Every year I make a postcard calendar. These 7x5" calendars are designed so that when the month is over, you can cut off the artwork and send it as a postcard. Just cut along the dotted line, buy a stamp, write a nice note and send it off. Once cut, postcards are about 4x5". A great challenge to send a handwritten note to a friend.
Every piece in this year’s calendar is an ink drawing. In a flattened, digital age, I wanted something that felt more textural, more tactile. A little more wild. Instead of grabbing a brush, or my usual blade, I went outside the studio and picked a dried stem of a bracken fern. This would be my tool. I dipped it in the ink jar and slowly began to make marks on the page, creating scenes and abstractions inspired by places and views that I love. Some real, some imaginary.
The result is a collection of drawings that hopefully feel more alive, like they’ll jump off the page.
The calendars are loose, unbound, 7x5" sheets and printed on recycled paper in Seattle, Washington. Once cut,
