From the Studio

I have a strong South Side of Chicago mandate - I take classes at the Hyde Park Art Center & find many of my supplies at the Chicago Creative Reuse Exchange (and library book sales / various alleyways) for paper crafts, mail art, collages, blackout poetry, die-cut and stamped greeting cards, puppetry supplies, letterpress work, and screenprinting and linocut designs.

The studio has journeyed through several iterations & tabletops. I find a lot of inspiration in the before & after & then back to chaos pictures of other people's desks, so I'm sharing a few of mine here. Hat tip to brownlineletters, racheljanson, and numberfoursoftacos on IG! (I also get a lot done on a lap desk, as possible / necessary.)

When I am not at the Hyde Park Art Center, I'm at the kitchen table (or dining room table) with tools at home that include: paint, roller, brayer, baren, glue, stamps, washi, paper, die cutting machine, open press project press, speedball press, button maker, scissors, x-acto knife, windex, ink, pliers, and other fun stuff. You can find lots of these things at upcycling shops & thrift stores!