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The Goodie Monster Vending Machine
The Goodie Monster is here! After a good idea, some sweat equity, and a few technical hurdles my friend Mark and I have brought into this world a new kind of vending machine. It looks a little different, and tastes different too. Mark came to me with the idea of the Goodie Monster in the… Keep Reading
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Sketchbook Project 2011: Things That Stick
Late last year I signed up for The Sketchbook Project so that I would have a fun extra-curricular activity to fill my spare hours with. The project is organized by Art House Co-Op, and the basic premise is as follows: • you buy a blank sketchbook (anybody can participate) • fill up your sketchbook according… Keep Reading
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The Adventures of Me and My Pioneer Rabbit
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My Outfits Tell Stories Too
To me, most everything has a story behind it. Perhaps following in the footsteps of my father, the unofficial one-man census bureau for Madras, Oregon, I feel the need to trace the history of objects, however inane or trivial they might be. Seriously, you should see my button collection! Frequently, people will comment on my… Keep Reading
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Like a Glove: A Love Story
Some ideas take a while to surface, time to percolate, breath and take the shape of what they are meant to be. A few years ago I hosted a Julefrokost and made some fun invites – a knitted nordic advent-calendar-inspired card with little flaps that open to show party details like 1) how much pickled… Keep Reading
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How to be an Ironic Hipster and Ironic at the Same Time
If I’ve learned anything from watching Bones, it’s that the best anthropologists go under cover when studying their subjects. Well, that might be the only thing I’ve learned from watching Bones, but I’ll take what I can get. So when my friend Michael put together a “Keep Portland Beard” art show at the Tribute Gallery,… Keep Reading
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The Early Years: A Retrospective Told in Buttons and Pins
Like most kids I collected various things throughout my childhood, including stuffed animals, horse figurines, knives with antler handles, stamps, and a button collection. Most of my collections were given away or sold at garage sales over the years as they lost meaning or garnered scorn for their age inappropriateness (although I still keep my… Keep Reading
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A Small Book of Words and Pictures
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Poor Richard’s Almanack: Proverbs Revisited
The Portland letterpress community participated in an print exchange in conjunction with Josh Kornbluth’s “Ben Franklin: Unplugged” show at Portland Center Stage. The broadside exhibit “Power of the Press” featured posters inspired by the character and spirit of Ben Franklin and Poor Richard’s Almanack. My contribution was an interpretation of proverbs entitled “Opposites Attract”. “Opposites… Keep Reading
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Registration Series: Questions and Perceptions
Em Space, the local book arts center I’m involved with, put on their first anniversary show recently and asked members to submit a small printed piece so we could send a Petite Print Suite collection as a thank-you to people who had helped the organization in its first year. The theme was “print terminology” and… Keep Reading