Eccentricities Complete!

It's been a while since my last post, but, as you might well imagine, the end of my senior year has kept me quite busy creating things!  And I am very proud to pronounce that the book mentioned in my last post (now titled "Eccentricities: A Syllabary of Strange Girls") is complete and ready to be shown in the MICA Commencement Show!  So, if you happen to be in the Baltimore area between Friday, May 11 and Monday, May 14, you should stop on by!

Alphabet of Strange Girls

For my final printmaking credit before I graduate (to complete my concentration), I am taking a book/paper making class.  And who knew making books and paper could be so much fun?!  Definitely a craft that I am glad to have learned while still at MICA.  And for our main project for the semester, we're each making an artist book.  I have decided to create an Edward Gorey inspired alphabet book of strange girls.  The plan thus far is to lithograph the illustrations and letterpress the text.  It's going to be a lot of work, but I'm excited.  Here are examples of sketches that I'm working with: