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1. Dead Celebrities of 2016: First successful linocut

   2017-04-19 19:23:00 UTC

   Last week I completed a linocut block of Merle Haggard, and pulled some terrible prints from it (see previous post). Panic began to creep into my heart as I realized I had no idea what to do! Thankfully printmaker Julianna Kirwin is a kind and generous soul. We had a…

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2. O Fortuna

   2017-01-04 19:53:00 UTC

   As it happened, Fortune smiled upon me this week, and I snapped out of my puzzlebox madness I remembered a lesson I learned through the remodel of a house I undertook back in 2005-2006: I can’t do everything. Professionals do most things better than me. In this case, specifically, construction…

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3. Storage: The Devil’s Puzzlebox

   2016-12-31 20:07:00 UTC

   Saturday, New Year’s Eve 2016… It’s becoming a tradition: during the holidays I blow up my studio. Makes sense; production slows down, tidying speeds up, and as things get cleared away I get a good long look at the bones of my studio. And then I start ruminating on ways…

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4. Making Photographs

   2015-09-28 20:13:00 UTC

   Aaron Diskin, now a photographer and musician, and I went to high school together. At the time, our school had a photography program, including a darkroom, led by Jack Zichitella. Mr. Z provided us with the mentorship, information and resources to develop the idea that we were artists. All of…

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