How Sublime

This was my favorite sign at the Animal Rights March in NYC yesterday (September 13, 2025). #lanternfly

Ishtar Gate dragon (Mušḫuššu) Risograph print I made in 2024.

#printmaking

Tetra Pak prints of Teto from "Nausicaä of the Valley of the Wind" manga. Printed on two postcards as mail art. #printmaking #studioghibli #mailart

Painted this tiny handmade sticker on washi sticker paper using Holbein Artists’ Gouache with Caran d’Ache watercolor pencil for details. Based on a "Ginori 1735" teapot that my friend recently purchased in Italy. #illustration #stickers #gouache

“What Is” (2024), golden Riso ink, ~5 x 7”
#abstractart #geometricabstraction #geometricart #minimalart #sacredgeometry #minimalism #riso #risography #abstraction

I’ve been reading about Hayao Miyazaki and delving deeper into his body of work. This book is next to be explored.
#hayaomiyazaki #studioghibli #shunasjourney

Playing with typography on envelopes. Saw this font in Graffiti Alphabets by Claudia Walde. Done with colored pencils and black and white liners.
#mailart #handlettering

I LOVE it!!!!

Did a study of Teto from "Nausicaä of the Valley of the Wind" manga. This is based on a panel from Volume 1. Worked out the sketch on paper then traced it and did the final adjustments in Procreate.

#studioghibli #mangaart

Nice 1982 Austrian stamp from the flea market stamp stash I purchased. It is from the "Modern Art" series and the engraving is by Ernst Fuchs (who, fun fact, had 16 children!).

#philately #postagestamps #ernstfuchs

Read in a calligraphy book that fountain pen ink is not recommended for dip pens as it is too thin, hence got myself this "Marshmallow Creamy" by Sailor.
#dippens #calligraphy #ink

Experimenting with typography on latest outgoing snail mail. Done with gouache and colored pencils.
#snailmail #mailart #typography #philately #postagestamps

Saw this gem in a Postcrossing profile.

Matched my washi paper sticker with postage stamps. They are now heading to North Carolina.
#mailart #philately #stamps #postagestamps

Made this washi sticker for outgoing cat-themed mail.
#mailart #stickers #cats #myart #artistsonbluesky

Riso prints I got from the Mini Print Vending Machines in NYC.
#risography #riso #risigraph

Received this great Spanish stamps combo: 1967 apples stamp and the stunningly detailed 1977 stamp for 200th anniversary of the mail routes to the West Indies. These stamps are denominated in peseta.
#philately

Incoming sparrow postcard from India! A lovely addition to my "snail mail sparrows" mini collection. Did you know that March 20th is the World Sparrow Day?

#sparrows #postcard #snailmail

This "Pottering Cat" series postcard is now heading to Canada. I was saving it to send when the weather matches the image.
#potteringcat #postcard #snailmail #stationery

Lovely incoming postcard - handmade collage maxicard and with cute bunny stamp in the back.
#postcard #maxicard #snailmail #postagestamp #philately #stamps #collage

Tried Tetra Pak printmaking today! Behold, “Ms. Pants,” based on the viral video.

#printmaking #owls #birdsinart #tetrapakprint #tetrapak #intaglio #printmaker

Sealed an envelope with this golden Riso test print.

#riso #risography #snailmail #printmaking #mailart

Did notation and mini illustration for a Luz de Agua song I like based on a poem by Juan L. Ortiz. Notation probably not 100% correct but at least readable. 😂 Sending this out as mini mail art.

#mailart #juanlortiz #poetry #myart

OMG, Tove Jansson and the Moomins exhibit will be opening in June in NYC at the Brooklyn Public Library!!!
#moomins #tovejansson #brooklyn #brooklynpubliclibrary #moomin

Recarved the owl from prior posts a bit bigger on a free sample of gomuban (Japanese vinyl) from @mcclains.printmaking.supplies, and today tested printing it on my Woodzilla press. Will be adding these 5x7 prints on Etsy once they dry.
#gomuban #printmaking #linocut #blockprinting #woodzillapress

Got these Riso stickers by Barbie Kim at RisoLAB’s latest PrintSlam sale/exhibition. I try to attend these and purchase something to support fellow artists - same way I was encouraged and supported when people bought my silly prints during prior PrintSlams. #risograph #riso #stickers

Don’t really like to send touristy NYC postcards on Postcrossing, but this one I do not mind.
#Banksy #streetart #snailmail #nyc #postcard

A stunning incoming snail mail from Taiwan this week with jade objects stamps. How great is that beast pendant! The amazing calligraphy makes me want to run out and get all the books on calligraphy from the library and start practicing. #philately #calligraphy #stamps #snailmail #postagestamps

Upcoming Moomin stamps from Japan! I love second and third one in the top row and first one in the bottom row.
#moomin #philately #postagestamps #snailmail #stamps #japanesestamps

Incoming snail mail! I love it when people send me old stamps like these, and, Japanese stamps are my favorite.
#philately #stamps #postagestamps #snailmail #japanesestamps