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Coptic stitching and Invasores
last night I stitched the first proof of micro- and nano- role playing games. I shared my findings on social media after taking some documentary images. today I reviewed some online tutorials for creating Space Invaders in P5.js to prepare for a possible collaboration with Eric G. I found a very helpful one from a…
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NOT distracted
activities so far today: I sewed the copy of one of this year’s DO NOT PRESS books that is made for Scott H’s birthday. I used a pamphlet stitch pattern I put El otoño del patriarca back on my ear phones. I re-jogged the remaining 3+4 books in the two editions and re-placed them in…
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Typography, typesetting, and prepping to teach
Throughout October and November it has become an annual rite to set one or more small books into type. I do this to remember and honor my love of making books. This morning I remembered that I’m also preparing to teach in January, so my sabbatical mind is interrupted. Yesterday I finished the one I…
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Rabbit hole of Open Font Licensed typefaces
I’ve spent the last few days, weekend hours included, on my pi-top running Scribus, Font Manager, and Mousepad while typesetting something to share with colleagues this year from Do Not Press. Not teasers and no spoilers. Dingbats, and symbol fonts are more difficult to find if I want to avoid Dafont and Font Squirrel. Sigh.
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Typesetting Prep
I spent the day prepping the Pi-Top, adding typefaces. It’s a slow process, feels like 1986 all over again. I’ve been gathering the liner notes on the typefaces into a text document to have locally. Also, it’s been laundry day.
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Reading, Watching, and Writing to do
Karin got home last night and is back to work today. Today’s agenda includes the text about/by Ulises Carrión entitled Dear reader. Don’t read. I also have to watch the Artbound episode on Love & Rockets and the brothers Hernandez. I should also vet the media that emanated from my stay at Anderson Ranch before…
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Recalibrating home studio
I’m going to be recalibrating some of my practices now that I’m back in my home studio. I was at a standing desk after I had tweaked my back. I have a sitting desk here. I want to re-think that. Printing onto Kozo (mulberry) paper with pigment-based inkjet ink feels like a winner and I…
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ARAC Day 03
A log of today’s activities: printed from Juan Sketchbook HiRes tiff files 41 images ganged in Preview print dialogue box 9 images per sheet (layout) Premium Matte Paper (printer setting) nominally 200% scale (preview setting) Kozo paper 18″ x 12″ (Arch B) created custom paper size printed random pixel art from Juan & Beanstalk 2004…
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Problems Posers and Possibilities (v5d ~2020)
this is a prototype for an artist’s book edition of Problems Posers and Possibilities: meditations towards a unified field of (game) design. the prototype was printed with pigment inks onto 18″ wide bond paper, trimmed, folded, and gathered into a single 8.5 x 11 inch signature 48 pages in length. the thoughts in the essay…
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Novena Navideña
This is posted in 2021 but documents a project begun in 2003 and continued in 2006. We have followed a tradition of nine-consecutive evenings of prayers leading up to and concluding christmas eve. My mother now has the prayers memorized, but always relied on a small prayer book to help keep track of our progress.…