shirt:

made this shirt today... epic thrift store fabric...

...besotted with cowl necks.

i might make more of this exact shirt just so i can wear cowl neck shirts all the time.

can i be a hippy for just a second-

seriously...?





this stuff makes me sick.  why cant people just  be normal?

read here about how pesticide exposure to babies in the womb through veggies/fruits the mum eats lowers the IQ of the children affected.

our food industry needs some drastic change.  how is mixing humans and chemicals ever a good idea?

this makes me want a garden even more.

also, here's a list of the "dirty dozen" or worst contaminated fruits and veggies... good to know.

first and second woodcut

this is the actual wood plate that i carved.  it's pine plywood so it's super grainy... there's a certain beauty in it though.

here is the print from the plate (and poorly printed at that, but you get the idea).

and here is herman the goose developing on a plate of poplar wood, which is a hardwood.  can you see the difference in the grain?

if anyone wants a free black and white print of the swan or herman (when he's done, that is) just let me know and i'll mail  one to you.  watch out, though... i might decide to print it on brown paper bag paper! :)

herman?

(and no, that's not a face tumor.  it's rice cake.)

isnt that lovely wood?

i'm going to carve a goose into it with some very crude tools without cutting the fingers of my opposing hand off.

promise.