{"id":139759,"date":"2025-10-23T04:40:19","date_gmt":"2025-10-23T04:40:19","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/139759\/"},"modified":"2025-10-23T04:40:19","modified_gmt":"2025-10-23T04:40:19","slug":"inside-the-colorful-realm-of-daniel-bortzs-time-change-generator","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/139759\/","title":{"rendered":"Inside the Colorful Realm of Daniel Bortz\u2019s Time Change Generator"},"content":{"rendered":"

Printing, painting and playful pattern-making take center stage at the artist\u2019s independent Cleveland design studio<\/p>\n

\"TwoPhoto by Kory Gasser, Courtesy of Time Change Generator<\/p>\n

Step through the orange-framed front door and take in the graphic-patterned jackets, patchwork star pillows and whimsical pottery in the Time Change Generator<\/a> (TCG). Daniel Bortz\u2019s world layers playful patterns in his designs and collaborations, displaying them alongside works by like-minded artists. After several years of developing his visual style in Los Angeles and Oakland, Bortz has returned to his hometown of Cleveland to open his gallery and retail concept space in the Tremont neighborhood.\u00a0<\/p>\n

\"APhoto by Julie Wolfson<\/p>\n

We caught up with Bortz at TCG while he was preparing for Complexcom 2025<\/a>, taking place in late October. When thinking about a name for this studio and gallery, Bortz found inspiration in reflecting on the influence of time on his work. \u201cLike traveling, the work itself is a vessel for reaching people,\u201d he says. \u201cOpposed to one piece of art that hanging on a wall, we can wear a jacket across time zones.\u201d<\/p>\n

\"ACourtesy of Time Change Generator<\/p>\n

His studio specializes in creating accessible art from their screenprinted fabric, like a two-toned, geometric zippered pouch adorned with the brand\u2019s flower clock label. \u201cThis language of abstract shapes is inspired by nature and all sorts of things [that] have been with me for 16 years or so,\u201d Bortz says. The street art-inspired pattern, the first he designed for TCG, evokes a Matisse-Marimekko-Bauhuas vibe.<\/p>\n

\"DanielPhoto by Kory Gasser, Courtesy of Time Change Generator<\/p>\n

Bortz created the TCG studio as a vehicle to share ideas and collaborate with fellow artists and makers. Recent projects range from murals with Momo, clothing for Post Malone, a Nike collab and a massive star pillow installation for a Phish music festival in Mexico. Artist collaborator projects include Stepanie H Shih\u2019s Molotov Cocktail hoodie<\/a>, TCG Galaxy X Esenes cargo pants<\/a> and REVOK\u2019s tape loop patterned shirt<\/a>, plus more work with Ben Cleave in Los Angeles, Woody Othello in Oakland, Zander Schlachter from Brooklyn, and Hannah Jewett in New York. \u201cThere\u2019s an insanely long list of people that I want to work with,\u201d he adds.<\/p>\n

TCG prints fabric, makes clothing out of it and saves all the remnants, sorting scraps for making bags and pillows. \u201cWe\u2019ve also done sewing parties where I invite lots of people to come to the studio and bring their own sewing machine,\u201d Bortz says. \u201cWe\u2019ll have people of all ages, like quilters and all sorts of different sewing levels. And we collage together the scraps, take that [fabric] and make products from it.\u201d<\/p>\n

\"ACourtesy of Time Change Generator<\/p>\n

In the store, star pillows feature many TCG fabric designs collaged into a patchwork of pattern and color. \u201cWe are very low waste and we\u2019ve made hundreds of those scrap pillows,\u201d says Bortz. The studio uses offcuts for the small pouch bags, pillows and other shapes. \u201cAll of the cut and sew we do\u2014where we print the fabric and then locally produce products\u2014is [within] a four mile radius [of] selling and printing and everything.\u201d<\/p>\n

\"DanielPhoto by Kory Gasser, Courtesy of Time Change Generator<\/p>\n

On a clothing rack, a No Doubt shirt peeks out. Bortz admits to being nostalgic about 90s music, inspiring surrealistic interpretations of his favorite bands. Thematic imagery includes cloud-shaped clocks, graphic eyeballs and animals in all shapes and sizes, like fabric snakes, rabbits, frogs and cats. Fruits are another common theme, from a strawberry motif to a series of citrus peels\u2014he documented every clementine that he ate in a month and created a repeat peel pattern.<\/p>\n

\"ACourtesy of Time Change Generator<\/p>\n

For Complexcon, Bortz will launch seven new designs. A vibrant orange fire print will hang across the TCG booth, commercially available as bandanas, while new hoodies have a sun spot-printed body with hand-painted hoods and pockets. \u201cThere are a lot of fresh ideas,\u201d he says. \u201cCollaborating with other people\u2014anybody in my orbit, throwing ideas at me that might bubble up\u2014makes it really fun.\u201d<\/p>\n

Time Change Generator<\/a> is open Thursday through Sundays and will be at Complexcon<\/a> in Las Vegas 25 to 26 October.<\/p>\n

Inside the Colorful Realm of Daniel Bortz\u2019s Time Change Generator<\/p>\n

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