Friday Five With Michael Upton of Upton
Today Michael Upton, founder of Upton art and decor design studio, joins us for Friday Five!
For Michael Upton, what started as a love of screen printing as a child grew into a design career based around the art of printing and editions. An artist and designer, Michael is the founder of Upton, a Southern California-based design studio created on the belief that everyone should have the means to live with beauty every day. Producing work that lies in the realm of fine art and home décor, Michael aims to fill a void he identified in the art world for accessible, quality work. Upton currently produces prints on canvas, prints on paper and sculpture ? many of which are handmade in the Upton studio in Vista, California. Pulling inspiration from the modernists and materials of the past, their pieces are influenced by architecture, cooking, music and history. While Michael enjoys the process-oriented aspect of design, he explains that his art also relies heavily on feeling, intuition and experience: ?I like to think of art as the way I approach all things in life and my designs as the product of that mindset. It?s all intuitive and connected.? Today Michael Upton joins us for Friday Five!
1. My Wife?s Travel Journals
I have a terrible memory, so my wife, who is a writer, keeps a journal whenever we are traveling. When we get home, she types them up, illustrates them and binds them by hand. They are works of art and an amazing way to relieve memories that might otherwis...
For Michael Upton, what started as a love of screen printing as a child grew into a design career based around the art of printing and editions. An artist and designer, Michael is the founder of Upton, a Southern California-based design studio created on the belief that everyone should have the means to live with beauty every day. Producing work that lies in the realm of fine art and home décor, Michael aims to fill a void he identified in the art world for accessible, quality work. Upton currently produces prints on canvas, prints on paper and sculpture ? many of which are handmade in the Upton studio in Vista, California. Pulling inspiration from the modernists and materials of the past, their pieces are influenced by architecture, cooking, music and history. While Michael enjoys the process-oriented aspect of design, he explains that his art also relies heavily on feeling, intuition and experience: ?I like to think of art as the way I approach all things in life and my designs as the product of that mindset. It?s all intuitive and connected.? Today Michael Upton joins us for Friday Five!
1. My Wife?s Travel Journals
I have a terrible memory, so my wife, who is a writer, keeps a journal whenever we are traveling. When we get home, she types them up, illustrates them and binds them by hand. They are works of art and an amazing way to relieve memories that might otherwis...
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