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The Gearwork Nest: Minutia

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Flights of clockwork fancy. With the overwhelming retail workload of late, I've had little time for anything else. I arrive home from work exhausted, drained, often demoralized, and want little else but to divert myself via the contents of a novel or a video game. Art and writing have been creaking along at sub-glacial speeds. Email and twitter are ignored. Blogs go unread. So I have little of real interest to share here, except a journaling of some of the more diverting occurrences of the past week.

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The Gearwork Nest: The real news

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Flights of clockwork fancy. On to the exciting things that have been happening in art-life! The beginning of May, Evan and I had a joint opening at SOVA on H street, in DC. We called it "Third knock on the door". The theme was folklore and storytelling. Artists reading this: SOVA's always looking for new blood. Try contacting them, get some art up! It was an amazing opening, one I hope to replicate in the future. The show's still up, and probably will be for a few weeks yet. Lies" Well, I did! Things wer...

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The Gearwork Nest: 03.10

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Flights of clockwork fancy. A few impending things. These next few months are going to be pretty exciting for me. The next issue of Steampunk Magazine. Is coming out soon (with two of my illustrations in it)! And Ive managed to nab the job of illustrating the cover of Crossed Genres. My biannual graphic design contract is edging closer, which will mean a lot less dealing with grump customers and a lot more feeling like Im actually in my depth. 3 x 5 Watercolour and graphite, sketch. Links to this post.

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The Gearwork Nest: 07.10

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Flights of clockwork fancy. On to the exciting things that have been happening in art-life! The beginning of May, Evan and I had a joint opening at SOVA on H street, in DC. We called it Third knock on the door. The theme was folklore and storytelling. Artists reading this: SOVAs always looking for new blood. Try contacting them, get some art up! It was an amazing opening, one I hope to replicate in the future. The shows still up, and probably will be for a few weeks yet. 8x10 Watercolour and sepia ink.

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The Gearwork Nest: A few impending things...

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Flights of clockwork fancy. A few impending things. These next few months are going to be pretty exciting for me. The next issue of Steampunk Magazine. Is coming out soon (with two of my illustrations in it)! And I've managed to nab the job of illustrating the cover of Crossed Genres. My biannual graphic design contract is edging closer, which will mean a lot less dealing with grump customers and a lot more feeling like I'm actually in my depth. 3" x 5" Watercolour and graphite, sketch. A few impending t...

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The Gearwork Nest: 08.09

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Flights of clockwork fancy. As if I didn't love her enough. For her incredible books ( Palimpsest. Utterly blew me away), this is what Catherynne M. Valente had to say about the recent Mammoth book of Mindblowing Science Fiction. Stories are important. Stories, in fact, are life. They are what is left of our unique experience in this world. They speak- no. They scream. Well, certainly, we can sit down and look at the floor and say: yes, you're right, that is what we deserve. Links to this post. Illustrat...

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The Gearwork Nest: 02.10

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Flights of clockwork fancy. A catalogue of recent personal events. This year has been record-breaking, dumping impassible amounts of snow in December, and then twice in the same week in February. Following two years in a row of unusually wet summers and an early fall, it's getting pretty obvious that global climate change is really moving in on us. The accompanying photo is of the Annapolis harbor, filled with ice floes. Ice floes in the Chesapeake bay, folks. Adorable, mini business cards from zazzle&#4...

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The Gearwork Nest: A troublesome customer (how it should have gone).

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Flights of clockwork fancy. A troublesome customer (how it should have gone). My break started 15 minutes ago, so I'm going to take off now. Do you think you can handle this on your own? She smiled and nodded at me. "Awesome. Where was that binder? I have a donation sticker.". Wait a minute," Interjected the next customer in line, an elderly woman standing with her husband, two slim volumes balanced upon her palms. "I have to wait now because she. Wants to take a break? She's been here a long time! The i...

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The Gearwork Nest: Recommended reading

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Flights of clockwork fancy. Now, pulled from the pile of recently devoured fiction, comes my first recommended reading list of the year! I read a lot, probably far too much (if my gradeschool English teachers are to be believed). Since I've been working at a bookstore, in particular, the temptation to read is pretty constant- and the little intermediary cracks of time during work do present themselves so seductively. Illustration: 'DolPhinnaeus'. Ink on Bristol. Edited by Kelly Link and Gavin J. Grant.