States of Matter

If things have been unusually quiet here for the last several weeks it’s because I’ve been occupied with rebuilding the studio to make it better arranged to support the type of work that most often happens within its walls. At the same time, I’ve been working on a long-gestating idea to rename the imprint through which my studio output enters the world. The new Risograph ME9450U in the Matter Editions production studio. When I acquired my first Risograph in 2020, there was no plan. I didn’t have a clear sense where owning that machine, and the other equipment I’ve acquired since, would take me. And it’s taken time to understand my voice in the work I want to produce. After much rumination, I landed on the name Matter Editions. It made sense by being sufficiently curious, expansive, while also sounding sturdy and reliable — characteristics that are all important to me personally. Then there’s the obvious pun: work that matters — and that is made of matter (in the scientific sense), and…