Finally got to do my first intaglio etching! Been wanting to do one for many years. Love the way the excess ink looks. Couldn’t find an etching press to use anywhere accept in the Utrecht store.

Did this one in record time. Notice the ravens on either side of his head. Made some really good pumpkin seeds too: paprika, old bay and salt.

Inspired by the great whale museum in Friday Harbor, WA.

Tonight we must say goodbye to Bert Jansch, the man who got me interested in British Isle folk. I just played Blackwaterside on the guitar in his honor. Probably the best guitarist I have ever heard on record. Highly recommend … Continue reading →

My friends in the Bay area have gotten a whizbang website together pertaining to their Michael Hurley documentary Elwood Snock & The Land of Lo-Fi, which I created many an animated scene for. Before you can all see the movie, … Continue reading →

They have Song of the Spindle up on their video area of the site along with a short interview with me. Read it here.

Because they have a post on my animations- read it here.

Commissioned by Electric Literature for their one sentence animation series. The story is called The Reader by Nathan Englander. Michael Guggino did the music.

I was deeply inspired by the Quay Brothers film Insitute Benjamenta or This Dream People Call Human Life. It was based on the 1909 book Jakob Von Gunten by the Swiss author Robert Walser. From Wikipedia: A characteristic of Walser’s … Continue reading →

I first came across David Grisman when I heard Old & In The Way (Jerry Garcia, Peter Rowan, Vassar Clements, and David Grisman’s early 70’s bluegrass band) my senior year in high school. I especially loved his mandolin playing on … Continue reading →