11

• Words: Vivian Host

For our 11th birthday, we were going to ask our friends for Transformers and the new Slipknot CD. Then we realized that having six artists deliver meditations on the keen symmetry of the number eleven was a much better idea. From old friends to new favorites, this sextet of American visual maestros have delivered us birthday grams that we think are even better than the pink icing on an x-rated booby cake. Look through this special portfolio, then blow out the candles and make us a wish.

Bwana Spoons
Portland, OR
www.grasshutcorp.com

 

Justin Krietemeyer & Steven Harrington of National Forest
Los Angeles, CA
www.nationalforest.com

 

Christopher Woodcock
San Francisco, CA

 

Damon Locks
Chicago, IL

 

UPSO
Toledo, OH
www.upso.org 
www.faesthetic.com 

 

Volume One (Matt Owens)
Brooklyn, NY
www.volumeone.com