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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📦 hoarding + mailing + playing
MAKING
I have a collection of art supplies and ephemera that I’ve been hauling around since college. It’s grown over the years as I added things that caught my eye, and contracted as I’ve used or gotten rid of things. My friend Jane r...
📬 welcome + mail + ambiguity
MAKING
Some of you already read Zinestack too, so you may have seen me hinting at something new over there. If you’re not familiar, Zinestack is my newsletter about zines: finding them, collecting them, supporting the people who make...
🧊 mystery + breezy + consistency
Last week I put out a call to identify the mystery felt animal.
I personally thought it might be a Squirrel.
Other guesses included:
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Rooster (Patty)
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Platypus (Pamela)
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Frog from Frog and Toad All Year (Melissa), and
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🦛 collecting + foraging + archiving
MAKING
Part of the reason I created the Curiosity Cabinet was so I’d have somewhere to document all the odd, random things I’ve been squirreling away over the years. Give them the light of day and, just maybe, be inspired to do someth...
🗄️ envelopes + kids + cards
I’ve added a new room to the Makeist home: the Curiosity Cabinet. Old timey curiosity cabinets were collections of fascinating bits and pieces – natural specimens, strange tools, shells, maps, souvenirs, and oddities – all gathered together...
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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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