The Art & Design Blog of Charlie Wagers

My long time friend Corey is starting up a new band. After sitting on a set of songs for quite some time, he’s ready to dive back into the music biz. His new music is under the name The Attending, and this shirt is the first piece in a line of work for my old friend.

Arrah and the Ferns have been working on this album for over 2 years. I originally started working on this artwork with them back in 2008. But after a member leaving, and a totaled van, they decided to break up, or at least temporarily. Recently, they decided to re-form, with some new members, and finally give this nearly completed album the treatment in deserved.

I actually designed this shirt something like two years ago, right before Arrah and the Ferns (temporarily) broke up. But now, that they’ve gotten back together, about to release a new record in September, this shirt will finally see the printed treatment. Available for an upcoming two-week tour, I will also be creating some new shirts soon, to be sold after the new record comes out in September.

I recently have had the opportunity to come up with a few new logos. The first of these is for the new Bike Co-Op in Akron. And the second is for a new Indiana-based record label, whose first release will be from long-time friends Arrah and the Ferns (which I am also currently working on).

Yesterday I finally went and bought myself a new negative scanner. I also just got home from a trip to Brooklyn, so needless to say, I’ve got some new medium-format photos in the mix. I am concealing some select photos between now and the art show in November, but here’s a few that I will go ahead and debut right now. The first is from an experiment where I put my Diana in a ziploc bag, and threw it in the swimming pool. Also, we saw too many ghost-bikes in Brooklyn, creepy.