Krappy Kamera 2010 Blurb Book Available Now

SoHo Photo has just put out a Blurb book containing all the images from the show. Check it out:

http://www.blurb.com/bookstore/detail/1414902

I'm on page 58...  :)

Letterpress As A Business at the San Fran Center for the Book

Here are the audio recordings from a great panel discussion at the San Francisco Center for the Book on running a letterpress business:

http://soundcloud.com/solsken/sets/letterpress-as-a-business

Interesting!

Letterpress Adventures in Portland

I just got back from a trip to Portland, Oregon. While I was there, I did a small tour of some of the many letterpress shops in business there. Everyone was really friendly and I got to see some amazing work. Here is a list of the places I visited:

Egg Press

A special Thanks! to Egg Press--I got a full tour of their shop and saw some new projects they are working on.

Oblation Papers and Press

Lark Press

Here's a shot of the presses at Lark Press. Jean Sammis was great, we chatted for some time.

Getting Started on a New Project!

Ever since I got a copy of Alex Binder's Infestation I've wanted to create a small book of images, possibly with letterpressed text. So, I've started shooting and hope to have much of the work done by the end of the summer. Here's a test shot; I'm going to change a couple of things in the final version. Click on the image for a larger version.

Making Time for Art With a Full Time Job

I was just reading Daniel Sroka's post an hour of art a day and feeling the same thing--my situation isn't quite the same as I'm working a full time job, but I still feel like that I just don't have enough hours in the day. My schedule is like this:

5:30am: Get up, eat, get ready for work
6:50am: Ride the subway
7:30am: Go to the gym (gotta exercise!)
9:00am: Work
5:30pm: Head home
7:00pm: Eat, read mail, feed the cat, etc.
10:30pm Crash

There is usually one or two hours before I hit the sack, but on most days I'm too wiped out to really focus on creative endeavors. A little frustrating.

How do you manage the time to do creative work with a full time job?

People's Choice Award! My print won! Woohoo!

I'm very excited... I just found out that I won the People's Choice award at the KK2010 show. Thanks to all the people who voted!

More Images from the KK2010 Show

Finally made it down to Soho Photo to take a look at the Krappy Kamera 2010 show--some unbelievable work there. Here are some pix I took inside the gallery:

The first two are of the images that were submitted, but not accepted into the show. They are all collaged onto two walls in the upstairs area of the gallery.

The next three are shots of my framed print.