SKYR

Baby graphic designer and bundt cake enthusiast in Minneapolis, MN. You can find more of my work at www.sarahruch.com

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An update.

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A lil hairy drawing for my hairdresser :o)

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How to visit a Shinto Shrine respectfully - Assignment for Intro to Graphic Software class, Spring 2018

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Poster, web ads, and brochure advertising typography artist/designer exhibition - Assignment for Typography 1 class, Spring 2018 **this is not a real event**

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Poster inspired by typography artist/designer assignment for Typography 1 class, Spring 2018

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Infographic assignment for Intro to Graphic Software class, Spring 2018

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Here is the “sleeve” I designed for Betazoid’s cassette tape, a band pic for social media usage, front of the download card, and back of the download card. 

Visit betazoid.bandcamp.com to listen and purchase a digital download! 

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I like to describe Betazoid as a “Space Concept Babe Band.” The babes of Betazoid asked me to make the art for their forthcoming EP, Scam Likely. It was really really exciting to use the skills I learned in graphic design school over the winter in combination with old school colored pencil drawing. Here’s the primary image I created. I’ll post the full cassette tape insert and download card soon!

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Currently working on drawings of things that mah girl Emma C uses as litmus test for gauging life's goodness. So, donuts.

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This is the poster I designed for Twin Cities Zine Fest’s bingo fundraiser. Made sure to squeeze 2 tiny Yoko drawings into the poster ;-)

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Spent the better part of my day off on a promo poster for Twin Cities Zine Fest Bingo fundraiser…. and on Grey’s Anatomy season 13 … stay tuned for the finished poster!

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Dog Blobs!

Drawings of my dog, Yoko, and her friend, Maxine, playing in our apartment. 

For more of my dog drawings.... check out www.mydogyoko.tumblr.com!!!

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⚡️⚡️ BUNDT PAN ⚡️⚡️ update: I just dropped off 10 copies of my Bundt cake zine at the Minnesota Center for Book Arts shop. Get ‘em while they’re fresh/hot/steamy but wait until cool to frost. Your mom probably wants one for Mother’s Day. Also makes a great wedding shower gift when paired with a Bundt Pan. Oh god, I can’t believe I just typed that. 

⚡️⚡️ BUNDT PAN ⚡️⚡️ is also available online from my etsy shop https://www.etsy.com/shop/skrshop !!!

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A little video of me testing out my Floating Library book ;-)

ps i’m no videographer, sorry! not sorry!

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And She Floats!!!! I used a water proof Polyurethane Laminate fabric (that I bought from a diaper supply website) and inserted pieces of foam inside the book. I obviously poked hundreds of holes through the fabric, so I don’t think that the book will float indefinitely... but at least if the book gets dropped into Lake Phalen it can be rescued!

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Here’s my book! Wavy. The book is structured, loosely, after the way maps fold out. I liked the idea of how maps fold and refold, and how you can slowly reveal the whole map. I liked thinking about how maps are often refolded the wrong way... 

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For this year’s Floating Library, I proposed a floating/waterproof fabric book with wave/fish/mist/water patterns used in Sashiko, a Japanese style of embroidery. In April, I took a Sashiko class at the Textile Center, and I was certainly inspired and eager to keep working on my running stitch game ;-)

The Floating Library is a really cool public art project created by Sarah Peters. It’s a collection of artist made books all afloat on a raft with book shelves. Visitors paddle up to the raft to check out books from the library! This year the library will be floating in Lake Phalen -- starting this weekend!

Here are some process shots!

and for more info on the Floating Library: https://thefloatinglibrary.org/