Madly working on a series of exchange books to be mailed by Friday. Why oh why is it always a push? But I know why. For the past 3 months, no idea has been good enough … until it had to be.
Exchange books 2017
My Woman’s March poster design in use
I was pleasantly surprised to see my poster design picked up and used in marches across the country on January 20. And really surprised to see it in a conservative article covering the march:
Also, tweeted here in the US and retweeted as far away as New Zealand. And picked up and used in Facebook headers.
Daily lettering
It’s a little hard to focus these days, but I’m still trying to get a page of lettering done each day.
Daily lettering
Trying #2-1/2 Mitchell nib with a combination of Sumi ink and jet black gouache at an x-height of 4.8mm. partway through, I gave up on a nib that was cupping, and not much happier with the new one.
Oh, and the actual sign was “You can’t combover mysogyny.” What is mysogyny after all but a form of hypocrisy, anyway?
Some trial lettering for our guild project
Paper-cuts I love
Patrick Cabral, in Manila, does some pretty awesome papercutting. See more at his Instagram account: instagram.com/darkgravity/
via Strictly Paper.
Poster submission for Women’s March on Washington
In association with the Woman’s March on Washington, there was a call for posters and banners. The deadline was today. Here’s my poster submission, done in pencil, scanned and stitched together in Photoshop:
Christmas card 2016
I didn’t send out very many Christmas cards — really, just to family.
An exercise with tongue depressors
At our local guild meeting today, I led a small group of us through an exercise that Yukimi Annand taught us two years ago at the Big Sky Scribes fall workshop here in Bozeman.
We tried lettering with matboard and squares of thin plywood as well.
A little gratitude
