One of the features of Splinters, and one of the most tangible reminders of the creative power of the company, are the many vivid posters made for productions. Most of the early, hand-drawn posters were by Stuart Vaskess, with his distinctive grungy, haunting cartoon style that was essentially the company’s trademark. The presence in the company of a number graduates of the Canberra School of Art meant that as Vaskess’s focus moved to building props and sculptures there were many keen to take up the design job, making fine innovative use of screen-print and pre-digital offset printing techniques and early use of graphic design software. The styles and images are as startling, and varied as the company’s theatrical output.
