I make drawings and screen prints. I live and work and grew up in Detroit, MI. I like to read. Dogs make me happy.

My studio is inside of POST, a lovely storefront and workshop space in Detroit filled with talented makers and artisans of all sorts.

Freelance Illustration & Design: I've been a freelance illustrator & designer for over 10 years, with a range of experience in digital & non-digital projects. I'm especially good at poster design, drawing dogs, and making art for screen printing (t-shirts, posters, etc).

Got a project that I might be a good fit for? Take a look at my portfolio, and if my style suits you, contact me.

Teaching: I've been screen printing since 2001, and I teach a variety of mostly screen printing-based classes and workshops. I taught intro and intermediate screen printing classes at Ocelot Print Shop, a community screen printing shop in Detroit, for 5 years. I now teach many screen printing workshops at POST, and in September 2018 I ran a weekend artist demo at the DIA. 

Want to run a screen printing workshop somewhere? Contact me.

Hooray Forever is the label I create products under, from prints buttons to zines to zipper pouches. Drawing-based screen prints on paper and fabric are my focus.

Physical locations where you can purchase my things: Signal-Return (Detroit) | POST (Detroit) | Printed Matter (NYC) | Wildcard (Pittsburgh) | City Bird (Detroit) | Craft Handmade (Adrian, MI) | Domestica (Des Moines) | White Rabbit (Iowa City) | Rescued (Moline, IL) | Gift Horse (Nashville) | Quimby's (Chicago) | Culture Flock (Springfield, MO)

(In addition to this website and my Etsy store) 

If you see something I’ve made somewhere, either at an event or on Instagram or wherever, that you don’t see available online to purchase, just get in touch with me! I’m not great at keeping my online stores updated at the moment, but I’m working to get better.

 

@hoorayforever on Instagram:

#valentine #valentinesfordogs #earsup #earsdown
Let me ask you - how do you feel about staples? Do you love them? How about staples of many colors? Have you used a long reach stapler? Or a scoring board? We’ll do all those things AND screen print (what??!!!?) in a pocket notebook-making workshop I’m teaching on Thursday night at POST. You’ll go home with six 32-page notebooks, perfect for containing to-do lists, drawings, and all your dumb/great ideas. Sign up via the website of @post.detroit.shop
Hi! I’m resurrecting my email newsletter 🙃 I have things to share and I’ve been told I’m a good letter writer and you can write me back (if you want) ✏️ To join there’s a “link in profile” 🌈 I’m going to send one out next week 🦇
2’ x 2’ Hot Dog Confessional™️ painted (❓) (‼️) (🤗) on silver board for @ufofactory’s UFO TIME show up now! Because when I think UFO Factory I think #🌭 @laikadogdetroit #😎🌭#hotdogsforthevegans also #tatertots
I’m set up today with a bunch of stuff at @post.detroit.shop’s pop-up! New stuff! Vintage stuff! Sketchbooks and drawings! That thing I only made one of! That thing from 100 years ago that I dug out of a box! Let’s talk about workshops I’m teaching and screen printing and drawing! Meet my newly adopted dog friend Bernadette Cookie! ❤️ Also popping up are @____grammar____ , @ella_calas, and @abigailmurraystudio - lots to see and do and drink here today! 12 - 5
Tiny Expo! For you I have made a mini cardboard vending machine to dispense wearable buttons of drawings of drinks I vended and drank in Japan. It kinda works! But we’ll have fun with it anyway. Buttons are screen printed, hand colored, etc etc. Say hello to me at Tiny Expo, this Saturday, at @aadlgram Ann Arbor, 11 to 5:30 - I’ll also have things featuring a cowgirl poodle #tinyexpo #qoo #tasty #good #fun
Get some cards, help greyhounds! Inspired by my foster friends Diesel & Rosie and the passage of Amendment 13 in Florida. Set of 5 all-occasion cards (you fill in the occasion) + envelopes for $10 - 100% of sales go to @motorcity_greyhound_rescue. Will have at holiday fairs, or I can ship for an extra $2. PayPal to hello at melissadettloff dot com #greyhound ❤️
From my Japan sketchbook to a screen to some fabric & stitched up into a thing that can hold your things. Jumbo metal teeth YKK zippers! If you hate the pompom you can cut it off. The lining is printed too, in metallic gold. The colorful ones are one of a kind 🌈🙃✂️🙃🌈
Friday night at @handmade_detroit DUCF! I’ll be running a live holiday card #screenprinting #thing. We thought some art related to the poster would be cool so I came up with this. I gave myself the challenge of coming up with two pieces of art that could either be printed alone or together. And sure why not manage two 45 lpi halftones + 230 mesh in a public setting for 3 hours #nerdstuff #likeschallenges or #hatesself 🤔 Friday, 6 - 9pm, Masonic Temple!
Playin’ // #screenprinting #onfabric
TWO BIT-O-NEWS (like Bit-O-Honey, but for news): 🌈I’ll be vending again this year at @handmade_detroit’s DUCF 🌈I had fun designing this year’s poster/promo materials! As DUCF enters its teen years (# 13), we let that guide us in terms of concept and colors. Thirteenth anniversaries are celebrated with faux fur and textiles, hence the “fabric rainbow,” sewing ephemera, and furry heart monsters. ✂️DUCF: Nov. 30 - Dec. 2 at the Masonic Temple, Detroit
If you’ve ever thought about fostering or adopting a greyhound, now is a good time to give it a try. Thankfully & finally Florida just passed a ban on greyhound racing, which will close 11 of the 17 tracks remaining in the US - perhaps the beginning of the end of this cruel industry - and thousands of dogs will need homes soon. // Pictured here is Diesel, aka Dee Dee, aka Deez Dog, and she’s a short-term foster dog I’ve been taking care of this week. She came from a greyhound racing racetrack in China that was shut down over the summer. Rescue groups have been working hard to home these dogs (600 of them), and the work will continue as Florida’s dogs are released. // There is likely a greyhound rescue group near you. I’ve fostered and adopted a number of them over the years - my family got our first greyhound ~15 years ago (thanks Mom!) and that’s all it took - and I am happy to answer any questions.