watchmespinning

As far as art-making goes, I enjoy printmaking, book binding, tattooing, painting, film photography, attempts to make music, knitting, learning to sew, mail art, and documentation.

I spend a lot of time thinking about dreams, states of reality, place, passing time & changing seasons, love, coincidences, my lionhead bunny, conjoined twins & other seemingly mythical things.

If you’d like to exchange mail (letters, packages, art, etc.) let me know!

I make lists! This is lengthy but I think it says a lot & if you don’t know what to send me you’ll be able to find inspiration here: 25 cent rings, adventures, all-nighters, any escape necessary, arms as blankets, art, authentic self, avoidance, awkward tendencies, back and forth, balloons, beaches, beet appearances, bike rides, bones, boys that read, broken sentences, car rides to nowhere, catching up, changing seasons, children, city lights, cleverness, cloud shapes, coffee house music, colors, compulsive dancing, conspiracies, crafts, creating, crisp air, crunchy leaves, cuddling, dancing in the rain, delusions, destruction, dim cigarettes, diy, doodles, downtown Olympia, dresses, drinking tea, east side, embroidery, emotions, endurance, flashlights under blankets, fort building, fragments of life, freezing, getting lost, grass, grilled soy cheese sandwiches, hair clips, hallucinations, helicopters, inspiration, igniting my inner child, illusions, industrial districts, inspiration, journals, just in time, Kalama, knitting, laced fingers, laughter, learning about you, leaving this place, letter writing, life through lenses, lists, listening to rain, long socks, love notes, mail art, maps, misinterpretation, monsters, moonlight dancing, moths, naps, night, November, obsessive documenting, packages, perhaps you, picnics, pineapples, playing with hair, Portland, pretend, procrastinating, rambling, reading away messages, refusal of attachment, roadside distractions,running away, saving the broken, scarves, second chances, secret shops, self indulgence, sewing by hand, shy boys, singing in the car, skinny girls, sleeping, sound of silence, speeding, spontaneity, strangers, sun dresses, surprises, sweaters, sweet nothings, swings, Tacoma, taking chances, the next victim, the scary monsters, the shape of things, the sky, the way kids play, thinking without interruption, time away, tire swings, trading art, transitions, tourist attractions & roadside distractions, vanishing hopes, veganism, vintage mermaids, wandering, waterfronts, whispers, wondering, words on paper, your soft singing, zines.

(Also, see above interests)

Moleskines!! (unlined are my favorite)

Vintage mermaids

Egon Schiele anything

Moths

Paper goods

Vintage-style paper dolls

Paper scraps

Art supplies in general

Maps

Zines

Candles (favorite scents: crème brule, vanilla, cup cake)

Lemon, vanilla, or almond scents & tastes.

Tea

Stickers

Doodles

Pressed flowers

Leaves

Letters

Photos

Shirts medium or large

Bags that hold everything! (Large)

Silk fabric

Anything that says something about you

I spend a lot of time reading. Tom Robbins is my favorite author. Poetry books are great too, like: Charles Bukowski, Tom Phillips, John Ashberry, etc.

I’m a fan of zines! My favorite are personal zines, written like journals.

Indie rock or heart breaking girl vocals. Like, Scout Nibblett, Thao Nguyen, Cat Power, and Jena Malone. Elliot Smith and Sunset Rubdown. Lately I've been listening to Bon Iver, Phosphorescent Pride, and The Beatles at bed time when I'm laying there not moving. I like open mic nights and the sounds these kids in Tacoma make best.

Film is really important to me. Indie films are my favorite- ones with layers, I like to discover and interpret when viewing. I’ve recently sparked a love affair with French films. A few favorites: Sans Soleil, Triplets of Belleville, The Royal Tenenbaums, Ghost World, Blame It On Fidel, Waking Life.

Please don't send me store bought postcards(--with the exception of ones that have art themed images, like the ones you find at museums). I prefer handmade things for anything swap related.

Also, please don't send those printed postage strips on mail. I collect stamps so that's an important part of mail. If you ask the post office they can affix real stamps. Thanks!