Makeist is an invitation for curious humans who want to make real things. I share projects, process, and the small discoveries that happen when you choose paper over pixels. It is meant to feel like pulling up a chair at my studio table.
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🎨 nooks + colors + murals
our new coffee and tea nook
MAKING
I am easily distractible — you know this about me. But my detours are always leading me somewhere. So yes, I am still organizing the kitchen – which has now bled into the bedroom, the studio, and th...
📋 makeist miscellany
Since I’m still elbows-deep in organizing spices and spatulas, this week’s newsletter is a small miscellany of things that caught my eye.
I am obsessed with Harry Grundy’s sandpaper art. →
is obsessed with making fonts. →
Th...
🏁 finishing + remembering + missing
~~MAKING~~ FINISHING
The upside of writing an almost weekly newsletter since 2022 is you can look back and see patterns emerge. This is also the downside if those patterns reveal something you would rather not see. Or, maybe not. Mayb...
✸ patterns + pantones + positioning
MAKING
At the tail end of 2019, Chris and I eased our way into a plant-based diet: first pescatarian, then vegetarian, and finally, fully vegan. The pandemic arrived soon after and the timing was oddly helpful: since we were already o...
✉️ a missive from the mitten
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This Sunday’s dispatch is making its way to you from Michigan, where I’m wrapping up the final days of a 10-day artist retreat — an immersion in Immersion. This header image is a little taste of what I’ve been making, and I’ll s...
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Designer, printer, artist, cookbook addict. Writer, designer, and publisher of Makeist and Zinestack. Choosing paper over pixels whenever possible.
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