BookPaper MFA

Hello! I'm Hannah, and I'm the Graduate Ambassador of the Interdisciplinary Book & Paper Arts Program at Columbia College Chicago! Let's make some books, y'all.

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Thesis installation has begun! Did a lot of painting today...

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Late-night printing; just yellow for now. Two blocks to go...

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12 down, 2 to go... I can see the light at the end of the tunnel...

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Cleaning up with my favorite rag at Spudnik...

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Just another Saturday night...

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Quick snap of last night's print; this is all I do, these days!

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Yesterday a block, today a print!

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Carvin' away... This one's a title page!

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Back at Spudnik Press! This time, cutting cloth for my new book's covers...

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Using Illustrator? Oh no, this is getting a bit graphic-designy...

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Had a great dinner at the President's House tonight, and an even better conversation about the grad experience at Columbia.

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Three illustrations down, 11 to go. Whew!

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Putting in some pretty grueling printing days this spring break... here's layer one of a three-layer illustration.

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At long last, I'm carving linoleum again! This spring break is going to be very busy...

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The dress I'm wearing to my thesis show came in today -- this gets more real every day, yikes!

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Covers for this new book are coming along; should be done by tomorrow.

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After much hemming and hawing, I finally ordered my cover bookcloth today. Sometimes you just have to pick a color and stick with it...

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A test press sheet from my book! It's finally starting to feel real...

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Getting an early start today: the first day printing my new book, Out of the Dark/Into the Water.

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Even when you get the funding to do it, it always hurts a little to make hugely expensive art purchases. Ordering lots of supplies today...