https://melissawarp.com Warp Design Sat, 04 Sep 2021 03:01:46 +0000 https://melissawarp.com en https://melissawarp.com/About Sun, 22 Aug 2021 00:04:03 +0000 Warp Design https://melissawarp.com/About <img width="900" height="675" width_o="900" height_o="675" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/cc36b7f90b4f611068b9336052c5bac78e57f22a01217be780ecefe8c00b26e1/mw.jpg" data-mid="117023499" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/900/i/cc36b7f90b4f611068b9336052c5bac78e57f22a01217be780ecefe8c00b26e1/mw.jpg" /> Hi. My name is Melissa. I am a designer and educator who lives in upstate NY, with roots in northern Minnesota.&nbsp;Most exciting to me is work that relates to my passions: the outdoors, fitness, local food. However, some of my greatest surprises have also occurred while doing work for companies I knew little about. I am a positive person. I welcome design and illustration challenges, and really love to collaborate when I believe in a project and what the company or person is trying to achieve.This site is currently focused on This Land, an exhibit that I created in response to land use. If you’d like to reach out, please contact me at melissawarp[at]gmail.com https://melissawarp.com/The-Cycle Sat, 21 Aug 2021 02:11:22 +0000 Warp Design https://melissawarp.com/The-Cycle The Cycle Black &amp; White Illustrations The Cycle moves from a seemingly untouched landscape to a farm, to a construction scene, to a development, and then starts over again. This cycle repeats itself frequently throughout the country, which made the endless flipper a fitting story-telling device. <img width="1000" height="1000" width_o="1000" height_o="1000" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/e3af8f65707d7c12b2f31d8ba21b10e6340f6fe4be33e1fb14091eea52ad6c35/1.jpg" data-mid="116975522" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/e3af8f65707d7c12b2f31d8ba21b10e6340f6fe4be33e1fb14091eea52ad6c35/1.jpg" /> <img width="1000" height="1000" width_o="1000" height_o="1000" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/590421a4560ef5bd56ee887537e8709e15cc8171e4b36164f9b5b61e0cb32783/2.jpg" data-mid="116975527" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/590421a4560ef5bd56ee887537e8709e15cc8171e4b36164f9b5b61e0cb32783/2.jpg" /> <img width="1000" height="1000" width_o="1000" height_o="1000" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/217f50cec5ca3d86d1fd07d525f753bf7c90952026b17a41e829ff8c832282dc/3.jpg" data-mid="116975530" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/217f50cec5ca3d86d1fd07d525f753bf7c90952026b17a41e829ff8c832282dc/3.jpg" /> <img width="1000" height="1000" width_o="1000" height_o="1000" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/08405d4ff88b259c7417f807111da9746ff2ecb6a5c98874724369aa695164d4/4.jpg" data-mid="116975535" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/08405d4ff88b259c7417f807111da9746ff2ecb6a5c98874724369aa695164d4/4.jpg" /> https://melissawarp.com/Land-Blokus Fri, 20 Aug 2021 12:57:15 +0000 Warp Design https://melissawarp.com/Land-Blokus <img width="1000" height="750" width_o="1000" height_o="750" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/4fa922a7affa84e60df8206d43eb456b6dc829c255df2fdba5b85a06eabbd17d/BlokusFull.jpg" data-mid="117751527" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/4fa922a7affa84e60df8206d43eb456b6dc829c255df2fdba5b85a06eabbd17d/BlokusFull.jpg" /> Land Blokus Acrylic on wood This piece is inpired by the game Blockus, where the goal is to see if you can fit all of your given pieces on the board in varied arrangments– something that is remniscent of the surrounding and closing in on old farms with new development. <img width="1000" height="750" width_o="1000" height_o="750" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/fe20f986c5c3b00b1cb2b91342bf7a76e9f293f65704b9249bbd82627486b986/blokus3.jpg" data-mid="116930999" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/fe20f986c5c3b00b1cb2b91342bf7a76e9f293f65704b9249bbd82627486b986/blokus3.jpg" /> <img width="1363" height="1051" width_o="1363" height_o="1051" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/f58550ad8d9402765cdcdfa1eb506e6177352eb75502fa7ad29e7b4babd86d97/LandIsland.png" data-mid="118078259" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/f58550ad8d9402765cdcdfa1eb506e6177352eb75502fa7ad29e7b4babd86d97/LandIsland.png" />Example of real-life land Blokus in Pittsford, NY <img width="1000" height="750" width_o="1000" height_o="750" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/1e055f0e4fb2fa10d5b075dafc092e930c59b45bb3c348e368f7552ab365498a/Blokus1.jpg" data-mid="117750574" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/1e055f0e4fb2fa10d5b075dafc092e930c59b45bb3c348e368f7552ab365498a/Blokus1.jpg" /> <img width="1000" height="750" width_o="1000" height_o="750" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/8f4e98c63a8f938868b48dc2d545af15d3cbf05c22043a77dab3dea885a0e725/Blokus2.jpg" data-mid="117750575" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/8f4e98c63a8f938868b48dc2d545af15d3cbf05c22043a77dab3dea885a0e725/Blokus2.jpg" /> https://melissawarp.com/Barn-Quilt Fri, 20 Aug 2021 02:16:13 +0000 Warp Design https://melissawarp.com/Barn-Quilt <img width="1000" height="1197" width_o="1000" height_o="1197" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/9e25947ca146d09968be045d8ff5049316e493b83fe1c59ed6ba17e79c14cbad/quilt1copy.png" data-mid="120708726" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/9e25947ca146d09968be045d8ff5049316e493b83fe1c59ed6ba17e79c14cbad/quilt1copy.png" /> Barn Quilt Hand and machine-sewn with guidance from Angela Meltzer I imagine trying to “patch” broken barns and in doing so, somehow help the farm hold on a bit longer. The quilt format for this piece celebrates an artform that is handed down through the generations, much like farms that are passed on to family members. <img width="1000" height="750" width_o="1000" height_o="750" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/9300f3bbea0193fc373242203c62fcf52545cd56fd0891a627fc549a67c17a7f/quilt2.jpg" data-mid="118326739" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/9300f3bbea0193fc373242203c62fcf52545cd56fd0891a627fc549a67c17a7f/quilt2.jpg" /> <img width="1000" height="763" width_o="1000" height_o="763" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/0b75a99fbbd3e8691f29c17bbfd9d100884877458cb1b74f9c7205694ab7a922/quilt3.jpg" data-mid="118326740" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/0b75a99fbbd3e8691f29c17bbfd9d100884877458cb1b74f9c7205694ab7a922/quilt3.jpg" /> https://melissawarp.com/Sharon Sat, 21 Aug 2021 12:08:25 +0000 Warp Design https://melissawarp.com/Sharon <img width="1000" height="667" width_o="1000" height_o="667" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/940b7945581781400fffd4476eacc6c19030ac9092e729b7be7e767030635cdb/sharon_lambs.jpg" data-mid="116994890" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/940b7945581781400fffd4476eacc6c19030ac9092e729b7be7e767030635cdb/sharon_lambs.jpg" /> Sharon Photographs by Josh Meltzer Interview by Melissa Warp Video recorded by Josh Meltzer and edited by Melissa Warp and Josh Meltzer One day while biking south of Rochester my husband and I stopped to meet Sharon Baldwin, a farmer who tends some twenty sheep on a beautiful stretch of pasture with an old barn. Sharon lives just down the road from a farm that was sold to developers, and she notes that it’s only a matter of time before the land where her sheep graze will be sold, too. It is just too expensive to farm nowadays, she laments. <img width="1000" height="667" width_o="1000" height_o="667" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/359b98b0f3ef774a7a7ba653768d20579d75bd3d21042fa3e587340fd7c07c80/Sharon_Flag.jpg" data-mid="116994912" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/359b98b0f3ef774a7a7ba653768d20579d75bd3d21042fa3e587340fd7c07c80/Sharon_Flag.jpg" /> <img width="1000" height="667" width_o="1000" height_o="667" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/f7d135c5e150b4e3ebcddcc455a70153030d12088df3d16eb5fbe9656a0da561/SharonStairs1.jpg" data-mid="116994928" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/f7d135c5e150b4e3ebcddcc455a70153030d12088df3d16eb5fbe9656a0da561/SharonStairs1.jpg" /> <img width="1000" height="750" width_o="1000" height_o="750" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/3a6bfa60c12ff2b754b2be94d344d999689d8c07e2be6c811aae4a04cefb623e/Strong2.jpg" data-mid="118093686" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/3a6bfa60c12ff2b754b2be94d344d999689d8c07e2be6c811aae4a04cefb623e/Strong2.jpg" /> Development occuring just up the road from Sharon <img width="1000" height="750" width_o="1000" height_o="750" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/44ae388f0c47b34802beaf6d74a420773e4afe2414f5add8fe2eed12bd6d4e47/Strong1.jpg" data-mid="118093685" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/44ae388f0c47b34802beaf6d74a420773e4afe2414f5add8fe2eed12bd6d4e47/Strong1.jpg" /> https://melissawarp.com/Lenticular Fri, 20 Aug 2021 01:04:14 +0000 Warp Design https://melissawarp.com/Lenticular <img width="1000" height="1000" width_o="1000" height_o="1000" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/03572d46365e2420be526a7136207df5dd7a6f6c2aa5ecd88bbb56334f9192ab/LostFamily1.jpg" data-mid="116905743" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/03572d46365e2420be526a7136207df5dd7a6f6c2aa5ecd88bbb56334f9192ab/LostFamily1.jpg" /> Then and Now Lenticular prints with photos taken by Melissa Warp in Monroe County, NY merged with historic public domain images from Minnesota Historical Society <img width="1000" height="1000" width_o="1000" height_o="1000" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/76e7f3b21531e3fb3b813f690c9b85a1cd645730ee2783dddd49b0d7e1b6319d/Hay-Wagon2.jpg" data-mid="116905783" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/76e7f3b21531e3fb3b813f690c9b85a1cd645730ee2783dddd49b0d7e1b6319d/Hay-Wagon2.jpg" /> <img width="900" height="900" width_o="900" height_o="900" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/25967de3867971ea9c78f5057b5090eff93d0a611b7e569a2b8eafc3d4a00d71/Milk2.jpg" data-mid="116905794" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/900/i/25967de3867971ea9c78f5057b5090eff93d0a611b7e569a2b8eafc3d4a00d71/Milk2.jpg" /> <img width="1000" height="1000" width_o="1000" height_o="1000" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/c81ed12d3d47957e1790284c2e6ea4c5984c095f6a07a1879348c1681a251112/plow.jpg" data-mid="116974600" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/c81ed12d3d47957e1790284c2e6ea4c5984c095f6a07a1879348c1681a251112/plow.jpg" /> <img width="1000" height="1000" width_o="1000" height_o="1000" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/496c29a0254e61a86789719cdc0e8d049b34b48708e9a8252682b062980bddd6/SmithBarn1.jpg" data-mid="116974809" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/496c29a0254e61a86789719cdc0e8d049b34b48708e9a8252682b062980bddd6/SmithBarn1.jpg" /> https://melissawarp.com/Residence-of-Amasa-Drake Fri, 20 Aug 2021 14:56:08 +0000 Warp Design https://melissawarp.com/Residence-of-Amasa-Drake <img width="1500" height="1014" width_o="1500" height_o="1014" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/cf16c29911d7b202c54973819dfb2c298d7bc43a0b19c055fe992f936e1c9524/AmasaDrake.png" data-mid="116939033" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/cf16c29911d7b202c54973819dfb2c298d7bc43a0b19c055fe992f936e1c9524/AmasaDrake.png" /> Historic Monroe County Altered Pencil additions to illustrations featured in History of Monroe County, NY, 1877 <img width="1000" height="809" width_o="1000" height_o="809" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/26be26946a980dc61e4dac1ba6cf7252c0824605a724eb939080dbce6ed8829b/AmasaDetail2.png" data-mid="116939031" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/26be26946a980dc61e4dac1ba6cf7252c0824605a724eb939080dbce6ed8829b/AmasaDetail2.png" /> <img width="600" height="639" width_o="600" height_o="639" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/fd55d2d06e6dfb19d73db2d1573a95bfb2840cbfb0af3a6bf2f0d1b648657b6a/Amasa-Detail.png" data-mid="116939030" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/600/i/fd55d2d06e6dfb19d73db2d1573a95bfb2840cbfb0af3a6bf2f0d1b648657b6a/Amasa-Detail.png" /> https://melissawarp.com/Residence-of-Isaac-Budlong Sat, 21 Aug 2021 01:53:34 +0000 Warp Design https://melissawarp.com/Residence-of-Isaac-Budlong <img width="1417" height="1072" width_o="1417" height_o="1072" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/da6c6b82e74d464fb09949c40ed7ef646b0d56ff9dc63a0801c275267c9860ad/IsaacBudlong.png" data-mid="116975212" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/da6c6b82e74d464fb09949c40ed7ef646b0d56ff9dc63a0801c275267c9860ad/IsaacBudlong.png" /> Historic Monroe County Altered Pencil additions to illustrations featured in History of Monroe County, NY, 1877 <img width="768" height="606" width_o="768" height_o="606" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/5bf8996a3d38e503caf6a31901ca04a039fdf215501114d2fa50b89d7a4fe080/Isaac1.png" data-mid="116975210" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/768/i/5bf8996a3d38e503caf6a31901ca04a039fdf215501114d2fa50b89d7a4fe080/Isaac1.png" /> <img width="785" height="814" width_o="785" height_o="814" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/ed138374530cc37b93b1100040be0ec8e9ca0cb91b91665f08f0d36863a6b0ae/Isaac2.png" data-mid="116975211" border="0" data-scale="76" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/785/i/ed138374530cc37b93b1100040be0ec8e9ca0cb91b91665f08f0d36863a6b0ae/Isaac2.png" /> https://melissawarp.com/Residence-of-F-W-Lay Sat, 21 Aug 2021 02:28:11 +0000 Warp Design https://melissawarp.com/Residence-of-F-W-Lay <img width="1500" height="1127" width_o="1500" height_o="1127" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/0bc1bb65478d12c83756eac39bb22175613edc077440f56b17a63af274756caa/FWLay1.png" data-mid="116976176" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/0bc1bb65478d12c83756eac39bb22175613edc077440f56b17a63af274756caa/FWLay1.png" /> Historic Monroe County Altered Pencil additions to illustrations featured in History of Monroe County, NY, 1877 <img width="900" height="629" width_o="900" height_o="629" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/5315de65b3cf1a82dcee4ab1bb9f9cd0c124d43362c482b0804123fd30817d66/FWLay2.png" data-mid="116976189" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/900/i/5315de65b3cf1a82dcee4ab1bb9f9cd0c124d43362c482b0804123fd30817d66/FWLay2.png" /> <img width="600" height="576" width_o="600" height_o="576" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/30fba2641039f044da8657cca8532131e79ebdc10dda8d2aded0dd6f5c9efcad/FWLay3.png" data-mid="116976192" border="0" data-scale="72" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/600/i/30fba2641039f044da8657cca8532131e79ebdc10dda8d2aded0dd6f5c9efcad/FWLay3.png" /> https://melissawarp.com/Cafe-Conversations Sat, 04 Sep 2021 03:01:46 +0000 Warp Design https://melissawarp.com/Cafe-Conversations <img width="1204" height="1866" width_o="1204" height_o="1866" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/7b0f2156cb4cde2f14170f94bddfb6b85327e6bb31a4b8a37096942a783cee1d/Cafe.png" data-mid="118056006" border="0" data-scale="71" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/7b0f2156cb4cde2f14170f94bddfb6b85327e6bb31a4b8a37096942a783cee1d/Cafe.png" /> Cafe Conversations Digital Illustration with snippets of text from 1930s and 40s Farmer’s Almanacs This piece is focused on the small town cafe, where farmers and families once sat and shared stories and advice over a cup of coffee. Many of these main street cafes are now shuttered due in large part to the fading number of people (farmers) who once frequented them. “Farmers are not just guys in overalls, part of the charming scenery of yesteryear; they are the technicians who know how to get teensy little seeds to turn into stuff that comprises everything, I mean everything, we eat. Is anybody paying attention? For every farm that’s turned over to lawns and housing developments, a farmer is sent to work at the Nissan plant or the Kmart checkout line. What’s lost with that career move is specific knowledge of how to gain food from a particular soil type, in a particular climate–wisdom that took generations to grow.” -Barbara Kingsolver, Small Wonder <img width="2400" height="1524" width_o="2400" height_o="1524" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/2aa52cf9f0d9b6ef7ba74c120064b9c9bd3a4ac33400ec2cbb4cef7b4ffd27a5/Cafe2.png" data-mid="118056007" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/2aa52cf9f0d9b6ef7ba74c120064b9c9bd3a4ac33400ec2cbb4cef7b4ffd27a5/Cafe2.png" /> <img width="2400" height="1593" width_o="2400" height_o="1593" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/ff83dacdf62c6bcbef47e85a90991ef4ac1cf8e2db66bfe548da0187f6af8834/Cafe3.png" data-mid="118056010" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/ff83dacdf62c6bcbef47e85a90991ef4ac1cf8e2db66bfe548da0187f6af8834/Cafe3.png" />