Whenever I see a message from my friend Dicky, I’m excited before reading what it says. This man is personified delight and always has good things to share. This instance was no different. He asked if I’d seen the comic Mean Girls Club by Ryan Heshka. And though I was familiar with Ryan’s work, I […]
There are many favorite parts to Farm Day, the yearly event of family and fiends that convene out in Oxford on Tom and Wendy’s farm. I actually like the days leading up to it as it forces Tom and myself to clean up the studio, likely the cleanest it will be any day of the […]
AIGA Cincinnati had a screening of the film Typeface at the CAC. The documentary about the Hamilton Wood Type Museum was heartbreaking and hopeful. The movie takes a look inside the big factory up in Two Rivers, Wisconsin that is packed to the gills with wood type and printing machines. Combine that with stories from former […]
Started the morning at Jay Products picking up some new extra-large screens and ink. (I’m quite smitten with the orange and white dots on the 957 bottle up there on the shelf.) Spent the rest of the day reminding myself how much exercise it is to print. And when heading out of the studio exhausted, […]