Commercial Cottage

There is a FOR RENT sign in front of this cottage on busy Oglethorpe Avenue,

two doors down from the fire station. It is zoned Commercial. It appears

out of place here, looking instead as if it should be on a shady street

in a small village. Well, if you ignore

the traffic, crowds and suburban sprawl,

Savannah is a small village of shady streets.

I appreciate these eclectic streetscapes.

Mapping Progress

back to the DRAWING board (again)

Really. I mean it, this time. I don't want this to be

a documentation of the apologetic process

of trying to make drawings of the streets of Savannah.

(Streetscapes of Utah)

I had the fortune of traveling through EUREKA, UTAH recently.

A silver mining town that peaked around the turn of the 20th century.

I am thinking about carving out little pockets of time

to draw streets in other towns I visit

(notably Charleston, South Carolina.)

Thinking about it

is taking the time I could use in actually doing it...

back to the DRAWING board

A little rusty after months of book-making.

The Savannah Fire Department is a good starter, and it's in a great block on

Oglethorpe Avenue with a highly eclectic streetscape.

I'll work on better (photo)documentation.

TEN Books

I finished four more books this weekend for a total of TEN.

- though two are already on their way to Portland, Oregon and London, England to special recipients -

ashamedly, as belated Christmas (and birthday) gifts. I will redeem myself...

Now they are ready to TRAVEL in search of "a store near you."

Makin' Books

FINALLY, after months of preparation, little accordion books containing

fourteen blocks of Savannah streetscape drawings are being

fabricated by my two-hand factory this weekend.

This is Savannah Vol. I

endured numerous printing exercises and

materials & process experimentation.

The book is a collection of drawings to-date,

marking about 3 years of work.

I made six books this weekend!