Broken Hand Press

New prints (sorry to take pics of them in their sleeves)

You Are Beautiful And I Love You. Hand screen print on Rives BFK, Edition of 25, 4 color combinations, 12"x19"

Since I broke my left (read:important) wrist, I have been working at home. Luckily I have a room all to myself and my boyfriend doesn't complain about me covering his pianos with prints. Note the clip lamp taped to the desk: it has a 300 watt bulb ($6 at Home Depot) and at 12" away, I can expose a 12"x18" screen in 20 minutes. Wash out in the tub with a scrub brush, let dry, find a clean spot (there's got to be one somewhere), and print. This is basically the process I use with my students. No light table, no racks, no pressure sprayer, no darkroom. Feel free to comment with questions on this process- and then get to work silk screening at home! Also, these prints are for sale.

The Distillery

I am so happy to be back in Boston (seriously...I can't contain myself) and that is partially because I was able to move back into my studio at the Distillery. I love working there, my artist neighbors are great, and it's awesome just to have a space that's solely for work (my attempts to paint at home never quite work out). The first week I moved in was Open Studios (sorry, I didn't get pictures of this one) and I'm finally settling in to painting. I am working on a new painting-you may recognize the image from the wall painting below, and I'm in the 'I hate this and nothing's working' stage. It's still very excited about the piece, and I'll let you know when I pull out of it. These pictures were taken with my iSight camera, so sorry for the quality. I also don't have Photoshop, so if you can, you know, hook a girl up.

getting muddy

when things were still crisp and new

thumbs up for painting!