SXSW - Austin, TX 2010

Neltner Creative is the visual and verbal expression of the mind of Keith Neltner, brewed in his century-old summer kitchen in Camp Springs, KY. Keith's approach to design, illustration, branding, and advertising began taking shape in the 80's growing up on his family's farm. From the time he could grip a pen, he drew on anything he could get his hands on. Crates, labels, 2x4s-didn't matter. This instilled in his spirit and his sensibility an appreciation for texture, vintage signage, and an honest hand-crafted feel that shows up in his work to this day. Over the past 12 years, Keith honed his trade within respected firms such as Landor, Bridge Worldwide, WonderGroup, and most recently Intrinzic. His breadth of exposure and experiences has allowed his work in the music industry, merchandising, and film to flourish, often times collaborating with his brother Rick, as well as writers, illustrators, and designers all over the country. Keith has crafted his work for the likes of Hank Williams III, Sector 9, Sanctuary Records, House of Blues, The Kentucky Struts, and countless other bands. The work generated by Neltner Creative is sometimes evocative of 1950s apple pie Americana, other times infusing down home country visuals with Screen printing is a printing technique that uses a woven mesh to support an ink-blocking stencil. The attached stencil forms open areas of mesh that transfer ink or other printable materials which can be pressed through the mesh as a sharp-edged image onto a substrate. A roller or squeegee is moved across the screen stencil, forcing or pumping ink past the threads of the woven mesh in the open areas. Screen printing is also a stencil method of print making in which a design is imposed on a screen of silk or other fine mesh, with blank areas coated with an impermeable substance, and ink is forced through the mesh onto the printing surface. It is also known as silkscreen, seriography, and serigraph.