Tad's package

Tad Carpenter's package arrived today. I only ordered one screenprint ($12) and he put in all these other items like cards and stickers and some Christmas screenprints. Thanks Tad! You can see his work here.

Also, for serious lover's of textiles (me:) some great things at Selvedge,--too bad it is in the UK. ...here are some of the wonderful things.

It is very, very cold (8 degrees this morning), but the sun was shining so I didn't mind....

(n)ice day

After the little birds' morning feeding frenzy, squirrels descended.
Squirrels, trees, branches and birds are figuring into my sketches. Looking at all this biology makes me think of Charley Harper. A copy of his Golden Book of Biology from 1961 is for sale on Ebay for over $300. He died in 2007. I just bought some of his chidren's books for presents here
There is a great interview and illustrator tutorial with Eleanor Grosch (a Charley Harper fan) over at Grain Edit, Print Magazine chose her as one of their picks for New Visual Artists of 2008. Her shop is here . GrainEdit is one of my new favorite RSS feeds. Reindeer garden sculpture by Julie Dermansky

Print Gocco

Done with my print gocco silkscreening machine. It is amazing how much detail you can get.
I am still experimenting with 2 and more colors. It's fun, small scale silkscreening without all the mess of traditional silkscreening. I got mine here. A video called "the Printing of Sia's Village" for you too:) It shows part of the process. There are many other videos about print gocco on YouTube, so if you are interested, go there.

UPDATE: Here is a better link to purchase but I think they are sold out of the PG-5. It is still a good resource for supplies http://www.printaddict.net