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    About Us

    Christina and Dennis Jacobs in their home screen printing studio, standing in front of a rainbow wall of Speedball ink jars

    Arsenal Handicraft is husband and wife artist duo Dennis and Christina Jacobs.

    They create pieces of art that not only tell a story, but take you on a journey through space and nature. Every piece displays their finely tuned ability to tap into each of our own desires to set off into the wild.  

    Taking inspiration from their travels and home base near Detroit, Michigan, every original illustration is one-of-a-kind right down to the uniquely blended inks. The narrative quality of their work has been sought out by like minded storytellers, including musicians, filmmakers, comedians, and game designers.

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    The Process

    Screen printing is a printmaking method where layers of ink build up on top of each other, one color at a time, to create a final piece of art. Using this process allows Dennis and Christina to create small numbered editions of each of their illustrations, handmade one by one.

    They begin by creating a digital illustration, and then ushering that illustration through the entire printing process. The drawing is separated into single colors using tiny halftone dots. A mesh screen containing one color of the final image is laid down on top of the paper. Then, a thin layer of ink is pushed through this screen and onto the paper using a squeegee. The process is repeated until all the colors needed to make up the final image are printed onto the paper.

    Dennis and Christina's art prints are typically 2-6 colors and editions of 100 or less, so creating each new art print requires mixing 2-6 colors of ink, preparing 2-6 screens and pulling the squeegee 200-600 times.

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    Christina and Dennis Jacobs screen printing in their basement studio, located in their home near Detroit, Michigan

    Gallery Exhibitions

    2018

    Monty Python, Gallery 1988, Los Angeles, CA

    Idiot Box, Gallery 1988, Los Angeles, CA

    2017

    Focus Features 15th Anniversary, Gallery 1988, Los Angeles, CA

    Location Location Location, Galerie F, Chicago, IL

    2016

    Zelda, Hero Complex Gallery, Los Angeles, CA

    Winter Cycling Celebration, REI, Bloomington, MN

    2015

    When The Lights Go Out, Bottleneck Gallery, New York, NY

    2014

    Artcrank Detroit, Shinola, Detroit, MI

    When The Lights Go Out, Bottleneck Gallery, New York, NY

    2013

    Where Is My Mind,  Bottleneck Gallery, New York, NY

    Product Placement, Gallery 1988, Los Angeles, CA

    HCG Celebrates AMC’s The Walking Dead, Hero Complex Gallery, Los Angeles, CA

    When the Lights Go Out, Bottleneck Gallery, New York, NY

    I Love You Man - Bottleneck Gallery, New York, NY

    2012

    More Than You Imagined, Bottleneck Gallery, New York, NY

    NIGHTVISION, Con Artist Gallery, Grand Rapids, MI

    Anecdoted City, Salt & Cedar, Detroit, MI

    The Mad Hatter’s Tea Party, Starkweather Arts Center, Romeo, MI

    After, Con Artist Gallery, Grand Rapids, MI

    2011

    Reclaimed (curators), River’s Edge Gallery, Wyandotte, MI

    Day of the Dead, Starkweather Arts Center, Romeo, MI

    Meth & Hot Dogs 2, LIFT, Royal Oak, MI

    Selected Clients

    Adidas

    AMC Network

    Focus Features

    Mike Birbiglia

    Ray LaMontagne

    Penguin Books

    Stand Up! Records

    Virtue Cider

      

    Publications

    Driftless Magazine

    Uppercase Magazine



    Selected Markets

    Detroit Urban Craft Fair in Detroit, MI

    Crafty Bastards in Washington, D.C.

    Indie Craft Experience in Atlanta, GA

    Renegade Craft Fair in Chicago, Detroit, Brooklyn, and San Francisco

    Photo credits: Alyssa Lopatin (photo 1), Zac Carr (photo 2)

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