I am currently doing a stay at home residency at school. We are calling it "Staystack". There are several artists working in the studios at school and we meet up for breakfast and lunch and then just work all day. We'll do this for the next few weeks and hopefully end up with some new work at the end of the time.
Well yesterday I stopped by to see what Josh Winkler was working on. He showed me his woodblock and prints. Josh is a super talented individual and super cool to chat with. He showed me these sweet Japanese carving tools that he got when he was in Japan. I love the swivel action and little bamboo rivet that holds his carving tool. The simplicity of the little brass tube ferrule closer is so sweet. He said these are super cheap to buy in Japan, but super expensive if you try to buy them in the States. Such a cool tool design though. Inspiring!
It has me thinking about tools and tool design. I need to get back to making tools as a part of my creative work. I think I may dig up my file handle project again and see if I can get a few of those cast this week. That would be fun to respond to Josh's tools. Now I'm starting to understand the benefit of not just working in my own studio alone. A good reason to continue doing our Staystack residency.
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