Hey hey,

I’m back in the studio after a pretty busy month. I turned 50, we celebrated Kinley’s Be Mitzvah, OneClock managed to get 5000 clocks built and shipped, and in the middle of all of this, a plumbing leak on the second floor of our house filled up and collapsed the ceiling on the first floor.

July is usually a time for me to check out so I can recharge in the mountains. I try to be with Kate and the girls, ride my bike, hike, backpack, read, see art, attend lectures, and pay close attention to nature so that I can head back to the studio with new ideas and the energy to bring them to life. It was more work and less play than usual last month, but I’m still feeling energized and excited to be back in the studio.

Some ideas I’m currently exploring (via my awesome new etching press): rivers / frontiers, ravens / isolation, and commitment. My life currently feels very transitional — a disorienting mix of letting go and starting new. It’s an uncomfortable place, but it’s also exciting and feels right. I’m hoping to harness some of that discomfort and translate it into whatever work happens next.

Thanks for reading,

Jamie

Seen / Heard / Felt

The Julia Stoschek Collection is one of the world’s most comprehensive private collections of time-based art, dedicated to the public presentation, advancement, conservation, and scholarship of media and performance practices.

I can spend hours at a time on their excellent website browsing the extensive, obscure, and varied works, many of which are difficult to see outside of a gallery or museum. This Fischli and Weiss piece is one of my favorites so far — so simple, so elegant.

Jamie Kripke
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