in detail

10.15.07  /  No Comments

Here’s a close-up snip of one of the pieces I put in Legare’s. There’s a little bit of everything in this one: tea stains, acrylic, letterpress, french knots, and pencil. I was trying new things out, experimenting.

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processing

10.10.07  /  No Comments

Since I’m camera-less for a week or so, I thought I’d show a screen shot of a rough sketch of my next print. Sometimes I sketch directly in photoshop or illustrator, although I might write some rough ideas down in my sketchbook beforehand a bit. I still have a ways to go on this one. It’s going to be an edition letterpress print.

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roses are red

08.14.07  /  No Comments

This is one of the projects that I finished up for palindrome. It was lots of fun and challenging! My new palindrome site will be coming up soon, it’s been a little troublesome, but soon, very soon. And I still need to print my new card design, but I haven’t had the time yet. grrrr!

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making

08.14.07  /  No Comments

For the next 3 weeks I’ll be working on a few art pieces that will hang in a local café, Legares on Clinton Street. I’ve been gathering materials, sketching, thinking about my process, thinking of words and will now be starting the production part. I’m so excited because I’ve ordered paper from twinrocker. All of it is so lovely.

I’m trying to keep everything simple: line work, patterns, text, and a few collage materials. I found a few pieces of vintage wallpaper at bernadette breu’s that I would like to bring in to it all. Sometimes, I get so caught up in the concepting part of it all and thinking things over too much and looking everywhere for inspiration, that I’ve just been trying to practice the act of making. Making marks, making some text up, making sketches, just to get the wheels turning and eventually, I figure I’ll find my way.

In the midst of art-making, I’m moving my studio soon! I’m so excited! I’m moving to the Ford building, just a 5-minute walk from my house. The Ford has a great community of artists: trish grantham, plazm, betsy watson, evan b harris and press 26 among others. No more yucky basement studio that smells musty and moldy! It’s quite the jump for me, but sometimes I feel you just have to make the plunge and if you truly love what you’re doing it will all work out. I hope!

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