TheArtistOfKouroo

I joined the printmaking club at my university as printmaking is one of my primary mediums and I wanted to get into letterpress printing and bookmaking.  We have a printing press and that is good.  What we lack however, is a good set of type.  All of our type was apparently donated this year and is rather large and in a Gothic typeface.  Furthermore, we don't have enough to print book pages.  As such, I am now planing on ordering 12 pt. Jensen Old Style metal type, punctuation and the rest for my own use.  I need to figure out if I should get ornate initial letters or if I should make those in wood with my own designs.  Next I plan to look in

My name is Yon Yonson,    I come from Wisconsin.    I work in state government there.    Everyone that I meet    When I walk down the street,    Says "Walker sucks, huh?" So, anyone following the new knows that the governor of Wisconsin, Scott Walker, has proposed a bill that make collective bargaining illegal for public sector unions, is part of a larger move to try to eliminate the fund raising ability of the Democratic Party. He has been trying to strong-arm it through the legislature, using tactics that are frankly illegal (including holding a vote before the time it was called.) So far the only thing stopping him and his goons

I was lucky enough to see a whooping crane in flight today at Richard I. Bong State Recreational Area (I know its a silly name.) It was a spectacular sight, its feathers were stark white the way that is bowed its wings in flight was pure majesty. Unfortunately I was unable to grab my camera in time to take a photo, but I have the image imprinted in my mind and think I will paint it soon.