The recent heavy rains caused huge growth spurts of the heartiest of 
The rain continued steadily all night but we were warm and dry inside, reading by the fire. A nice night.
Los Cerritos Salad from The Factory: greens, red bell peppers, green onions, avocados, oranges pieces, udon noodles, basil chiffonade, soy glazed almonds with a citris miso dressing
Here, Shuyun Shih is inking several small collagraphs which she will print in combination with found papers as chin colle elements.
Mary Coromelas is rolling her zine plate covered with paper through the press. Momentarily, she'll get to pull back the press blankets to reveal her print. 
Martin Salazar compares two impressions of his collagraph. Behind him are drying prints from the evening's work by several artists.
Lorraine Papadopoulos inks a zinc plate that she will soon print experimentally on found diary pages. If she likes the print, she'll combine it with other found items and hand brushed elements.
I've always been a huge fan of the French artist, Jean Dubuffet, for his energic line and quirky abstractions. This one is from a series of portraits of artists and writers he knew, shown together in an exhibition called People are More Handsome Than They Think.+copy+for+blog.jpg)
