Archive for April 28th, 2010

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Inked up,

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hand-pulled,

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and voilĂ ! Our second collaborative steamroller print, an unofficial Dead Feminist, inspired by Cora Smith Eaton King, who in 1909 climbed Mt. Rainier with a party of Mountaineers and placed a “Votes for Women” banner at the summit.

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This year’s Wayzgoose was the biggest bash yet! Outside we had all the regulars, like the steamroller sorcery of Chris Sharp,

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Ric Matthies and his seriously-amazing perfection under pressure (no pun intended),

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Jessica Spring, my partner in crime,

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and the gifted-as-ever Stadium High School printmaking students.

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Inside, folks were printing their own copy of the excellent new Beautiful Angle poster,

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and many other talented book artist and printers (like Lisa Hasegawa here) were showing their stuff.

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The whole shindig had a befezzed flavor, thanks to C.L.A.W. and the inimitable R.R. Anderson,

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and the Dockyard Derby Dames rounded out a whole host of newcomers.

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We had an enormous crowd (thank goodness for the good weather!),

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and even a few unexpected audience members.

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This year I got to try my hand at driving the steamroller,

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but I think pretending was plenty enough for this little guy.

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Thanks to everybody who stopped by to say hello, or stuck around to lend a helping hand.

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And of course, a huge bucket of gratitude to the Tacoma Arts Commission for making it all happen!

One more acknowledgement: photography by Michael O’Leary. Thanks, Dad!