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Another post of “things I like to look at.” These are from an English funiture company, Kent and London and it’s 31-1/2″ high by 47″ wide by 12″ deep (800mm x 1200mm x 300mm). You can see more pictures here.

Not long ago, I realized my reading habits have changed quite a bit since I moved in 2006. I don’t have much room for books at home, so I’ve always borrowed them from the library. The library used to be around the corner, now it’s much more inconvenient. I still use the library, but often I have to put the book I want on hold, wait a few weeks, and by the time I finally start reading, I’ve forgotten why I got the book in the first place. Finding a story that I read to the end has been iffy too — I seem to loose interest half way through.
I read a lot more on-line now, blogs and magazines and newspapers. Courtesy of Project Gutenberg there are a lot of books in the public domain (those classics we were supposed to read in college and high school) that can be read online. I downloaded a reader for my iphone and tried reading on it, but the pages were just too small.
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I guess I should add a category to my blog called “Things I like to look at”… these bamboo coasters are four inches in diameter, set in Baskerville semibold, and made by acd.

I always ask customers where they found my website or Etsy shop. Some answer, some don’t. And occasionally I get a nice surprise, as I did this week. Karla told me she saw my letterpress wood type collages in the June 2009 Better Homes & Gardens magazine. And not just one, but 3 designs and a coaster! [Sadly, they don’t mention my press name, but tell readers to “search etsy for ‘letters and numbers'”.]

To be honest, my book and print sales this year have been dismal. It’s often hard to keep making things with older work going unsold. So it was heartening to read Tight Times Loosen Artists’ Creativity in the NY Times this morning. On their blog, they asked readers to comment on what effect the economy is having on their life and work. In the subsequent article, the author, Robin Pogrebin, writes: “Perhaps most striking about the comments was the considerable number who were defiantly upbeat despite grim circumstances. Many artists testified that the recession had strengthened their commitment to their work or allowed them to concentrate on their art — since the time spent on side jobs had diminished — or had even been a source of creative inspiration.”

I’ve been overly busy doing non-book related things for the past couple of weeks, and neglecting my blog. But today I saw a mention of Jessica Hagy’s blog, Indexed, that made me stop for a minute and look. She draws little, seemingly simple maps or graphs or illustrations on index cards to help her understand the world. She says “This site is a little project that lets me make fun of some things and sense of others. I use it to think a little more relationally without resorting to doing actual math.”