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Mark W. S.

Mark W. S.

Custom Fine Art Framer and Fine Art Printer

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  • Timeline

  • About me

    Certified Cicerone and Artisan

  • Education

    • Joe Kubert School of Cartoon and Graphic Art

      1996 - 1997
      1st year Degree Illustration, Cartooning and Graphic Design

      Activities and Societies: Class 1E A focused education on sequential art, advertising/design, fine arts history and techniques.

    • Utah State University

      1997 - 2000
      Bachelor of Arts (B.A.) Fine and Studio Arts

      Emphasis of study: Illustration, life drawing, painting and graphic design

    • Butera School of Art at Fisher College

      2007 - 2009
      Associate's degree Digital Media and art

      Activities and Societies: The National Graphic Artists Guild Emphasis of study: Traditional and digital art techniques. Layout and design, history, theory, practice.

  • Experience

    • Dick Blick Art store

      Sept 2010 - Apr 2012
      Custom Fine Art Framer and Fine Art Printer

      In that time I sold an estimated $44,000 in custom framing and printing and assembled over $88,000 in custom framing merchandise.Frame Shop & Computer Skills:Shadowbox building; all methods of archival museum quality mounting; dry-mounting; textiles sew down mount; fine art supplies; MS Word, excel, outlook, Adobe Acrobat, Adobe Photoshop, Adobe Illustrator, RIP, Lifesaver, MatDesign and Color Munki. Additional skills and duties:Designer & Picture Framer, responsible for designing framing options for retail & wholesale clients, cutting, fitting, & assembly of all aspects of picture frame designs, keeping to a tight production schedule, qualifying digital files & creating fine art digital prints for retail & wholesale clients. Show less

    • Natural Line Studio

      Apr 2012 - now

      Usui/Holy Fire III Level 1 Natural Line Studio is where a variety of creative services are offered; fine arts composition and execution, graphic design and or communication design work for printing, books, internet, small batch silk screening and in some very specific cases specialized artisanal woodworking.

      • Reiki Practitioner

        Sept 2021 - now

      • Hop grower

        Mar 2019 - now

      • Graphics and Communication Designer, Illustrator and Fine Artist

        Apr 2012 - now

    • Hopsters

      Sept 2015 - May 2016
      Assistant Brewmaster

      I help customers and Brewmasters make and cellar beer. In that time working in the cellar and at the brewing facilities I cleaned, sanitized, kegged and carbonated an estimated four hundred 1/4 and 1/2 size kegs. Oversaw the making of 70+ customer beers and assisted in bottling over 6200 bottles of customer beer(s).

    • The Door store Cambridge,MA.

      May 2016 - May 2019
      Sales Associate and Woodworker

      Job description, Sales Associate and custom woodworking and manufacturing craftsman.

    • Jack's Abby Brewing LLC

      Aug 2019 - Jan 2025
      Brand Ambassador

      As a Brand Ambassador I have done on site tastings of Jack's Abby, Springdale, and Wormtown beers all over Massachusetts.

  • Licenses & Certifications

  • Honors & Awards

    • Awarded to Mark W. S.
      Boston Resident Artist Boston Redevelopment Authority Dec 2013 After submission of an Artist's portfolio and other relevant information I was selected by a jury of my peers to be a registered Boston Resident Artist with the Boston Redevelopment Authority's Affordable live/work studio space(s) initiative. December 2013-December 2018
    • Awarded to Mark W. S.
      Honorable Mention National Wood Flooring Association Feb 2001 After constructing a 10 x 10 foot wooden medallion made of 10 different species of hard and exotic woods. The finished design was submitted for floor of the year; I received an honorable mention.

  • Volunteer Experience

    • Executive committee member

      Issued by Graphic Artists Guild on Jan 2015
      Graphic Artists GuildAssociated with Mark W. S.