Hello and Happy New Year!
I am starting 2010 with a new phone number. I was a lucky girl and have been issued a Google Voice number. Please be sure to update your records with this new number:
(919) 627-1172
It has also come to my attention that many of my clients failed to receive my newsletters about my move to Durham way back in May/June of 2009. After tracking down the issue, I realized that it coincided with my switch to using Vertical Response to send my newsletters. After speaking with tech support, I found out that to conform to spam laws, their servers do not send to generic email prefixes as a default. These prefixes include info@, mail@, admin@, etc. To remedy the problem, one has to speak with a tech support agent who will unlock these prefixes. That was a big lesson to me and one I hope will help any of you who use Vertical Response and/or have customers saying they don’t receive your newsletters.
So, in case you did not receive my previous newsletter about my move to Durham, I offer a link to you here and now: http://www.meridiandesign.net/newsletters/May-31-09.html
My new mailing address is:
Heather Gordon
903 W. Maynard Ave.
Durham, NC 27704
What’s Happened Since the Move?
I have taken a studio at Golden Belt here in Durham and now have a proper office/studio away from home. It’s a revelation to me after working at home for so many years. I have standard 9-5 work hours and share the building with 47 other visual artists.
We are a diverse and motley crew who come and go as we please, however, we do have 3 public events per month that draw hundreds of people. If you’re interested to know more about the Artists at Golden Belt, check out our Facebook fan page. Otherwise, you may want to see some photos of this beautifully renovated building where they used to manufacture cloth bags for the tobacco industry.
In the fall of 2009, I was fortunate to have designed the posters, postcards, t-shirts and other print materials for the Durham Art Walk which is a 2-day art event in downtown Durham organized by the Durham Arts Council and is the largest studio stroll in North Carolina. This design will be used for the spring Durham Art Walk with a change to the color palette and a limited run of silkscreened t-shirts.
And most recently, I won 2nd place at the Durham Art Guild’s 55th Annual Juried Art Show with juror, Maria Magdelena Compos-Pons. I was pleased to have my most recent work with binary visualizations get a nod at this locally prestigious competition. There is a brief video of the awards reception posted on YouTube.
If you’d like to see the Durham Art Walk poster and see my winning artwork, please see my art website.
I’m currently working on a site design for a local Durham small business called Cozy, and a redesign project for Meadowbrook Nursery in Marion, NC.
I hope once February comes, I’ll be able to resume my regular newsletters, so please keep me updated with your latest news so I can spread the word.
Happy Belated Holidays and Best Wishes for 2010
Heather Gordon
I’ve recently launched a website for Asheville Tileworks. ATW makes tiles for gifts and display, creates and installs custom installations, and produces commemorative tiles. My thanks to Diana, Michael, and Celeste for being such great clients to work with.
Do you remember those Create Your Own Adventure storybooks? You could choose your storyline along the way, flipping back and forth through the book to unfold the storyline in your own unique way.
A few days ago, the owner of 
It’s a grid. It has audio tones. The beat moves left to right. The tones move up and down. Click a box and it makes a sound. Fun, addictive, simple, and beautiful. 
I had the pleasure of designing an 11″ x 17″ poster for the Medieval & Early Modern Studies department at UNC in Chapel Hill. My design made use of a portion of a Theodore De Bry engraving which was then digitally hand-colored using a graphic tablet. Big fun.
Voiceover is a fascinating field of work I knew nothing about before handling the redesign of Liz Aiello’s website. Liz offers voiceover services and comes equipped with an ISDN-ready studio for quick file delivery. Her website offers video and audio demos along with an extensive photo gallery of her acting experience.