by Lauren | Nov 20, 2014 | art, artist, book arts, etching, penland, printmaking
I can’t believe I haven’t written here since July. It appears I have gone down a serious rabbit hole–one that involved working 7 days a week at two very different jobs. But hey, you have to make hay while the sun shines, right? And when I got a call... 
by Lauren | Apr 28, 2014 | art, artist, writing
So a writer friend of mine invited me to play along in this blog relay to discuss writing processes. It’s been going on since October, and I’m delighted to get in on this one. The idea is to answer a few questions about your writing, and then pass the... by Lauren | Mar 4, 2014 | art, artist, book arts, letterpress, printmaking
So every so often someone looks at my work and says, “Whoa, how did you do that?” Usually I shrug and say something like, “I don’t know,” or “It just came to me.” But I think I’ve decided that’s a lie. If... by Lauren | Sep 2, 2013 | art, book arts
Today I’m spending Labor Day doing something that I love. The Iowa heat wave has subsided enough to open the windows in my studio, so I’m taking this opportunity to pull some prints. I’ve been putting off doing this book for an exchange (okay, partly... by Lauren | Jun 7, 2013 | art, birthday
Today is my dad’s birthday. When my mom told me how many candles would be on the cake, I thought, That can’t be right. I still think of my parents as being in their fifties. They seem ageless in a lot of ways. Probably because they don’t really live...
