Tag: studio
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Quite a handful
I picked up a whole passel of display fixtures this week—just in case I need a helping hand (or 12) at my next craft fair table…
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Hedge trimmings
Look! I made an alphabet! It’s funny—I almost never design an entire alphabet. In general, lettering projects just don’t really work like that. Most of the time, a letterer(erer) designs only the letterforms required for the word or phrase they’re lettering. That’s really the best way to create letter styles (which are not the same…
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Jellied delights
You already know I have a thing for absurd, elaborate, apocalypse-resistant desserts. I took an afternoon “off” from my normal studio work to play around with various silly things, and this ended up being the theme. I think it’s sort of an illustrator’s version of happy hour, I suppose…
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Focal Point
If you earn your living by drawing pictures, you have to spend a lot of time with your head down and your eyes on your paper. Yet at this time of year, with spring coming along fast (at least in the Northwest…), life hurries by at a frantic pace. I hate the idea of missing…
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Tandem printing
Jessica’s studio is hopping lately. She and I are working on the next Dead Feminist broadside, and our friend R.J. joined us on the adjacent press. There’s just something so satisfying about a room filled with the sound of Vandercook motors humming…
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Packaging, pencilling
I’m working on several new things this week, including some new cards and another Dead Feminist broadside. Stay tuned!
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Painted wings
My acrylic inks and black paper are getting a lot of use these days. This guy is part of a new series that’ll be leaving the nest in the next few days. More soon…
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These little lights of mine
It’s the new year—time to hang some new artwork. I’m pleased to announce that I’ve got a new solo exhibit opening this Thursday! The show is in the most unlikely of places: a dentist’s office. I kid you not. But Dr. Jamie Brooks (we all call her Dr. Jamie) is no ordinary dentist, and her…
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Clean palette, clean slate
The holidays are done, and January is here—and that means it’s time to get back to work. I don’t know about you, but I’m ready.
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Last chance!
I’m packaging up a huge stack of prints and cards today—tomorrow is the holiday shipping deadline, so get your orders in quick! The shop closes tomorrow, December 17 at 4 pm PST.