Studio Journal

JournalAboutColophon

Notes on craft, process, and the small decisions that add up to a finished thing.


  • JUL 12, 2026

    Pages, and what the nav is for

    A woman emailed in June asking whether I take commissions, and I realized I had written forty thousand words about dovetails without ever writing down who I am…

  • MAY 3, 2026

    There is no stylesheet to open

    Two months in, I went looking for the CSS file. Not for a good reason. I had been reading an entry on my phone and decided the space above the post titles was f…

  • FEB 17, 2026

    Four knobs and a cream page

    I put off starting this journal for two years, and the reason was always the same: I did not want to spend a weekend picking a typeface. I have watched that wee…

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