 2003, (p.4)

image: Friends Among Streetlights, 2003, (p.7)

image: Friends Among Streetlights, 2003, (p.19)

image: Friends Among Streetlights, 2003, (p.34)

image: Friends Among Streetlights, 2003, (p.39)

56 1/2, 2002

Morgan Wylie — Wed, 11 Jan 2006 19:37:01 GMT

Does every artist fall in the trap of giving away work to love interests? I made this book for a rotten boy. Three years later I got it back, and I won't ever return it to him.

image: 56 1/2, 2002 (title)

image: 56 1/2, 2002 (pp. 5-6)

image: 56 1/2, 2002 (pp. 9-10)

image: 56 1/2, 2002 (pp. 17-18)

My Favorite Book, 2002

Morgan Wylie — Wed, 21 Dec 2005 20:59:04 GMT

I love books: the sense of depth, of traveling between the pages, and from cover to cover; the narrative aspects, and the visual opportunities. In "My Favorite Book" I used a found object book and then covered all the pages with an intense visual journey and my own text. I like the fact that several books were destroyed - including a 60s home economics text book, and an 1890s health manual - in order to bring this new book out. A lot of hours and ModPodge went into this work, and it shows in the way the book can't even be closed: it sits half-open as if the story can't be avoided, it's about to be read, or it's about to be finished.

image: My Favorite Book, 2002, Page 6

image: My Favorite Book, 2002, Page 8

image: My Favorite Book, 2002, Page 27

image: My Favorite Book, 2002, Page 29

image: My Favorite Book, 2002, Page 33