MARK ENGER has re-located EXPLODING SKY WORLDWIDE, his silkscreen shop and studio to Newark, New Jersey.
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Newark is the new artist place for cheap lofts. Its, a little more, than 15 mins into Manhattan by PATH train.
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some people have dogs, .. Mark Enger has pocket racing bikes. They're capable of going 60 MPH, and the streets in his neighborhood are deserted enough, that you can get way with it. Mark did all the artwork.
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first impression of the ground floor studio space.
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the kitchen is off to a niche, near the entrance, on the other side.
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close-up of an ENGER BROS 'logo' - on the fridge. MARK ENGER's from Oklahoma, so all the cowboy & Indian imagery is for real.
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MARK ENGER, of EXPLODING SKY WORLDWIDE, custom silkscreeners, in his office/sitting room - at the other end of the loft, up against the front wall.
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a few "flashes from the past" - this vintage KENTUCKY FRIED CHICKEN lamp used to hang in the kitchen of the original farmhouse, on "the farm" - the JOSH HARRIS upstate apple orchard retreat - that he turned to, when he burned out on New York City. he took Exploding Sky with him, for a while.
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PSEUDO.com cap - in the good ole dot.com days, all you needed was JOSH HARRIS & PSEUDO as a patron and you were set. EXPLODING SKY rode the wave and still does custom work for Josh, today.
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vintage taborine, with an archetypal MARK ENGER/EXPLODING SKY WORLDWIDE silkscreen imprint,
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new stuff - Mark Enger shows us an old fireman's ledger he just found on the corner of his street - it was just tossed. finding graphic design inspiration in the penmanship - he says, .. "they'll never handwrite like that again", EXPLODING SKY, June 12, 2006

vintage fireman's "sign-in" ledger. an old firehouse was being torn down around the corner & it was just trashed - lucky Mark Enger is in the neighborhood, to save it from destruction. a lot of contemporary logos & graphic designs have roots in antique script & penmanship flourishes. EXPLODING SKY,
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an army brat, who grew up in a family of antique/replica weapons craftsmen (they fabricate replica guns for civil war re-enactments, among other things), they are ALL ultra-serious weapons/gun collectors, as well. MARK ENGER is also a weapons aficionado - this is a World War I trench knife, that he just acquired in Jersey. It cost $200.
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Mark Enger says that WW I warfare was alot like Medieval times. when you ran out of bullets and the enemy was swarming over the trenches, this was what you had. you could stab as many as fast as you could, with the lethal blade, and the handle was designed to smash faces. according to Mark, there aren't too many trench knives around anymore, esp in mint & lethal condition, like these, though it was American standard issue, in 1917. EXPLODING SKY, June 12, 2006

Mark Enger unfurls a tiny souvenir flag, on the glass coffee tabletop:
'POW*MIA - YOU ARE NOT FORGOTTEN'
... a moving & beautiful example of graphic design, in its own right.
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Mark Enger with a new EXPLODING SKY WORLDWIDE limited edition silkscreened t-shirt of his own design. EXPLODING SKY,
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MARK ENGER silkscreen design, based on the WW I trench knife & archaic script & heraldry. EXPLODING SKY, June 12, 2006

more weapons. this one, a limited edition, custom musket, made by MARK ENGER, himself. EXPLODING SKY, June 12, 2006

a hand woven Mexican blanket, from the 60's, serves as a closet partition.
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a leather, and handbeaded glass bead buckled, "Peyote" belt, made by Comanche Indians in the 70's, hangs atop the top right corner of the Mexican blanket, EXPLODING SKY,
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one-of-a-kind silkscreen, with applied paint, on canvas, MARK ENGER, EXPLODING SKY, June 12, 2006

silkscreen and paint, MARK ENGER, EXPLODING SKY, June 12, 2006

MARK ENGER, a self-portrait, in Civil War era gear, dated 1991. EXPLODING SKY,
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MARK ENGER at his light table,
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MARK ENGER with some of his newest graphic designs. the 'arrows' started off as 1-1/2 inch drawings. they get put onto mylar and then transferred onto to the silkscreens.
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a design for Mark's longtime band, the 'WAR HIPPIES', MARK ENGER, EXPLODING SKY, June 12, 2006

the t-shirt press, silkscreens designed by MARK ENGER, EXPLODING SKY, June 12, 2006

silkscreen of a famous World War II German fighter plane, the Messerschmitt, design by MARK ENGER,
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MARK ENGER makes us a t-shirt, hot off the silkscreen press.
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making a silkscreen t-shirt, MARK ENGER, EXPLODING SKY, June 12, 2006

silkscreen of a WW II German fighter plane, the Messerschmitt, MARK ENGER design, EXPLODING SKY, June 12, 2006.

Voila. MARK ENGER holds up the finished t-shirt. EXPLODING SKY,
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Mark Enger is into making & selling silkscreen t-shirts of his own design, producing specific custom designs for YOUR! own projects, or producing t-shirts from designs you supply - contact: markenger@hotmail.com

MARK ENGER is also into designing and producing limited edition clothing. This is his latest: a reversible hoodie. EXPLODING SKY,
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the back is silkscreened in gold and red, with skull and "WAR HIPPIES" logos, MARK ENGER, reversible hoodie, EXPLODING SKY,
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the front is silkscreened with a gold ink EXPLODING SKY WORLDWIDE 'logo', reversible hoodie, MARK ENGER, EXPLODING SKY,
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MARK ENGER zips up his self-designed, limited edition, reversible hoodie,
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.. the 'other side', MARK ENGER, limited edition, reversible hoodie,
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amazingly, after Mark Enger established his silkscreen shop, he discovered a small workshop, MIZRAK CO. 'custom sewing', on the floor above him, where he can have his limited edition clothing designs produced to his specific instructions.
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MIZRAK CO. 'custom sewing', seamstresses at their worktables. this workshop above Mark Enger's silkscreen shop, will accept small artist/designer orders,
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here is the protoype for the limited edition 'crew' jacket MARK ENGER is designing and producing for the JOSH HARRIS Euro-QUIET 2006 project in Spain.
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June 12, 2006 - that's a red EXPLODING SKY WORLDWIDE 'logo' silkscreened onto the right hand pocket.

the back of the JOSH HARRIS commissioned QUIET/SPAIN 2006 limited edition 'crew' uniform, designed and produced by MARK ENGER, EXPLODING SKY,
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detail, silkscreen printing on the back of the QUIET/SPAIN 2006 limited edition 'crew' jacket, designed & produced by MARK ENGER - and no, it doesn't have small exploding airplanes going into large 'sailboat' buildings, but it does have red combat helicopters!! EXPLODING SKY,
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as we leave, we say good-bye to MARK ENGER, perched on one of his pocket racing bikes. EXPLODING SKY,
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the building is full of period details, like the mosaic tiles on the lobby wall, behind Mark - it was built originally to house the glass workshops for LOUIS COMFORT TIFFANY. It still has the original multi-story furnace, in the building's central core.

we stop to admire, for one last time, a previously overlooked detail of the custom design work MARK ENGER has embellished on one of his beloved pocket racing bikes, EXPLODING SKY, June 12, 2006.

MARK ENGER's silk screen shop is on the ground floor of this turn-of-the-century industrial building in Newark, New Jersey, which rents for about $1,000 for 1,000 sq. ft. & is a 5 minute walk from the PATH train station, into Manhattan. EXPLODING SKY, June 12, 2006

just before departing, we learn that the building has a very interesting arts & crafts pedigree - it was in this building that turn-of-the-century workshops produced the original colored glass, and gold jewelry designs, for LOUIS COMFORT TIFFANY.
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out of nowhere, on the deserted industrial neighborhood street, a flavored 'ice' vendor appears - maybe its time for the garment workers' break. MARK ENGER, EXPLODING SKY, NEWARK, NEW JERSEY, June 12, 2006

EXPLODING SKY WORLDWIDE. NEW YORK. NEWARK. a (very talented) artist-run silkscreen and custom design shop, with t-shirt & custom clothing design/production facilities. "NO JOB - TOO BIG" & "NO JOB - TOO SMALL" - REASONABLE RATES & TOP-NOTCH WORK. ALL INQUIRIES WELCOME - contact MARK ENGER - markenger@hotmail.com - bye the way, here's a big claim to fame - MARK ENGER produced the limited edition 'wrap' jackets for HARVEY WEINSTEIN's MIRAMAX film - 'GANGS OF NEW YORK'. and while we are at it, MARK ENGER also designed & produced all the custom silkscreen images on the DONALD BAECHLER paintings of the past decade, and before that, he did a lot of the early production work - that got KIKI SMITH so famous !! so, he's also available for custom artist fabrication/&/silkscreen work.
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in celebration of the 4th of JULY 2006 - and this virtual visit to the new studio, EXPLODING SKY is offering a first time - artlovers * sponsored * limited edition * special: MARK ENGER's reversible hoodie, exactly as it is detailed above, with the gold & red ink silkscreening on the back, & gold ink detailing on the front, in a limited edition of 25, for only $250 (plus $7.50 shipping & handling - domestic orders). SPECIFY SIZE at time of order. to order: contact - markenger@hotmail.com - be the first on your 'block' to show you know - where its really at - & - support 'real' art production - in a fragile world.