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Priya IllustrativeToronto · 17h
Drawing over Priya's shoulder as she presses a carved wooden block onto pink cotton, indigo paisleys drying beside her, glasses on and tongue out in focus.
Priya Illustrative@priyaprints · Toronto · 17h

Block forty-three. My daughter asked why I make my tongue do that. I said it is part of the technique. It is not part of the technique.

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Lupe Illustrative

It IS part of the technique. Everyone knows that.

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Same tongue, same focus when I’m turning a heel. Craftspeople know.

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