A flat-out smashing time

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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!

8 Responses to “A flat-out smashing time”

  1. Jess says:

    Do you know if we can purchase a copy of the “Fine & Dandy” print?

    Thanks! Jess

  2. jenn says:

    I wanna drive a steamroller!!! (cute braids)

  3. Geek Knitter says:

    Hooray for getting to drive heavy equipment! That’s sure to look good on your CV!

  4. Elizabeth says:

    Looks like you guys had a great time. Beautiful work!

  5. Lara says:

    That steamroller would be fun, I must admit.

    Now I have the suffragette song from Mary Poppins on the brain! Votes for Women!!!

  6. LOVE that bird piece, your braids, all the fans…. It must be really satisfying to pull off an event like this every year!