Peep No. 20 is Finally Finished!

I got called off my shift tonight and instead of pouting about it I figured I'd do something productive. So, I finished issue 20 of my vaguely ongoing serial zine, Peep. Peep has been in existence since January of 2008 and I am very proud to keep it going.

Issue 20 features a recipe for biscuits, helpful life tips, a mad lib written by yours truly and much more. For this edition I tried a new technique and hand-bound each zine using a simple "three-hole punch" bookbinding stitch. This will make the spines stronger and more capable of withstanding many readings and perusals. Additionally, each zine is hand-numbered and stamped with today's date. It was produced in a limited edition of 65 copies.

Interested? Order it on my Etsy page!

Algeria: Notes on an Unfamiliar Place

I just finished a zine featuring my father's travelogues about Algeria. He and my mother moved there about a year ago to join the foreign service and work at the US embassy in Algiers. The text in the zine is written by him and edited by yours truly. I also did the illustrations and compiled the whole thing. It was a big hit at last weekend's Portland Zine Symposium. This zine (and others) are now available on my Etsy page.

New Zine: Paint Our Town

For the past few months I have been working on a zine about the process of creating a public art mural in Portland. It is very complicated and this zine was commissioned to explain the process in an easily understandable (and attractive) fashion. I finally finished it last week! Here are some pictures. We are distributing these for free, so let me know if you would like one.

Coming soon: a zine about Algeria!

Community Profile on Golden Rule's blog

I forgot to mention this earlier, but Andrea Frampton did a wonderful interview with me about my workspace and art practice as a part of Golden Rule's Community Profile series. Beautiful photographs and beautifully written. See the full interview here.

Idea Generation

Messy Studio

Teabag Preparation

Soaking lots of teabags for an installation in my upcoming September show at Golden Rule Gallery...

New Publication in Progress

The progress of my new publication, to be debuted at the 2010 Portland Zine Symposium (happening in a couple weeks!)