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Step by step
June 30th, 2014
Workin’ on a new batch of little somethings…can’t wait to show you the finished product!
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Midsummer glow
June 21st, 2014
I just love how evening light filters into the studio at this time of year. Happy solstice!
Before and after
June 12th, 2014
Well, I’ve eked out just about as much pigment as it’s possible to get from some of these half pans, so I think it’s time to break out a brand-new paintbox. Somehow it feels like I’ve refreshed the whole studio.
Just a snippet
June 5th, 2014
I’ve been drawing a lot of Adirondack chairs lately—which, since I adore them, is just fine with me. I’m working on illustrating another book with Quarto Publishing Group, that will be released in late fall of this year. I can’t share any salient details yet, but I thought I’d show just a wee slice. As soon as the book comes out, I’ll let you know!
Words to live by
May 29th, 2014
I’ve done a lot of lettering commissions in my day, but this was something new for me. When my client approached me about this project, she told me she had spent the past few years working on her personal practice as a writer—as a fellow creative whose work has also been changing lately, I was immediately intrigued. She had come up with a “motto” for each year, which reflected the self-work she had been doing and her thoughts on her writing process.
So she asked me to create a hand-painted lettering design for each year motto,
with a different style of lettering in each one that would reflect how her ideas and process has changed over time.
I’m really happy with how these turned out (and I hope she is, too!)—and even better, it’s got the wheels turning for me. Who knows—maybe I’ll try something like this for myself someday. Hmm… I wonder what my own mottos might be…
Making lemonade
May 26th, 2014
Photo by Jessica Spring
Jessica has been churning out a crop of lemonade journals lately, including some fun new ones from the outtakes of our Focal Point print. Look for them soon in the shop!
Letter up
May 15th, 2014
I’ve been working on a super-fun lettering commission lately, which has been giving my paintbrush plenty of exercise.
My client gets to see the finished paintings first, but once she does, I’ll post them here.
More soon!
Making the cut
May 12th, 2014
Much as I’d love them to be done by now, there’s still about a zillion flats to be cut for my Local Conditions book. I can’t do them all in one go—all that hand-Xacto-knifing is really hard on your hands. So I fit the cutting in wherever I can, whenever I need a break from some other project or process. Still, even though the progress is slow, it feels good to see a whole stack of finished pieces, ready to contribute to the edition.
Done and dusted
April 25th, 2014
The carving is done, and we can’t wait to show you the finished product. See you at the Wayzgoose on Sunday!
Version 10.0
April 21st, 2014
Here we are: year ten. Since the time Jessica Spring founded the Tacoma Wayzgoose all those years ago, it’s become one heckuva beast—and a veritable Tacoma institution.
So here are a few sneak peeks of the giant linoleum block Jessica and I are carving—and we’ll reveal all on Sunday:
10th Annual Tacoma Wayzgoose
Sunday, April 27, 2014
11 am to 4 pm, Free!
King’s Books
218 St. Helens Avenue, Tacoma, WA
If you’re new here and don’t know what a Wayzgoose is, or you just want to relive the glory days of old, here are links to all the Wayzgeese (gooses?) I’ve been a part of:
• 2009 (Tacoma)
• 2010 (Tacoma)
• 2011 (Tacoma)
• 2011 (San Francisco)
• 2012 (Tacoma)
• 2013 (Tacoma)
Itching for more? Well, then, see you on Sunday!