The finished poem cube boxes. “The Butterfly Queen”, “The Scent of Honey”, “Seven Raven Daughters” Listed on the artworks/artist books site - aanpress.com/artworks/ #art #portfolioday #booksky

Someday...

Done with the poem cube boxes project. Full set of photos tomorrow.

what a week. what a month. i think i need a banana split. oh and for the idiot man baby to die.

library art fun - Punch and Judy brown paper lunch bag puppets and an owl

Each frontispiece plate is unique and different but of a set

"3 Poems On Unbeing" a small 8-page poetry chapbook with an original acrylic painted tipped in frontispiece plate. Handsewn in enclosing envelope. Print run of 10 copies, 9 available - aanpress.com/artworks/ (scroll to bottom of the page) #art #painting #poetry #booksky

Working on a new short run poetry chapbook and just cracked how to provide a printed illustration (with my lack of drawing ability to do a lino block image) that somehow captures the intent of the poetry and be multiples but each is unique.

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wow first time i have ever encountered a thoroughly incompetent postal employee.

New acrylic monoprints added - aanpress.com/artworks/. Have a browse and see if there is something you might like. All monoprints are originals and one of a kind. #art #painting #portfolioday

building a small box today for those colored letter cubes/72 letter poem thing i did a few weeks ago. actually making four boxes so i can make a few more cube book assemblies and have them as a series to perhaps sell.

Four additional abstract giclee monoprints posted to the artwork site - aanpress.com/artworks/

New site for acrylic monoprints and artist books - aanpress.com/artworks/. Have a browse and see if there is something you might like. All monoprints are originals and one of a kind. #art #painting #portfolio

Launching a new site for monoprints and artist books - aanpress.com/artworks/. Have a browse and RP/QP if you can. Thanks. All monoprints are originals and one of a kind.

A boy’s 3rd sewing project - a big carry all bag.

Launching a new site for monoprints and artist books - aanpress.com/artworks/. Have a browse and RP/QP if you can. Thanks. All monoprints are originals and one of a kind.

Been a day and still no power or update from Duquesne Light when I might have power. Currently 51deg in the house.

trying to fill a day without electricity. playing Strange World Above the Clouds

another swell day in swell town with the power out. which means no heat. keeping my eye on monday when it gets down to 20f or so. duquesne light better get busy.

Under development and launching soon

"The Glorious Melancholy of Urgency" is off to the printer next week with stories by @mteasdalewriter.bsky.social @dango-ramen.bsky.social, E J Delaney, and Sydney Sackett. Provocative hard SF stories that share a common opening. Pre order (4/20/26 ship date) - aanpress.com/aanorder.htm...

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Finished new artist book project - The House of Mo[u]rning

Handmade book sale: “Et Ideo” (copy 2 of 3 and 3 of 3) $80US + 12$US shipping. Abstract pastel illustrations on indian rag paper (28 pages, 8” x 11”). First come first serve. Email info at aanpress dot com for purchase.

Handmade book sale: “Winter Trees” (copy 2 of 3 and 3 of 3) $70US + 12$US shipping. Multi-layer lino block prints on Fabriano paper (20 pages, 15” x 7”). First come first serve. Email info at aanpress dot com for purchase.

Handmade book sale: “Branching” (copy 5 of 5) $75US + 10$US shipping. Poetry and lino block prints on Fabriano paper (12 pages, 11” x 10”). First come first serve. Email info at aanpress dot com for purchase.

Artist Book Announcement: I am opening up the archive of my handmade, hand-bound artist books for a BlueSky exclusive sale. All sales are first come first serve. US purchasers only for this, due to the dimensions of the books.

Today might be a very fine day to buy a book or one of our quirky side-project newspapers - aanpress.com/aanorder.html #sff #fantasy #booksky #anthology #sciencefiction

Just back from colonoscopy. All good. Do not need one again for two years. Surgeon was optimistic. What a difference a year makes.

Another completed artist book (print run of 5 copies) using international postage stamps my aunt saved at her job for a few decades. Number tokens are unique to each of the people receiving a copy.

Samples from a printmaking day with friends

A rather different artist book. Heck of a thing to keep in order while creating. Will be building a box eventually to hold it.

"The queen of butterfly collectors, in a house of gold, feeds all clocks with quiet sorrow". Printed on blocks, each block is then rotated 90deg to read the next 12 letters and so on, through 6 rotations

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glad i bought a hybrid car in january and gas a few days ago before the price jumped 60 cents. just die already idiot man baby and do the world a favor.

"Tall Tales of the Holy Terror Tomboy" is almost ready to go to the printer. The pre-order link is now available in our catalog - aanpress.com/aanorder.htm... (expected ship date 4/10/26). Cover art by @carolinejamhour.bsky.social

Final day in the art mines making new work (I've run out of the preferred paper). Yesterday's color palette was indeed the problem. Liking what happened today. Now to subset out the best of the best and dream of a gallery show of work old and new.

hellebore shoots are starting to helle

the poem rock continues to age well after thirty some years

4 days left for the “Tea or Coffee, Stars, and Gravity” anthology KS campaign: www.kickstarter.com/projects/526... - We are currently $683 from our 2nd Stretch Goal for a 24 author TOC. Check out the campaign/signal boost and help add addt’l authors #sff #fantasy #book #ks #booksky #tea #coffee

And the book in it's enclosing envelope with a title band in white witth letters rubber stamped - "fencing in my ghosts"

One hour speed-run artist book project.

Yesterday in the art mines, less than stellar efforts. I think it is the color palette. One day to go ...

This sale ends March 1. Check out all 4 issues of AaNX (our newspaper side project) here - aanpress.com/aanorder.html (links to each issue below). Buy any 2 issues and get 15% off the order, 3 issues for a 20% discount, or all 4 issues for a 25% discount.

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Self Portrait: 2026 - oil pastel and acrylic on watercolor paper

5 days and change for the “Tea or Coffee, Stars, and Gravity” anthology KS campaign: www.kickstarter.com/projects/526... - We are $715 from our 2nd Stretch Goal to bring the TOC up to 24 worthy authors. Back and signal boost and help add addt’l authors #sff #fantasy #book #ks #booksky #tea #coffee