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Moving on some projects here. Needs work on its bib, I think. Do you agree?I've been exploring how to lay out space in these tiny things. They are about 1\" by 1.5\" --whatever those tiny Post-its are. I like how my skill constrains me to these rough lines and\u2026","rel":"","context":"In &quot;Art&quot;","block_context":{"text":"Art","link":"https:\/\/www.metasilk.com\/wd\/category\/art\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"","width":0,"height":0},"classes":[]},{"id":961,"url":"https:\/\/www.metasilk.com\/wd\/wip-bird-stamps\/","url_meta":{"origin":1995,"position":5},"title":"WIP Bird stamps","author":"Kir","date":"3 June 2019","format":false,"excerpt":"Making more!\u00a0Memorial Day weekend here in Vermont is also Spring Open Studio Weekend. 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