Pub Sociology

Every Pub Sociology piece is designed, sculpted, and poured by the same maker. Each design starts with an idea, usually followed by weeks of research into the subject. For the Liberty Bar, this entailed tons of reading on the original artist and model behind the United States silver Peace Dollar. For the Samurai bar, it involved pouring through digital museum archives of the few known photographs of samurai taken before the samurai system was abolished in 1877.

After immersing myself in images and stories for some time, I start to develop an idea for a piece, usually integrating elements of that source imagery into graphic designs inspired by the theme. Each design is usually constructed from a set of digitally sculpted elements laid atop each other so that they can be adjusted to stand at different levels of relief. This stage of the design process can sometimes take months, as I continue to toy with the design and try different variations.