Liz Morrow 10/16/13 Liz Morrow 10/16/13

no. 3

It's been a while, but I'm back with another Remixology challenge! This time I'm creating six outfits from six pieces. Since we're currently ensconced in fall, as evidenced by the leaves in these photos, this remixology is more autumnal than the last couple. For this challenge I partnered with Mata Traders who sent over two of their new dresses for me to style up! If you're not familiar with Mata Traders, they're a great company that sells fair trade clothing and their mission is to work with organizations that empower, employ, and educate women. Pretty awesome! Plus they have some very cute clothes, which is an added bonus.
The two pieces from Mata Traders are the Young Love Dress and the Moonrise Dress.
The four pieces from my closet are the zig zag cardigan, the lace top, the leather skirt, and the green cardigan.
I accessorized with a noonday collection necklace, dark green scarf, black tights, a thin white belt, a moorea seal necklace, light green scarf, b&w scarf, and white beanie. For shoes, I wore black studded moccasins, black booties, and knee high brown boots.

Jewel tones are usually a pretty common trend during the fall, so this dress is a perfect autumn piece. I styled it three different ways for this challenge. The first time I styled it with a bold cardigan and a bright infusion of color. Definitely a more intense styling. The second time I styled it in a more subdued way by pairing it with a lace top and simple, graphic necklace.

This blue dress I styled two different ways, both times with cardigans but two variations. The first look is more slouchy and casual, but with a fun, eclectic necklace for a bit of fanciness. The second time I went for a more prim styling by buttoning up a cardigan and belting it, then adding a graphic scarf for a bold pop. The saturated colors are definitely pretty bold and eclectic, but it's still a prim look.

For my last two looks I styled a vintage leather skirt. The top outfit is the third styling of the Mata Traders purple dress, this time worn as a top with the skirt layered on top. The outfit was initially a bit plain so I layered a huge scarf on top to give it some texture and color variation. The second look styled the lace top with the leather skirt for a less bold look with basically just white and tan. Taking style cues from Dusty's coloration, I suppose! These last two looks are definitely the most bohemian of the six, which makes them my favorite!

Liz Morrow 10/14/13 Liz Morrow 10/14/13

Q + A // styling a lace top

Perhaps it is untimely to do a post about styling lace on the cusp of fall and winter, but looking back through my archives I've probably worn my lace tops just about as much in the colder months as I have in the summer. The few lace tops I have in my closer are some of my favorite items to remix. Lace can tend to either veer into matronly territory, or be a little risqué and see-through, but I've also found it to be easy to layer in funky, eclectic, and cute ways!

While it might be a bit too revealing for some, I actually rather like styling my lace tops with only a bra underneath. The two looks below both are styled with just a bra underneath, no cami, but I didn't feel self conscious or scandalous in either outfit. If you want to get the same look, without baring the skin, you could always wear a nude cami underneath to mimic the look. I really love this look on hot summer days because it's so breezy and light.

One of my favorite ways to wear lace tops is by layering them over a dress. This can easily change up the look of a dress and is a great way to give some of your old dresses a new look. By layering a top over a dress, you're essentially wearing the dress as a skirt, but with a lace top you still get the peek of the dress underneath through the lace pattern. This is also a great way to start layering if you want to style lace in the winter. Start by layering a lace top over a dress, then you can add a scarf, a cardigan, tights, etc. You can also keep layering in the summer by doing this.

You can also layer a bit by tucking the lace top into a belt at your waist. This gives the waist a bit more definition than just wearing the top sans belt. I also find that I really like wearing lace tops with a long necklace or a scarf.

You can also tuck lace tops into high waisted skirts for a more tailored styling than the more bohemian look of having it layered over a dress. Of course, if you want to go for a more undone look, you can always tuck just the front and then layer necklaces or a scarf over top, or even throw on a cute cardigan to make it more fall friendly. Lace is one of those fabrics that can function in a ton of ways. It can be sexy, or bohemian, or grandma, or eclectic. It can act as a neutral or a print. I tend to style my white lace tops on top of lighter colors, so it functions more as a neutral than a print, but I also mix prints like it's nobody's business, so perhaps I just am not aware of how I'm actually print mixing. Layering a lace top over darker colors does make the lace pattern pop more, though, so be aware that your lace will function more as a print when you pair it with a darker base layer. When it's worn on top of a lighter color, the lace pattern is much more subtle, which makes it easier to wear with other prints.
If you're looking for a lace top similar to the ones I've styled in this post, I got them a couple years ago so I'm pretty sure they're not in stock anymore but you can find some similar ones here:
Oasap // Yes Style // Alice & Olivia

Liz Morrow 10/12/13 Liz Morrow 10/12/13

OUR HOME // bathroom before + after

I'm pretty excited to share this with you guys because it's taken about ten months to finish this room, and the only reason it took that long was my crazy paint undertaking. If I'd gone at it in one go, it probably would've only taken a week, but I started it right before my family got here to re-side the exterior. Once we started that giant project the herringbone paint job was put on the backburner and I didn't return to it for months. It was half done for most of this year. I can't tell you how good it felt to put that last line up.

This before picture is a shot from the listing before we bought it. The sad, lonely toilet plant was not my doing. I hated the blinds, mostly because they're impractical. I never want them closed because the bathroom is so tiny that I need as much natural light as possible coming in. But obviously I want them closed while showering so no peeping toms get a show. I solved that problem by taking the blinds down and putting up an etched glass contact-paper-esque window covering that made it so I could have all the natural light and none of the peeping toms.

We didn't really have a place to hang towels, and there was an awkward tiny wall behind the door next to the shower which was begging for some hooks to be installed. I didn't want to just throw up some boring old hooks so I covered the wall with reclaimed wood from pallets and then put up some natural wood hooks from Ikea.

Also from Ikea is the little cart next to our toilet and sink. The bathroom is rather tiny and it's the only one in the house so we really needed more storage for our daily items than the little medicine cabinet behind the mirror. It fits

perfectly

between the toilet and wall and it holds everything from hair products, to spare toilet paper, to our toothbrushes, q-tips, and cotton balls.

The little vessels on top the toilet are from

Moorea Seal

! When did her product shoot at my home back in July, my wish list grew exponentially. I basically coveted every little thing she brought to the house to shoot. Of course, I'd go broke if I'd

actually

bought everything. I settled for just a few items and this gold and black vase and feather vessel were two of the pieces I picked out.

The photo on wood was a Christmas present from my little brother the year Dan & I got married. He made it himself after googling tutorials and a ton of trial and error. It's definitely one of my most treasured items. The photos next to the window are photos I took at my grandparents' house in Juneau many years ago on my mom's old Olympus OM-1. They've always been some of my favorite photographs, so I'm glad I finally got to display them!

I know that you guys probably don't have any desire to spend hours and hours with a tiny paintbrush replicating my herringbone wall, and the good news is... you don't have to! I partnered with WallsNeedLove.com to create a

vinyl removable wallpaper version

based on my hand painted design!

Sweet, right? All of the herringbone, none of the cramped hand and hours crammed against the wall meticulously painting hundreds of tiny lines! Although if you're looking for a way to watch all of the seasons of Grey's Anatomy, I highly suggest going the painting route. Because it took

multiple

seasons of Grey's to finish that project. So, it's your choice. Binging on Grey's and cramped, painty hands or ... binging on Grey's while... drinking wine or something.

towel hooks / ikea :: wall design / handpainted (but buy the wallpaper version

+ polka dot towels /

Liz Morrow 10/11/13 Liz Morrow 10/11/13

STLFW // project:design!

The first day I was in town for STLFW, I flew in, got to the hotel, met my lovely roommate, and then we got ready to head out for our first night of festivities. There was a blogger dinner planned at Basso, which was right next door to the hotel, so we grabbed a few outfit photos and then headed down for dinner. The dinner was amazing and the restaurant was an underground, den-like venue, which made for a nice, intimate setting, despite there being about twenty of us. It was fun meeting the group of bloggers for the first time and filling up on amazing food and drinks. There was a happy hour planned for after dinner, but we had the option of attending the Project:Design! runway show, so Jackie and I decided to skip the happy hour and go out to the show instead. I'm glad we did, because no one else decided to go to happy hour anyway and we ended up getting front row seats to the show!!

You can see the collections from the show in their entirety here, but I also grabbed some shots of my own and wanted to share a few of my personal favorite looks and designers from the night.

My favorite designer from the Project:Design! show was probably Lauren Bander. The first look with the crop top and maxi is just perfection. The collection had a sophisticated bohemian vibe to it, just right for spring/summer. I would totally rock that bottom look too. So breezy and fresh.

Another favorite was Abaya Dake. I loved his use of bright colors, geometric patterns, and the incorporation of bold, ethnic prints. Overall, it's just a really fun collection that has a playfulness that isn't too self aware or pretentious.

Black by Maria Silver was in my top three favorite collections. There were fun, "fashion-y" pieces mixed with a lot of super wearable pieces. This first look is definitely very wearable, and I'm dying over the last look. I want that crop top like whoa, mostly because I have high waisted black jeans that would complete the look perfectly.

Which collection is your favorite? Click through for a few more collections from Project:Design!
Fouché Couture

Elise Lammert

Q Liu

Liz Morrow 10/10/13 Liz Morrow 10/10/13

maker's mark

One of the big events we got to go to while in St. Louis for fashion week was the Industry Night presentation. I was pretty excited to attend, because there were a couple designers showing whose work I really enjoy. One of those designers was Eva Franco, which was exciting because I have a couple Eva Franco dresses, including the one I'm wearing in this post (and this awesome one too)! One of my favorite memories from the weekend was taking photos in the runway at the Industry Night presentation before the show started and having Eva herself run up and join me! It's not often you get photobombed by the person who designed your dress!! Before the runway show I was hanging out sipping on wine and Eva's mom came up to me and we chatted for a bit. She was adorable and clearly so proud of her daughter. She showed me photos on her iPhone of this dress hanging at multiple Anthropologie locations where she'd seen it in the store.
If I remember correctly, this dress is the #1 best seller at Anthro right now! I paired it with black tights and some black heels to go out for a lady date the other night, so it's going to be a great winter date night option too! The fabric is super substantial and structure is architectural in a feminine way. Fun and funky! I bet you could even style a collared long sleeve shirt underneath with the collar poking out the top for an eclectic outfit! Maybe even with some colored tights. Black and white clothes are so fun to play around with because color-wise they're a blank slate.

dress/courtesy of eva franco :: shoes/courtesy of modcloth :: necklace/francesca's jacket/modcloth :: bracelet/courtesy of musana jewelry :: photos by Julie

Hi, I’m Liz

I'm an artist, writer, designer, DIY renovator, and … well basically I like to do all the things. If it’s creative I’m probably doing it. I’ve spent over 30 years voraciously pursuing a life steeped in creativity and I wholeheartedly believe creativity and joy are inextricably linked.
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Women's Work Wayzgoose 2026 Steamroller Print

$350.00

Lino relief print created during the 2026 Wayzgoose Steamroller Print event in Tacoma. Each print was pressed using a 1.5 ton steamroller. See the entire process here!

The Wayzgoose theme this year was Tacoma Works, a celebration of the labor history of Tacoma, labor solidarity, Tacoma industry, and what work in Tacoma looks like.

As I thought about the theme, I realized I wanted to highlight the unpaid labor that women do, all the work that doesn't get acknowledged as “real work" and goes uncompensated but quietly forms the backbone of society. Care work, cooking and cleaning, household management, pregnancy and child rearing, carrying the emotional and mental load, etc.

I wanted to use the imagery of a quilt because this devaluing of "women's work" has extended into the art world by deeming mediums historically associated with women as merely "craft" - lots of fiber art, quilting, embroidery: highly skilled and artistically incredible work that wasn't considered "fine art."

Women's work is the thread that stitches everything together. It's the thread that goes unnoticed and under appreciated, but without it, everything would fall apart.

When I say “women’s work” I don’t mean that only women engage in these types of work, but historically these types of unpaid labor have fallen vastly upon women. I also don’t mean that women don’t or haven’t engaged in paid labor and industry throughout Tacoma’s history, they obviously have. To me, “women’s work” is the phrase that embodies how we devalue certain types of labor typically associated with women, and can extend into forms of paid labor— why is it that teachers are so underpaid in our society? Could it have anything to do with teaching having been a workforce of primarily women historically?

So when we talk about women’s work we’re talking about things like care work, elder care, feeding a family, procuring groceries, household management, keeping a home clean and stocked, rearing children, pregnancy, birthing and breastfeeding, emotional labor, mental load, community building and organizing. Without these forms of “women’s work” our society would unravel.

Women's work is work. The labor and industry history in Tacoma could not have happened without the women in the background supporting it all with the work they did that wasn't considered real work.

Tacoma Works because Women Work.

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Due to the nature of printing outdoors, on the ground, with a steam roller, there are variations and slight imperfections from print to print.

Prints ship rolled in a cardboard tube.
Local pickup is in Central Tacoma.

Paper size: 30.5 x 44 in
Print size: 24 x 36 in

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Mutual Relief Print

$65.00

Hand-pressed original linoleum block print.

When we live mutually we support one another, live in community, love one another.

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✸ Handprinted on an etching press with archival inks
✸ Linoleum Relief Print
✸ 12×18"
✸ Signed, edition of 15
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Due to the handmade nature of these prints, there is some slight variation between each individual print.

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Talix̂tas Relief Print

$70.00

Hand-pressed original linoleum block print.

Unangax̂ dancing has seen a beautiful revitalization in the past few decades, and this piece is dedicated to the dancers who spent their lives reawakening Unangax̂ dancing, and to the dancers in the coming generations who will carry it forward.

50% of the proceeds of this print go towards disaster relief for the devastation Western Alaska is experiencing from the impact of typhoon Halong.

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✸ Handprinted on an etching press with archival inks on Arnhem Warm White 245gsm (100% Cotton Rag, Acid Free)
✸ Linoleum Relief Print
✸ 14×20"
✸ Signed, edition of 50
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Due to the handmade nature of these prints, there is some slight variation between each individual print.

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Flock Together Relief Print

$70.00

Hand-pressed original linoleum block print.

On the last day of my artist residency in Sitka, my kiddo’s homesickness hit its peak. We’d been away from home for almost a month and they didn’t want me to leave that morning to go to the museum. So I invited them to come with me and told them I’d draw them a goose— sometimes I call them “goose” which I think was initially a shortening of “silly goose” but now I just use Goose.

This print came out of that drawing. Two hugging geese— mom and child, lovers, friends. For me, this is a depiction of me and Jack, but for you? Who is your goose who needs a hug that feels like home?

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✸ Handprinted on an etching press with archival inks
✸ Linoleum Relief Print
✸ 12×18"
✸ Signed, edition of 25
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Due to the handmade nature of these prints, there is some slight variation between each individual print.

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Fucus Distichus Relief Print

$30.00

Hand pressed original linoleum block print.

Inspired by the beautiful seaweed teeming on the shores of Sitka Sound.

✸ Handprinted on a lever press with archival inks on Arnhem Stonehenge Warm White 245gsm (100% Cotton Rag, Acid Free)
✸ Linoleum Relief Print
✸ 6×8"
✸ Signed, edition of 50
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Due to the handmade nature of these prints, there is some slight variation between each individual print.

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Kith Relief Print

$65.00

Hand-pressed original linoleum block print.

We are not separate from nature, we are a part of it, despite the capitalist and religious values that have convinced many that we are set on earth to dominate, extract, and conquer her. We are one part of the circle.

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✸ Handprinted on an etching press with archival inks on Arnhem Warm White 245gsm (100% Cotton Rag, Acid Free)
✸ Linoleum Relief Print
✸ 16×16"
✸ Signed, edition of 20
✸ Ships flat

Due to the handmade nature of these prints, there is some slight variation between each individual print.

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Sea Kin Giclée Print

from $17.00

Giclée print reproduction of the original linoleum relief print. This is not an original relief print. Because size and pricing can be prohibitive on a larger print such as the original print, I wanted to offer a reproduction giclée version in a couple sizes slightly smaller than the original.

You can see the original steamroller print here.

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This print was inspired by a dream I had shortly before leaving for Sitka. In the dream I swam all the way from Tacoma to Sitka, then upon arriving in Sitka I was out on a spit of land across the water from town and a huge tsunami wave tossed me into the sea. I was tumbling underwater, the ocean was opaque from the wave kicking up silt, and I realized I couldn’t tell up from down to find the surface and was going to drown, alone beneath the waves. I woke up in a start— it was one of those almost-too-real dreams that had you wake with your heart racing. Later that day I was ruminating on the dream and realized that while I felt alone underwater because I couldn’t see anything, I wasn’t actually alone. I was surrounded by kin: Salmon guiding me to the headwaters of a stream, kelp growing towards upwards to guide me to the surface, seals who could pull me along.

I spent the first week of my residency carving the linoleum, then we got our steamroller rental delivered and printed! The steamroller was a little smaller than the ones we use for Wayzgoose so I wasn’t sure if it would be heavy enough, but it worked perfectly and we ended up with nine prints. So many people came out to watch and it was such a blast getting to do another steamroller print!

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Prints ship rolled in a cardboard tube.

Sizes available:

12×18 and 16x24 in.

What is a giclée print?

Giclée printing (pronounced zhee-clay) is a type of inkjet printing, but not all inkjet prints are giclée prints. The intention of giclée printing is to produce a product at a higher quality and with a longer lifespan than a standard desktop inkjet printer. For a giclée print, the paper must be of archival quality. The biggest difference between a standard inkjet print and a giclee print is that giclées are printed using pigment-based inks rather than dye-based inks that are found in lower-cost inkjets. Pigment-based inks have a longer lifespan: they can last anywhere from 100 - 200 years without significant fading.

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Sitka Swirls Relief Print

$45.00

Hand pressed original linoleum block print.

Inspired by the beautiful kelp teeming in the waters of Sitka Sound.

✸ Handprinted on a lever press with archival inks on Arnhem Stonehenge Warm White 245gsm (100% Cotton Rag, Acid Free)
✸ Linoleum Relief Print
✸ 8×10"
✸ Signed, edition of 100
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Due to the handmade nature of these prints, there is some slight variation between each individual print.

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Haanux̂ Lessons Relief Print

$55.00

Hand-pressed original linoleum block print.

The sockeye salmon—Haanux̂—is the ubiquitous presence in the Alaska Native subsistence life. My family has spent generations harvesting haanux̂ from the icy waters of Bristol Bay, and wrote this poem while reflecting on the wisdom of a salmon’s instincts. A salmon lesson.

I know when to swim
upstream
pushing through
the current
called by an invisible
siren
home

and I know
when to let my body
be carried by the waves
weightless
and effortlessly
gliding

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✸ Handprinted on an etching press with archival inks on Legion Stonehenge White 250gsm (100% Cotton Rag, Acid Free)
✸ Linoleum Relief Print
✸ 11×14"
✸ Signed, open edition
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Qanglaaĝix̂ Relief Print

$55.00

Hand-pressed original linoleum block print.

The raven is a creature of myth and magic, mischief and majesty. These talkative and playful corvids punctuate my time spent in Alaska, croaking to one another as I pad through moss-filled ancient forests. This print connects the Raven to her habitat— Kelp strewn on rocky southeast beaches, salmonberries and ferns tangled beneath pines, and the punctuation of bright fuchsia fireweed against grey skies. They talk to me and I talk back. Qanglaaĝix̂— Raven.

✸ Handprinted on an etching press with archival inks on Legion Stonehenge White 250gsm (100% Cotton Rag, Acid Free)
✸ Linoleum Relief Print
✸ 11×14"
✸ Signed, open edition
✸ Ships flat

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Raven Sticker

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Matte Die Cut Sticker

Dimensions: 2.2" x 3"

Vinyl stickers are the OG multipurpose sticker. This material is strong, reliable, and versatile, perfect for indoor or outdoor use. Stickers made on our vinyl material will withstand any kind of weather, will hang on through the dishwasher, and are UV protected so they will stay shiny and vibrant for up to 4 years.

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Home Sweet Tacoma Relief Print- Small Version

$55.00

Hand pressed original linoleum block print.

This ode to the salty and sweet city we call home is a small version of my 2024 Wayzgoose steamroller print, which will be pressed live on May 4th at the Wayzgoose event at Moore Library here in Tacoma! Grab this small version, and come check out the 2ft x 3ft version get printed with a steamroller at the event!

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✸ Handprinted on an etching press with archival inks on Legion Stonehenge White 250gsm (100% Cotton Rag, Acid Free)
✸ Linoleum Relief Print
✸ 11×14"
✸ Signed, open edition
✸ Ships flat

Due to the handmade nature of these prints, there is some slight variation between each individual print.

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LIMITED EDITION: Halfway Somewhere Screen Print

$40.00

6 color hand pulled original screen print, including shimmery gold ink on the sun which catches the light beautifully.

Size:
11 1/4 x 14 in

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ORIGINAL You'll Like Tacoma Wayzgoose 2025 Steamroller Print

$300.00

Lino relief print created during the 2025 Wayzgoose Steamroller Print event in Tacoma. Each print was pressed using a 1.5 ton steamroller. See the entire process here!

The Wayzgoose theme this year was Make Some Noise, a celebration of the music of Tacoma, bands from Tacoma, songs about Tacoma, and music venues in Tacoma. It was so fun seeing all the different interpretations of the theme. Here’s mine:

“Where’s that confounded bridge?” Led Zeppelin’s The Crunge’s final lyrics ask. What is a song’s bridge? A musical change of pace, intended to provide contrast to the rest of the composition. Here in the Northwest we’re the bridge. We’re not the fancy metropolitan city of Seattle, we’re not a densely wooded small town or coastal hamlet, and we aren’t rolling fields of agricultural land. We’re something different. Something gritty and creative. We’ve got a little bit of funk to us, and I’m not just talking about the aroma. We strut to the beat of our own rhythm. Blue collar, grunge, and art all steeped together under the watchful eye of our namesake peak.

And then there’s the bridge, or should I say bridges. We’re perched on our peninsula jutting out into the Puget sound, anchored on west and east by bridges— Tacoma Narrows, Murray Morgan, and the E 21st St bridge.

In this piece I wanted to share a poem about the music of Tacoma, it’s people, it’s land, the interweaving of everything we hear when we close our eyes in the middle of the city. Tacoma has birthed many amazing artists, some nationally known, like Neko Case, some with cult Tacoma followings, like Girl Trouble— but I like to think we are all a part of the song of Tacoma, being sung throughout the ages as we build our lives between bridges in this little gritty city, “a dusty old jewel on the south Puget Sound.”

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Due to the nature of printing outdoors, on the ground, with a steam roller, there are variations and slight imperfections from print to print.

Prints ship rolled in a cardboard tube.
Local pickup is in Central Tacoma.

Paper size: 30.5 x 44 in
Print size: 24 x 36 in

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ORIGINAL Home Sweet Tacoma Wayzgoose 2024 Steamroller Print

from $275.00

Lino relief prints created during the 2024 Wayzgoose Steamroller Print event in Tacoma. Each print was pressed using a 1.5 ton steamroller. See the entire process here!

The Wayzgoose theme this year was Sweet and Salty. There are so many ways in which Tacoma is both Sweet and Salty. Her people are the salt of the earth. She's nestled within the salty waters of the Puget Sound. Folks here feel a little salty about Tacoma changing— "Keep Tacoma Feared" is the refrain to maintain a Tacoma that’s an underdog, a sweet secret that only her residents could truly appreciate.

For those of us who call Tacoma "home," it's a sweet place filled with a vibrant creative community, balanced against the contrast of a salt-of-the-earth blue collar community often symbolized by our bustling seaport.

That's what this piece represents. Gritty Tacoma, sweet and salty, arts and labor, a little rough around the edges, but a sweet treasure we call home.

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Due to the nature of printing outdoors, on the ground, with a steam roller, there are variations and slight imperfections from print to print. Prints 2 and 3 have some slight smudging (shown in the images).

Prints ship rolled in a cardboard tube.

Paper size: 30.5 x 44 in
Print size: 24 x 36 in

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