Jay meandered out to Portland for about a year, and we did a few projects while we waited anxiously in our teeny 300 sq ft. studio for Influence to collapse, which it finally did in early 2002. Do we stay, do we go? Jay went, I stayed and Nanette Wallace and I found each other in a letterpress class at OCAC. Over the next 3 years, we collected a few cabinets of type and a couple printing presses, and did several projects together as Press 26.

Alas the rains of Portland finally soaked into my bones—after a short time as an Interactive Designer at Second Story and a 2 month cross country excursion, I made the decision to head east for dryer weather and fresh Budweiser. Here I am, lovin' it at toky branding + design