An illustrated letter
I just wanted to say hello and thank you. Thank you for being here. You are one of the first, and you might even be the reason for me to continue this letter (however, if you can’t remember ever signing up, it’s possibly because it’s been a long time and I’ve hardly ever written a news letter before. You can unsubscribe anytime, using the button below in the e-mail).
It’s always scary to begin something new, even though I have enough evidence by now that some people are interested in what I have to share, I still feel like an imposter most of the time, doubting if I should take up that space online. Time and attention are such precious commodities, even though we seem to scatter it around like it’s nothing, letting it slip through the cracks of our daily lives, priorities and appointments. I don’t think I’ll ever take your time and attention for granted though, so with that said, I’ll keep this first letter sweet and short.
My ‘news’ is that I am opening my webshop, with the first Risograph prints I made of the illustrations from Where Happiness Begins, with my very own Risograph machine (more on that another time).
The webshop also has the last few small riso prints that I had printed with Hato Press in 2016 of When Sadness Comes to Call that won’t be reprinted again. As you are one of the very first to be here, I’ll give you a one time discount code of 15 %, valid till June 8th, 2023 (just use the code ‘Where Happiness Begins’ at checkout).
Again, it’s scary to start something new, but I’m also very excited for all the possibilities that owning my own Risograph machine gives me. I’ve had so many ideas, and especially in the first months after my son was born, it’s been frustrating at times that I had to battle piles of laundry instead of making new work, but… that magical and unique time of breastfeeding, cuddling and walking with him in the carrier also gave me a lot of freedom, at least in my head, to think of all these projects and prints, instead of wrestling with my next picture book immediately. I’m sure some of those ideas, reflections and dreams will find their way out in the form of new prints and new books (or possibly a different life altogether, we’ve been having some wild dreams). At the very least it will be a fertile ground to grow and tend to all those possibilities and new beginnings that have been lingering.
So, hello again, and thank you for being here. If you’d like, tell me which scary new beginnings you are just starting (or still postponing), or let me know what you’d like to read about from me. As this is a letter, I’m hoping it will be more like a conversation, then a one way stream of information and sales pitches from me (to be honest, I’m already cringing at the notion that I’m telling you about my webshop and offering discount codes, as I much prefer to retreat and go back into hiding, making riso prints in secret!).
Here’s to spring, new beginnings and doing the things that scare us anyway!
With love,
Eva