Half Empty Press at Portland Zine Symposium

So I used to organize the Portland Zine Symposium, but I didn't this year or last year. But I went on Sunday, and checked out all the tables...

I really liked some other etsy sellers who I met there: Aijung Kim and SomaVenus. I also appreciated SteamPunk Magazine's Guide to Surviving the Apocalypse. It had a lot of practical suggestions on how to build a house out of old tires filled with gravel and so on. Which sounds like I'm making fun, but actually, I really want to make a planter out of a big pole with paint cans of soil hanging from it.

A fun thing about the Zine Symposium was that I traded my cards for a lot of zines, and almost everyone had seen my cards before--either on etsy, or at a friend's house taped to the fridge, or in a store, or at last year's Zine Symposium. I felt famous.

Coming soon: on Tuesday, October 13th, I will be leading a Gocco workshop at the IPRC. Sign up now!

More orders sent out!

In the mail today:

Ashley's "poop" card;

Liz's airplanes safer sex sack;

Katrin's cards;

and Mary's tragically overdue sperm cell.

The Gocco workshop at the IPRC was a great success--people brought perfect designs in this time! I loved the "Some Bunny Loves You" cards made by Amy...maybe if we're lucky she'll list some in her shop! I'm leading another Print Gocco Basics workshop there on March 2nd, Sunday, from 5:30 to 7:30 PM. I think there are still a couple spaces left in that class...so sign up!

Orders sent out:

a sweet baby-blue Giant Sperm Cell was mailed to Liska today.

Also, Gillian will be leading two workshops at the IPRC on Sunday, February 3rd. Youth Bookbinding (ages 8-18) will be from 3-5PM and costs $5-$10; Print Gocco Basics is from 5:30-7:30 and is $20 plus a materials fee. Sign up now!