I had a chance this week to start working on my basement screen printing darkroom — my house is 97 years old (which is sometimes cool and sometimes not), and there’s a walk-in cedar closet in the basement that is perfect for this purpose.

Apologies for the quiet around here — I had surgery on my left hand last month and have been somewhat restricted in the use of my hands. Things are healing up though, and I’m back in the upstairs print studio starting to work on prints.

My mom recently gave me a collection of my old drawings that were stored away somewhere at her house, and it was funny to go through them. I drew a lot when I was little …

Hello Internet! There’s been a lot of progress in the upstairs print studio (which I will share soon), and I’m jamming to finish the print run this week. But today I have two practical screen printing tips for you, inspired by the printing of the first two layers of this Jell-O print run!

Apologies to the internet—I respect headlines and everything, but I really hate writing them. Hello from the upstairs screen printing studio! This week’s update is about reclaiming screens. It doesn’t feel like an interesting or productive thing to do, but it needs to be done every once in a while. And you can do it at home!

Happy new year! I’m easing my way back into the print studio after a busy few months. In December I made a small run of holiday/end-of-the-year/new year cards to send to friends and family.