Project Archives

Prior to 2021, the use of video to recognize donors and sponsors to the Habitat for Humanity International affiliate was nonexistent. Here are two of the Spotlights that feature interviews with individual and business donors that support affordable housing in Putnam County, Ohio.

In 2011, the Hach Company held a nitrogen/phosphorus test kit contest for water quality agencies and industries. The Northwest Ohio Scenic Rivers staff jumped at the challenge. We were limited in our video equipment, but we made up for it with creativity and enthusiasm. I designed the mayfly costume and wrote the script. Tim putContinue reading “Art and Illustration”

My first poem was published in 1972. “Dogtooth Violet” was inspired by the wildflowers that my grandfather introduced me to that year. They still grow in the wetland forest of The Quarry Farm Nature Preserve & Conservation Farm behind our house, and I still write about them and other (mostly wild) things. Click on anyContinue reading “Column-ing and Blogging”

Prior to 2020, the use of video to market Hancock Park District activities was limited to a couple of PowerPoint-to-video pieces for rental facilities. Then March 2020 steamrolled over all in-person activities, including a full calendar of planned park programs and camps. I coordinated with the HPD program staff to develop a series of briefContinue reading “Video, Hancock Park District”

The Hancock Park District was established in 1970, a monumental effort in a region where agriculture is the predominant industry. For 45 years, the growth of the organization was supported by a variety of print materials. Although photographs of the parks enhanced each piece, there was no unity established through color, branded fonts, or consistentContinue reading “Hancock Park District, Brand Identity”

The previous Visitors Guide was a standard 11×17 piece, printed on coated house stock, folded in half and then roll-folded into a brochure rack size. It was cumbersome, floppy and , by virtue of the design, did not showcase the individual parks in the system. I designed a bound brochure, printed on 100% post-consumer satinContinue reading “Visitors Guide, Hancock Park District”