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Jon Bocksel

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@albers_foundation residency 2027
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Sign Painter by trade @handsigns.info

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Large Repeater “U and I” Double sided Gouache on vellum.
19.5” x 27.5” by @jonbocksel

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Some work made @penlandschool , Session 3 while co- teaching Brush Lettering and Sign Painting with @kngee

Lots of work on Hanji Paper in collaboration with paper department. So nice to meet you all—
What a treat. 🌀💙 taken in Penland School of Crafts by @jonbocksel

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Part of a larger installation yet to be realized. This piece culminates the last few years of collecting chloroplast roadway signs, refigured, chopped & glued.

18” x 14” x 16” by @jonbocksel

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“ O Repeaters”
Gouache on Paper
8.5 x 11
2024-2026 by @jonbocksel

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Some calligraphy… searching for waist high cones. This wave was a dream made possible by cold fronts, Suzuki boukeys, Rothmans, and Conquerah burgers— you know the deal.

🎥 @bells_films_246 by @jonbocksel

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Ever grateful for all friends, past and those newly made for making this trip happen. 🇰🇷 & 🇯🇵
…Gassho… by @jonbocksel

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7 months ago

So we bought this really cool car… a 1973 MG MGB Roadster, super hard to see in Asia and we thought it would be even cooler to paint on it!

Come see @jonbocksel live paint at EPT Seongsu Store from Dec 8th to Dec 11th

The Garage Sessions – Session 1, December 11th

Live Painting with @jonbocksel
Music selection by:
- 6:30-8:00 @0ffcourse
- 8:00-9:30 @hannielkhatib

📍1F, 4-1, Yeonmujang 17-gil, Seongdong-gu, Seoul
서울 성동구 연무장17길 4-1, 1층

#eptSeoul #eptGarageSessions by @jonbocksel

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A small choob shot tight and close by @kgsurfography

/// Riding a magic @goodbugmix 6’ thruster

/// inter-spliced with recent sketchbook / accounting book calligraphic tests. by @jonbocksel

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9 months ago

Small kine dry hairs with @jack_colemang on the lens. Thanks Jack! by @jonbocksel

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10 months ago

Double sided Repeater
Gouache on Vellum
16 x 24” by @jonbocksel

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Repeater / Double sided
16 x 20
Gouache on Vellum

….and some late summer tings’ by @jonbocksel

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Every pattern or form(s) are set and practiced before I begin to make the painting (repeater). A memorized movement if you will. The forms repeat as I move along with a dip style pen, focusing on how I move my body and breathe the same way each time, not drawing but feeling. The pen only holds so much ink, and as the color runs out I will switch to the next color. Most repeaters are just two colors, much like the glyph is made of both light marks (little pressure) and dark marks (more pressure). Often times as the ink is running out in the nib — the pen will split leaving negative space within the stem allowing me to fade from one color to the next.

I am interested in the space where the forms are very practiced but not perfect, much like the color pattern seems deliberate but also much beyond myself. Dancing between what is possible and what is memorized form. Being present to make a nice mark and also allowing myself to be comfortable in that slight imperfection. In this same sense the color shifts are not formulated but is left to higher orders, like humidity, pressure and my temperament. Patterns that look like water or leaves rustling emerge- waves emerge. The forms themselves and stylus are based on copperplate calligraphy, also much beyond myslef— a history that is still being worked on. One rooted in natural curves —“forever curves”. Oddly these curves also appear all over the natural world as well.

I wanted to thank MG for coming by in July and filming these and Andy for making some music that reflects what he played at the opening back in June. That was a good time, and I hope we get to do it again.

Thanks for watching by @jonbocksel

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