Lynn Rosskamp

I set up this Little Free Print Gallery on our fence in Seattle so that passersby could take home art made by myself and other printmakers in the area.

im getting really tired of everything being bad bc like 12 ppl can't fill the hole in their hearts despite being billionaires

Hot girl summer is out, Edgar Allan Poe summer is in (asking a friend to wall me up in a quiet corner of their basement with a bottle of wine)

I teach etching and I try to really zero in on working towards learning the specific technique with new students and to ask them what it is that's important for them to get out of the specific class or exercise and then try to help them do that while staying pretty neutral on the actual image.

Dude's wanted a military parade for himself for years and he finally makes it happen and turnout is worse than at a medium sized city's farmers market on a rainy day while like 2% of the entire country went out to protest his bullshit

I sold a hat to William Shatner.

Ooh, love to see some classic pochoir illustration! Time consuming, fussy and incredible results.

I definitely already see how valuable people find originals as a printmaker. My etching sales have gone up in the last few years because I think folks really respond to these being objects that were entirely crafted by one human. I am lucky that I can keep my smaller prints affordable, which helps.

Most vets spay rats for pyo but if they are in such poor shape that the surgery survival seems dicey, they can try antibiotics and antiinflammatories. But usually they want to do a spay after getting the rat back to health as a future preventative. At least that has been my experience.

A black and white line etching of a mallard duckling standing under a hosta.

This is the first layer of a new etching. I went in to darken the foreground and added aquatint to the ground and sky because the plate has some big visible scratches on it that I don't think I can fully buff away. About to test print now. Wish me and ducky luck!

Done. The mRNA shots are such a rough ride for me, though nowhere near as awful for you.

Yep. And that we have to be extra careful at the art center to lock up our copper plates. Hide yo wife, hide yo kids and hide yo piping too.

Love this for me as a copperplate etcher. Sigh.

Sadly a bit too far a journey for them. They're quite comfy here for the foreseeable future but I hope to find them the absolute best forever home for them to grow old in. They have seen much loss and I just want the best for these sweet kitties going forward.

We're in Seattle but I am willing to make a couple hours drive to get them to the absolute perfect unicorn of a home if necessary. They're 10 years old and siblings, well loved but went through some rough times in the last six months. Great personality, friendly and good litter box manners thus far.

Two very fluffy long haired cats hanging out in a room with black and white checkerboard floor tile

These are my foster cats Orca and Oyster who are bunking in my workshop. They came to us as an emergency situation after a friend unexpectedly passed away a couple of weeks ago. They're going to the vet on Wednesday and once we know they are healthy, I will be hunting for a perfect home for them.

A black polydactyl kitten sitting on the end of a bed with his paws over the footboard while a pile of folded shirts loom behind him

Gareth Thumbs-Jones has been getting bigger and sleeker and wider and brighter and is also very helpful on laundry day.

A cute black kitten looking upward

He is now a bigger sleeker lad.

I am candying orange and lemon peel to make bara brith for this Friday's belated St. David's Day Artwalk at Greenwood Art Collective and my house smells amazing. If you are in the Seattle area this Friday you should come by the collective and have some and look at our spring art and grab a daffodil.

Allosaurus by night. Artbook drawing

Having watched a little of Elon's ketamine fueled bedazzled chainsaw juggling performance, I feel like Michael Alig is running the damn country now.

A large fluffy black cat lying on her side on a sofa covered with a mustard yellow chenille afghan with a small black kitten cuddling up to her floofy tummy

In case you need some nervous system regulation, here's Mega Mom Mazikeen with her special little guy Gareth Thumbs-Jones having a cuddle on the sofa. They're keeping my brain chemicals as modulated as possible in these deeply weird times

This is just to say

I have fired
the bureaucrats
throughout
your government

Even the ones
that were probably
keeping planes
in the air

Forgive me
I am not very smart
So efficiency
Much savings

everyone should have some massive, insane art project they can leave unfinished at the time of their death

an epic poem in a made up language!

seventeen intricate altars made out of trash!

something with way too many antlers!

amaze and trouble the world upon your passing

A line etching of a corn snake made on a circular plate with the snake's head in the center and body coiling cozily around it.

My etching for the year of the snake. I may go back in with some aquatint to really bump up the shadows and depth. This is my fourth year on my Chinese zodiac animals project. Looking forward to getting back to fur or feathers after two years of scales in a row.

A black kitten lying on his back yawning enormously atop a blue and white bat and floral patterned bedspread

Gareth Thumbs-Jones in his Nosferatu phase.

A black kitten lying on his side on an orange velvet sofa in a sunbeam

We just took an interstate road trip to adopt young Gareth Thumbs-Jones here. 10/10 would recommend. Go get that cat!