Still Alive
Hello, blog. It’s been awhile.
I see that I last posted in March. It’s been a crazy summer: apartment hunting, getting married, moving, freelance web design projects, starting an apprenticeship at Painted Tongue Studios on the first of October. Life is pretty good, except for my day job, but let’s not discuss that right now.
The apprenticeship has been going swimmingly. I spend all of Thursday in Painted Tongue’s West Oakland studio, then attend a two-hour staff meeting on Sunday afternoons, during which we all recount our activity from the previous week—both at the studio and on our personal art projects.
Let’s see, what have I done in the studio so far?
- Watched a card being set up on the Vandercook on my first day. The entire morning was spent trying to get the positioning right!
- Printed invoices and packed card orders.
- Scored and cut cards.
- Watched a more experienced apprentice make the polymer plates for a cared. Next time it’ll be my turn to make the plates.
- Tweaked a personal stationery, holiday card, and envelope design.
I’m also working on a garlic linocut that will definitely be posted here when I’m done. And there’s more excitement coming down the pike! Fun!
