JIYU Monthly - 2023 Season Finale // A.C.
Let’s wrap up the year with one last look at the JIYU Monthly. In case you missed it, you can see the first half of the year in this previous... Read More
Love for Analogue Stories
NOTEBOOK PEOPLE: An Interview with Suzanne Alterman // Trina O’Gorman
When I was a young girl, I was always writing something in a notebook. The desire to keep a notebook began after I read Harriet the Spy, a children’s book... Read More
Things Left Unsaid at the Inking Demonstration // A.C.
I recently took a trip to visit an art school, at the invitation of a friend of mine who is a professor teaching there. He had arranged for me to... Read More
NOTEBOOK PEOPLE: An Interview with Grainger Wyckoff // Trina O’Gorman
When I imagined “The Notebook People Project” over a year ago, I envisioned myself talking to analogue-loving people and that we would be having conversations that would be mostly about... Read More
Autumn Travel Sketching in a Passport TN // A.C.
While I usually use my Passport TN as a book for collecting quotes and phrases, there was a time when I used it mainly as a sketchbook. At first I... Read More
NOTEBOOK PEOPLE: An Interview with Paul Ward // Trina O’Gorman
I’d been talking about it for weeks but had yet to walk up to a complete stranger to ask if they’d like to be interviewed for my Notebook People series.... Read More
How To Make A Simple Hand-sewn Book // A.C.
In the spirit of back-to-school season, I thought I’d share a guide to sewing a simple book. This is a skill I picked up in a bookbinding class and have... Read More
The Notebook People Project: Year One // Trina O’Gorman
I am writing this essay in late August 2023, during the days often known as the dog days of summer, though, in all actuality, it has been quite cool here... Read More
Hobonichi 5-Year Techo: The Greatest Hits // A.C.
All good planners come to an end, and my Hobonichi 5-Year Techo’s time approaches. Glancing at the sentences of years past whenever I update the diary has been such an... Read More