Oct. 2, 2024, 10:42 a.m.

august + september 2024

what is formyths doing

hello! been doing a lot of riso printing these past 2 months, and appreciating what i can of the start of autumn here.


i’ve been trying to redistribute part of the profits every time i table - it’s not a lot because tabling is a large part of my income at the moment, but something i want to do regularly. if you’d like to join me and need a place to start, here’s some lists of fundraising efforts:

  • gaza funds

  • lebanon relief funds list

  • sudan funds


art ✎

a riso print with a collection of images: a molted cicada shell and a bundle of plant stalks trailing off into tendrils & tied by a yellow ribbon over panels of train tracks surrounded by grass & trees under a reddish sky; the dark entrance to a tunnel; a shadowy crowd.

05 / 24-08 / exuviae

something strange and new glistens through the seams. august's print, 3 colors (sunflower, bright red, teal)


a riso print: in an oval frame, a clawed creature prances, broken shackle on one foreleg, a single eye visible amid flames bursting from its neck. decorative panels around show a pattern of a spinal cord, a plant with leaves like claws, and a diagram with arrows extending from a central point.

07 / 24-09 / charm

dream of a moment bright and terrible. september’s print, in 3 colors (mist, blue, bright gold) on brown kraft cardstock. as always you can learn more about my monthly riso print club + sign up for it here.


a chimera stands among ruins - the lower body of a red dragon gives way to white feathers, and large white wings frame the upper body of a human, her face in shadows. the scene is framed by a decorative pattern of muscles & blood unwinding, with an upper panel featuring bloodied hands hovering over a ribcage.

rebirth - 8×10in, 4 color riso print (lime, fluorescent pink, bright red, black). my once every 2 years piece of fanart… inevitable since the moment i read dungeon meshi…


a riso printed illustrated film poster for Sonatine, a film by Kitano Takeshi: a man in a white button up, a gun in one hand, stands knee-deep in the sea, facing towards towering clouds in muted greens & blues. an orange frisbee hangs above, and a border of paper wrestlers stand beneath

sonatine (1993, dir. kitano takeshi) - 8×10in, 4 color riso print (yellow, fluorescent pink, sky blue, black)

a riso printed illustrated film poster for Lady Vengeance, a film by Park Chan-Wook: a half-dead twisting tree curves away from the ground against an intense blue sky, a slice of chocolate cake & red candles balanced in its branches. a pair of scissors is stabbed into one bend. on the ground is a shovel in a pile of dirt, a pool of blood running out of frame, and a smoking gun.

(sympathy for) lady vengeance (2005, dir. park chan-wook) - 8×10in, 3 color riso print (light lime, bright red, sky blue)

as part of my lightbox prep frenzy i also printed new versions of these film poster designs from 2022. sorry to the maybe 2 people who would’ve been interested but i want to redo the tropical malady poster first… also maybe get back into making more of these again soon.

(in the process of printing these i’ve discovered that the riso printer, which is an older model that can’t connect to a computer and can only scan images in, is slightly skewing those images… so along with the paper trimmer that already trims at an angle every print i make just bears the mark of the trapezoid i guess. sorry if anyone is trying to frame these and it’s really obvious)


other stuff ✷

thanks so much to everyone who stopped by @ qtz + spx (and signed up for this newsletter! sorry if i mistyped an email)! as mentioned my main upcoming event is:

  • lightbox expo (CA) - oct 25-27

have been pretty busy going from spx → helping out at brooklyn art book fair → lightbox prep :’’) ideally trying to do at least another local nyc market before the end of 2024 but we’ll see.

i’m also trying to make some mini calendars for 2025 but unfortunately did not make any shareable progress… trying to have them for lightbox but stay tuned…

— a / formyths


read / watch / listen / etc

guilded needles, michael mcdowell / exiled, johnnie to (got to see him talk about it too) / the little girl who sold the sun, djibril diop mambéty / 月亮与月亮 moon and moon, lur: / 万能青年旅店 omnipotent youth society (self-titled album)

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