#studio visit

john brooks in his louisville studio. august 2024

I recently paid a visit to my friend Seth Scriver's home studio. He is a very talented and humourous artist and animator. : o )

I specifically requested wanting to swing by while he was in the middle of preparing the finishing touches on a new batch of novelty patches I was going to pick up for a restock at Toutoune Gallery. At some point in the late fall, he invited me over! (This is a very delayed blog post)

Seth has produced dozens of patches over the last several years but the true crowd pleasers are the ones that have these extra 3D adornments incorporated into the design. You might assume that Scriver has found an extra special company that offers above and beyond what most machine embroidered services can accomplish, but in actuality, he adds all of these embellishments himself!

Photo descriptions :

1 - Seth wearing glasses and a teddy bear patterned housecoat while inspecting patches at his work desk. Their is text overlaid on the photo that reads: 'Studio Visit, chez Seth Scriver' and 'putting the finishing touches on his numourous and very funny patches!'

2 - Large cascading pile of patches in designs you may be familiar with that have already had their embellishments finalized: Lucky Bald Man Ponytail, Dingleberry Nose, Lucky Mole, Pro Proboscis and Promiscuous Proboscis. (Semi pictured is Welcome to the Shit Show)

3 - Seth's hands holding and combing Lucky Bald Man Ponytail embroidery floss with a miniscule doll-sized hair comb

4 - His workshop desk showing the secret to the new poseable noses on the Prosboscis patches : pipecleaners!

5 - A selection of Seth Scriver's patches with 3D embellishments currently in stock at Toutoune Gallery, including Welcome to Condo Hell, which didn't appear in the studio photos.

Seth Scriver will soon be heading down to Utah for SUNDANCE to premiere his new full length animated film ENDLESS COOKIE! The film is a collaboration between him and his half brother Pete Scriver which transforms familial stories between this extended family into animated vignettes. Based in both Kensington Market, ON, as well as Shamattawa, a First Nation community in Northern MB, the film collects stories spanning from the 1980s until present day.

Here is a recent interview of Seth, Pete and Cookie to read on AnimationScoop.com

And here is a little video produced for Sundance titled : Meet the Artist 2025: Seth Scriver and Peter Scriver on “Endless Cookie”

And lastly some coverage from Global News titled : Intimate doc ‘Endless Cookie’ takes 2 Canadian brothers from Shamattawa to Sundance

Seth Scriver's previous full length film came out in 2013 and is titled Asphalt Watches and you can view the trailer here.

More photo descriptions:

6 - Shamattawa First Nations embroidered patch featuring two Moose making loooove (I think they are Moose, though they could be Caribou)

7 - Seth's hands blacking out the previous printed information on a VHS that now contains a recording of Asphalt Watches he gifted to me :' )