East Austin Studio Tour
The first weekend of EAST is a wrap! Thanks to everyone who braved the rain & chilly temperatures to visit! EAST continues next weekend, so if you didn’t make it out drop by Canopy Studios suite 218 to say hello!
Holiday Open House at Mockingbird Domestics
So excited for this Saturday’s Kimball Prints Holiday Open House at Mockingbird Domestics! Join us for free ornament give-aways, holiday tea towel raffle + festive seasonal sips & nibbles! 11am-3pm
the dancing bee: a collaborative print
For the October installment of our studio subscription, Cathy Savage and I teamed up to make a print about something we’ve both been obsessing about: honey. Cathy has long been fascinating by the intricate dance bees do to tell one another about their food sources (complete with factoring in the angle of the sun and seasonal shifts!) and I recently received some avocado blossom honey that is so heavenly, I can’t stop eating it.
I started out making a honeycomb woodcut, using a combination of laser-cutting and hand carving. (Asel is Arabic for honey.)
tucked into the drying rack, waiting for the bees!
Then Cathy printed the bee dance over the woodcut.
And carved two bee stamps.
proofing the bees
Then we finished up by printing the bees on top:
I haven’t done a collaboration in years and this was so fun! Definitely think there will have to be more down the road.
let it snow
The snow has been piling up in my studio even though it’s still a balmy 65 degrees outside. These epic snowflakes are part of a custom laser-cut window display I’ve been working on this month for one of our favorite Austin stockists, Mockingbird Domestics. Can’t wait to see the finished display, more pictures soon.
Fall photo shoot
It’s hard to think about fall + winter when it’s 102 out. But recently I got all my new towel and ornament designs ready for their close up, in preparation for holiday show applications. Here’s a sneak peak:
Gelatin Printmaking workshop with Linda Germain
Gelatin Printmaking guru Linda Germain made her way south from Massachusetts in back in April for a 3 day workshop put on by WPA. I didn’t quite master the stencil technique, but I had a great time playing around!
gelatin experiments
things got progressively more abstract
I love the soft texture the jello plate gives the images
Check out Linda’s YouTube how-to videos.
Moving in: Canopy!
Last month I moved into a new studio space at Canopy with my friend + artist Cathy Savage. Cathy’s been my art marketing partner in crime for the last couple of years, and we were both ready to take the leap, so it seemed like a natural fit.
Canopy is a new creative complex over on the eastside, located at 916 Springdale Rd, we’re in suite 218. Canopy has individual artist studios, gallery + office space and even a spot for a cafe or restaurant.
Moving has been slow, but things are finally starting to take shape!
Canopy has artist studios, gallery + office space and even a spot for a restaurant.
Shelves going up
Hanging art on the walls for the progressive studio tour
Right now Cathy and I are trying to figure out when we’ll have a studio warming party, but first we need to finish moving in. We’ll keep you up to date on the details as they happen.
