Adam Wallacavage – Intro and Interview by John Freeborn

I know at least ten artists named Adam. When I was young, I met an Adam who could do skate vert ramps, and then he’d hop down and shoot pictures for national skate magazines. There was another guy who would create these amazing zines and t-shirts. A few years later another Adam popped up who did these awesome screenprints of old toys and monsters. I also know an Adam sculptor, an Adam who does strange animal inspired chandeliers, an Adam who alters taxidermy animals as art, and an Adam interior designer.

What were your earliest photo influences, and how did that work shape yours?
It was a mixture of skateboarding photographers and underground comics really, and photographers who shot weird things like dinosaur parks, funny signs,and dogs pooping.

What were your early screen prints like? what processes did you use?
I was obsessed with silk screening at a young age. My surfer friends in Wildwood made their own t-shirts, and I learned how and made all kinds of shirts on my own. This eventually led to making zines so that I had something to make more t-shirts and stickers for. I didn’t start making silkscreen prints until college because I didn’t have anywhere to make them. I must say, it was a major factor for wanting to go to art school in the first place, and even though I was a photography major, I dabbled in silkscreening more than photography.

Do you look at industrial design, crafts or anything else for inspiration in your sculpture?
I started The Society of Militant Ornamentalists as a way to combat the damage the whole Modernist movement has had onc ontemporary architecture.

Do you use any technology, materials, or references in your interior decorating that would surprise us?
You mean like baby skin? Yes, I use baby skin as well as dolphin blood. Is that surprising? No, just plaster and epoxy resin.

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