Winter Book 2015
I am humbled to be included in such a beautiful book.
MCBA has published a Winter Book for the past twenty-five years. This year they invited members of the MCBA community to submit written work that describes what practice and community means to them. The book can be purchased here.
journal
Chronicles . Mpls Photo Center . November 13th - January 6th
Highway 11
In October of 2014 I was awarded a Jerome Foundation grant to spend a year studying at the Minnesota Center For Book Arts. I was challenged in ways I expected as well as in ways I could not have anticipated. I surprised myself and gained skills that I thought were out of reach. I learned, I made new friends and produced an entirely new body of work.
I wish to humbly thank the Minnesota Center For Book Arts, the Jerome Foundation, the entire MCBA community, the mentors and mentees, as well as my friends and family for their support and enduring patience.
Last night I finished the letterpress printing for my project. It feels great to have that part completed.
box label
Today I'm working on the label for my box. I am printing on Gampi Silk tissue then mounting that to black etching paper. I am happy with the effect so far. Next week I will start attaching them to the clamshell boxes. Getting close...
clamshell box detail
This image shows the paper I initially chose to line my box. I really like the paper but I am not sure it is right for the project. The search continues...
faulty shipping
Sometimes you open a fresh box of plates and find that this has happened. I trim them down to a smaller size anyway so there is no harm done. I had a lot of problems with my plate making this Summer which I seemed to have resolved - thank goodness! Onward...
Fred Newman
For the past several years we have had the good fortune to be on stage guests at the Prairie Home Companion State Fair show. This was the final year. Garrison Keillor is retiring form this part of his career. Many Thanks!
parts of a whole
Thrilled to be sharing wall space with my mentor, Monica Edwards Larson.
Parts of a Whole - now through October 25th.
Leading
For those that don't know, which until recently I was in the dark about, leading is spacing material used in Letterpress printing. Day by day I am becoming more comfortable using the Vandercook presses.
trays for clamshell box
I normally ignore measurements under an eighth of an inch. They never seemed important enough to bother with. Making boxes has forced me to reckon with these tiny measurements - two sixteenths, five sixteenths, twelve sixteenths... shhhhh, I'm counting.