Client: The Cloudy Collection

A limited edition letterpress print for the fourth edition of my quarterly project, the Cloudy Collection.

Every spring, the UNC Kidney Center organizes a walk/run fundraiser for their research. I’ve had the opportunity to work with them every year since their inception, though I’ve never gotten off my lazy butt to actually run it.

The 2010 KKR add a 1/2 mile run for kids aged 5-11, appropriately called “Kids Kare”:

Client: The Cloudy Collection

A limited edition letterpress print for the third edition of my quarterly project, the Cloudy Collection. The text is adapted from a piece of folk art by Ed Larson that we had over our fireplace the entire time I was growing up. That wood carving said “Wood Is Good”.

These illustrations accompany a Q&A column called Ask Ester in a trade magazine for small biodiesel manufacturers and distributors.

My old friend (and former employer) Kevin Wade asked me to participate in his new randomized t-shirt project, Nonsek. I provided a pile of doodles and a color palette, and Nonsek made a “machine” to mix it all together and print it on a shirt. Try it out: hit the “REMIX” button in the upper right on this page!

A limited edition letterpress print for the second edition of my quarterly project, the Cloudy Collection.

A project of cloudy/co, the Cloudy Collection is my way of honoring and working with the artists whose work I love, while giving you a chance to collect the prints we make. Each quarter, we release a new set of 4″x6″ letterpress prints at recession-sensitive prices.

Participating artists include Meg Hunt, John Martz, Scott Campbell, Bwana Spoons, Amy Crehore, Vera Brosgol, and many more.

A limited edition letterpress print for the first edition of my quarterly project, the Cloudy Collection.

Portland, OR, writer and writing coach and instructor, Becca Deysach, opened Ibex Studios in 2008 to help writers stay creative and active.