Category: Letterpress
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Hold Your Horses
I’m pleased to present my latest artist book, Hold Your Horses. The book consists of a hand-bound portfolio (in various one-of-a-kind colors) that…well..holds some horses. I figured it was only a matter of time before I did another print set like I did with the birds. This time, though, I picked my favorite equine breeds,…
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Keep the Change
If you have any sort of link to the outside world (television, radio, internet access, newspaper, mailbox), chances are you’ve been unable to escape this year’s deluge of advertising, chatter and glossy-printed recycling fodder—all centered around this coming Tuesday. It’s enough to have even four-year-olds throwing up their hands in frustration. Jessica and I, however,…
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Animal ABCs
I’ve been asked to take part in another collaborative letterpress portfolio—this time, with the theme of an animal abecedary. Each of the participants gets just a couple of letters in the collection, and I’m happy to report I nabbed two of my favorites. For these prints I experimented with something a little different. They’re hand-painted…
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Penland sketchbook
Since Jessica and I got back from teaching at the Penland School of Crafts, I’ve been struggling to put the experience into words. But no matter how I go on about how beautiful the Blue Ridge Mountains are; or how unique Penland’s creative culture is; or how amazingly talented each and every one of our…
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Mountain dispatch
All I can manage is a quick note today—because this is where I am right now … and this place has got me pretty speechless. I’m here teaching with Jessica this week, with a studio full of smart, sassy, and seriously talented women. The class has got us inspired to stay up late printing every…
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How does your garden grow?
A couple of months ago I was asked to create a letterpress broadside for a collaborative print portfolio for a show in Asheville, put together by the Ladies of Letterpress. The theme was Expanding Communities—beyond that, we could do anything we wanted. So I focused on a unique element of Seattle’s community: the P-Patch. A…
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Patchwork
I’m working on a little something in Jessica’s studio right now. Something that’s making me downright hungry. I’ll show you the finished product as soon as it’s done—provided I don’t go bury my head in the veggie crisper first!
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Love Nest
If you happen to live in Washington state, you can’t help but notice that love is in the air. It’s not quite what you think, though—rather than turtledoves and cupids flying around, the breeze is carrying ballot petitions and angry voices. Though Washington became the seventh U.S. state to legalize same-sex marriage earlier this year,…
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Animated artist book
Speaking of keeping busy, looks like I’m not the only one who’s been working on my Local Conditions book. The kind folks at Stanford University put together a little video demonstrating how book works. So now, instead of having to explain it step-by-step, and hope for the best, I can actually show you in real…
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Intermission
Now that I’m back in town, I’ve got deadlines. Lots of them. Like, hundreds and hundreds. Each one shaped like a little P-I Globe, a little Space Needle, or any number of things. You get the idea.