freshly minted

Introducing: the Both Sides, Now book

Joni Mitchell lyrics often pop unbidden into my head during our long months of rain and clouds here in the Pacific Northwest.

"I've looked at clouds from both sides now

from up and down, and still somehow

it's cloud illusions I recall

I really don't know clouds at all"

A long concertina book, she measures about 7" x 10" when closed, but can be opened and drawn or written on continuously for a little over 14 feet. And that's if you were to only use one side of the paper. Go ahead and use both sides.

Available now in the shoppe.

fresh out of the press

And available at Tiger Food Books.

Guestbook, small photo album, scrapbook...I feel like these are pretty versatile. I used vintage wallpaper on the covers, and one of my favorite printmaking papers that holds up well to all kinds of abuse from pen and ink, pencils, charcoal, markers - anything you might want to use to add content to these crisp white pages.

high octane

Fueled by cups and cups of strong coffee and sweet chai, I've been working all weekend trying to finish work for the Kenton Holiday Sale next Saturday.

This weekend my focus has been on finishing some purse-sized, softcover books that have been on my bench for a while, as well as some vintage-y guest books. I hope to finally update my Etsy books shop on Monday around noon. Until then, it's back to the glue brushes and nipping press for me!