Last Friday night was my first experience at the AIGA 100 Show Gala held at the Salt Lake City Public Library. I had a lot of fun looking at such great design work, the compliments on my Tea For Printmakers, talking to and getting to know more people in the design field and I couldn’t help but peek and see that people were actually bidding on the deer head I donated. In fact, the owner of Mandate Press walked away with it, putting $175 (retail value $200) towards supporting the AIGA Salt Lake Chapter and their hard work to bring the graphic design community together. I felt great that I could help keep AIGA going and I am stunned to know how much people are willing to spend on one of my pieces. It was the first one officially sold and I am officially encouraged to keep going.

I have some goals. I am reluctant to publicly say them but only doing so will motivate me to complete them. I want to keep making these animal heads – finish the editions from the wood blocks I already have and carve some new ones – and try selling them to boutiques around the city, online, and get into some local craft fairs by the end of the summer. Eek. I can’t believe I am saying this aloud. This may sound pretty easy, but I have no access to a large rolling press to print and having studio space in the city rather than in my parents garage 30 minutes north from me would be helpful too. There’s a lot to get my goals in order, but they are goals for a reason. I guess we’ll have to refer to this post at the end of summer and see how I did! Fingers crossed!

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