Tag: Seattle
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The miracle worker
This is my friend Carl. He’s a wood engraver extraordinaire— —and his West Seattle letterpress studio is a thing of beauty. He does lovely, painstaking work (those are his engravings on the wall there), and he runs a tight ship at that studio of his. Which is why my friend Mary-Alice called on Carl when…
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Kindred sketchers
Photo by Candace Rardon If you know me at all, you know this is how you’re likely to find me. But I’m not the only one known to be seen with a sketchbook and paintbox. My friend and fellow travel sketcher Candace has been in town visiting lately, and we’ve spent most of our time…
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Seattle shenanigans
Jessica and I (and our friend Caitlyn) were invited to have a table at this yesterday’s Wayzgoose at the School of Visual Concepts in Seattle. We didn’t contribute a steamroller print this time, so it was fun to just be part of the audience outside, and enjoy the show! I love the sort of mischief…
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Five.
I moved to Washington five years ago today. In that time, I’ve enjoyed a whole lot of apples, beheld countless spectacular views, stared out to sea a zillion times, stood beside many lit (and unlit) beacons, memorized every crag of my favorite mountain, lost count of all the city sunsets (even in the rainy Northwest!),…
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Brrrr.
Don’t let the sunshine fool you—the wind was fuh-reezing. Still, I’m not about to pass up a nice day!
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Northwest is best
I gotta say—even though I have loved all the traveling I’ve done in the past few months, there is just nothing like coming home.
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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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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.
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The long view
I’m back to being reasonably mobile again after my accident (still not driving myself quite yet, though—just a couple more weeks!)—and coming here was the first thing on my to-do list.