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In the spring of 1983, we left Chicago to relocate in Norfolk, Connecticut where we now work and live. Since that time, I have worked closely with Kinuko designing her children's books, maintaining her web site and working on our old home.
At the present, I am a full partner of Craft Partners, which offers a completl list of Graphic Design and Graphic Arts Services.. I am also enjoying a second career as a writer of children's stories. My first published work was the retelling of Sleeping Beauty, SeaStar Books, 2002. Currently I am working on a retelling of Beauty and the Beast, to be published by HarperCollins, which will be illustrated by Kinuko. At the present time I am finding renewed enjoyment with photography which is ow out put on one of our two large format Epson Stylus Photo printers. I have also been creating complex digital illustration, creating both new art as well as manipulating Kinuko's existing images to create derivative art. In addition, I was recently certified as a master giclée printer, by Giclee Printers Europe and have just added fine arts printing to the list of services Craft Partners/Kinuko Y. Craft Arts offers.
Education:
1959: Diploma: Withrow High School, Cincinnati, Ohio
1963: Certificate of Completion, The Art Academy of Cincinnati, , Ohio. Laura M. Ingalls Scholarship, 1960, 1961. 1962; Major: Graphic Design, 120 semester hours,
1965. Student at Large: 1-1/2 years post graduate study in design and painting, School of the Art Institute of Chicago.
Employment history:
1965-66 Junior Art Director, Tatham, Laird & Kudner, 64 East Jackson Blvd., Chicago, IL Accounts: Procter & Gamble; Libby's Canned Foods
1967 Art Director, Stern, Walters & Simmons, 155 East Superior St., Chicago, IL Accounts: Colgate-Palmolive, Suzuki Motorcycles
1968 Art Director, Earl Ludgin Co. 400 N. Michigan Ave., Chicago, IL Accounts: Field Enterprises, Transunion Corp., Jewel Foods
1969 Art Director Post, Keyes Gardner, 875 N. Michigan Ave., Chicago, IL Accounts: Florist's Transworld Delivery (FTD) Bagatelle Perfume
1090-71 Art Director N.W. Ayer & Son, Inc. 111 East Wacker Drive, Chicago, IL Accounts: Illinois Bell Telephone, Container Corporation of America
1973 Head Art Director, Albert Nader Advertising, 919 North Michigan Ave., Chicago, IL Accounts: Kaufmann Homes, Baird & Warner Real Estate
1973 to present: Fine Arts Photography: Exhibitions:
"Ojii-chan's House, a Summer Diary." Chicago Public Library, Cultural Arts Center March - May, 1980
Illinois Photographer's 80, Illinois State Museum, Springfield, IL work in permanent collection
Norfolk Public Library, 1984
Second Annual Alumni Juried Exhibition, The Art Academy of Cincinnati, 1992
Graphic Design:
Children's Books (Illustrated by Kinuko Y. Craft)*: Titles by Morrow Junior Books, NY, NY: The Twelve Dancing Princesses; Baba Yaga & Vasilisa the Brave; Cupid & Psyche; Pegasus; King Midas and the Golden Touch.
Titles by SeaStar Books, NY, NY : Cinderella; Tom Thumb
*Many of these products include a significant amount of my digital illustration in addition to the complete book design.
Various posters for above books,
The Franklin Mint, 2000; Collector plate border design for Cinderella Collector plate
Ronnie Sellers Productions, 2002: Calendar cover design and image digital enhancements for "Women of Enchantment," Kinuko Y. Craft calendar for 2003 and 2004
Simon & Schuster, NY, NY: Book jacket design and digital illustration for Simon Pulse Young Adult Reader series.
Author: "Sleeping Beauty," Illustrated by Kinuko Y. Craft as reteller, Sea Star Books, NY NY, Fall 2002;
Computer skills: Self taught on Mac OS: QuarkXpress, Adobe Photoshop, Adobe GoLive; webmaster: kycraft.com.
Managing Partner: Craft Partners, 83 Litchfield Road, Norfolk, CT 06058: Design, Large Format Photography, Illustration (by Kinuko Y. Craft.) and Fine Arts Giclee Printing.
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