Reflection

2025 has been a rough ride, but I’ll keep on rocking. 01 Getting Started Is the Key One thing I committed myself to this year is simply to start. Understanding that I don’t need to achieve “big, scary goals” or “perfect results” right away is what gets me moving in the first place. Putting on my running shoes was how I started going to the gym, not obsessing over results, but simply activating and trusting that results would follow. Turning the first page was how I started re

About two weeks ago, I attended a lino print Christmas card workshop hosted by Little Hirundine (a letterpress poetry micropress based in York). Though it wasn’t my first time making lino prints, I hadn’t touched the craft in over a decade. When I saw the poster for the workshop, I just knew I wanted to have some fun and enjoy the process of making things with patience and time. I was definitely out of practice and working quite spontaneously. I decided to illustrate my “hal

A week ago I attended a local artist's (Lesley Shaw) drypoint workshop. I brought an old piece of illustration that I created over a decade ago, a piece I honestly never thought I'd rework. I had so much fun with the drypoint technique, a manual print method that recreates and revives the artwork with each print. Every step matters: how you plan the amount of ink, the texture you create with your tools, and the pressure of the press. Because of this, every print is different