In the Thick of It

Single page zine linocut block

I recently carved a little zine/book thing to experiment with some sketches about the difficulties of capturing ideas. It’s about the maze, the alphabet soup, the endless noise of everything going on, and the tension of working through this noise. Ideas can feel like the tide approaching and shifting my focus. The clear ideas arrive when I’m not able to give proper attention and seem fleeting. Trying to go back to the ideas later can be fruitless, like an unpotted plant left in the sun.

I also realized I’m rubbish at carving text, especially on this relatively small scale... Trying to let go of any true precision here and play around with the single-page (folded) zine format applied as a linocut.

Things In-Progress:

• Packing up prints for Space Coast Print Fest and a website update (Oct 1st). Be sure to hop on the newsletter if you’d like a discount on any new prints…

• Link stitch journals

• Test-printed a new orange blossom