Kirsten Lawrence
@mashinter.bsky.social
Kenny Lake, Alaska
photography & letterpress 💕
bluemashstudio.com
photography & letterpress 💕
bluemashstudio.com
Oof. Finding a letterpress-worthy paper & a supplier that will ship to Alaska via USPS has been a huge time suck. Even after finding a great paper that will ship USPS, it’s been hard to get people to get back to me. I might just order a decade’s worth of paper and be done with it 🤣💕
#letterpress
#letterpress
November 17, 2025 at 9:32 PM
Oof. Finding a letterpress-worthy paper & a supplier that will ship to Alaska via USPS has been a huge time suck. Even after finding a great paper that will ship USPS, it’s been hard to get people to get back to me. I might just order a decade’s worth of paper and be done with it 🤣💕
#letterpress
#letterpress
Twelve years ago I sent a class of my students around to the grocery stores in Bozeman, Montana to price a list of items they felt everyone should be able to afford (it was a special topics class on food insecurity). I wonder how these prices compare with today’s Bozeman (or Kenny Lake & Glennallen)
November 13, 2025 at 3:13 AM
Twelve years ago I sent a class of my students around to the grocery stores in Bozeman, Montana to price a list of items they felt everyone should be able to afford (it was a special topics class on food insecurity). I wonder how these prices compare with today’s Bozeman (or Kenny Lake & Glennallen)
Keeping up with a website steals Saturdays. I try to upload the latest of my ‘daily prints’ in a timely manner, but it takes away time & effort I need to be able to cook delicious meals, deal with trash & actually make prints. It’s helping procrastinate against writing my artist statement though🤣💕
November 9, 2025 at 12:27 AM
Keeping up with a website steals Saturdays. I try to upload the latest of my ‘daily prints’ in a timely manner, but it takes away time & effort I need to be able to cook delicious meals, deal with trash & actually make prints. It’s helping procrastinate against writing my artist statement though🤣💕
I’ve made prints with ‘add joy, don’t steal it’ before—message reinforcement is always key with me 💕
#letterpress
#letterpress
November 5, 2025 at 7:10 PM
I’ve made prints with ‘add joy, don’t steal it’ before—message reinforcement is always key with me 💕
#letterpress
#letterpress
November 3, 2025 at 12:04 AM
I have a show in Juneau January-March (Davis Gallery in Centennial Hall), so I’m printing a few styles of greeting cards to have for sale. All my ideas for what to print have to do with love; I’m not sure if that’s a good idea or not. Love rules my life but I also know it can be 🤮
#letterpress
#letterpress
October 22, 2025 at 10:12 PM
I have a show in Juneau January-March (Davis Gallery in Centennial Hall), so I’m printing a few styles of greeting cards to have for sale. All my ideas for what to print have to do with love; I’m not sure if that’s a good idea or not. Love rules my life but I also know it can be 🤮
#letterpress
#letterpress
Keeping the holiday cards simple this year ♥️ (Yay for Penny Farthing type!) I might spice it up and print a few in gold too. The paper I bought is luscious and perfect for this to-be-mailed-to-those-far-away batch of love. (Yay Box Car Press!) 💕
Ok….and yay to Letterpress Inks for the fabulous ink!
Ok….and yay to Letterpress Inks for the fabulous ink!
October 21, 2025 at 8:19 PM
Keeping the holiday cards simple this year ♥️ (Yay for Penny Farthing type!) I might spice it up and print a few in gold too. The paper I bought is luscious and perfect for this to-be-mailed-to-those-far-away batch of love. (Yay Box Car Press!) 💕
Ok….and yay to Letterpress Inks for the fabulous ink!
Ok….and yay to Letterpress Inks for the fabulous ink!
Muskrats like to nibble on dried roses. Who knew? 💕
October 18, 2025 at 12:08 AM
Muskrats like to nibble on dried roses. Who knew? 💕
Friday, October 17, 2025, 10:50 am, close to Mile 4, Old Edgerton Highway, Alaska— I’m seeing the first flakes of the season floating down around the cabin. Hello, Winter 💕
October 17, 2025 at 6:52 PM
Friday, October 17, 2025, 10:50 am, close to Mile 4, Old Edgerton Highway, Alaska— I’m seeing the first flakes of the season floating down around the cabin. Hello, Winter 💕
It’s 42F outside and verrrrry rainy. Hubs is in the thick of it starting the build that will become our cabin’s new arctic entryway, which will also have a sink and new studio corner for me. Yay, but I’m really looking forward to the house build and finally having my own darkroom facilities 💕
October 14, 2025 at 9:28 PM
It’s 42F outside and verrrrry rainy. Hubs is in the thick of it starting the build that will become our cabin’s new arctic entryway, which will also have a sink and new studio corner for me. Yay, but I’m really looking forward to the house build and finally having my own darkroom facilities 💕
The full moon from the other morning was so lovely and so peaceful. Fall is still with us in Kenny Lake, Alaska, and I hope it stays awhile longer. I’m not yet ready for snow 💕
#alaskasky
#alaskasky
October 10, 2025 at 7:30 PM
The full moon from the other morning was so lovely and so peaceful. Fall is still with us in Kenny Lake, Alaska, and I hope it stays awhile longer. I’m not yet ready for snow 💕
#alaskasky
#alaskasky
I don’t update my website as often as I probably should but that doesn’t really matter. What matters is I updated it today with my most recent prints. And I can see that in the link image, I have Hyderites cut off and should fix that at some point 💕
daily prints — Blue Mash Studio
Making letterpress prints out of my two-foot by three-foot studio space in Kenny Lake, Alaska.
www.bluemashstudio.com
October 8, 2025 at 3:04 AM
I don’t update my website as often as I probably should but that doesn’t really matter. What matters is I updated it today with my most recent prints. And I can see that in the link image, I have Hyderites cut off and should fix that at some point 💕
October 1, 2025 at 3:28 AM
For years I thought that someone would steal this sign before I’d be able to take it. Thanks to good friends and the owner of the building who raised no fuss about my having the sign, the Dean’s Groceries sign has travelled north from Hyder, Alaska, to be with me in Kenny Lake. Hallelujah 💛🧡💛
September 24, 2025 at 1:04 AM
For years I thought that someone would steal this sign before I’d be able to take it. Thanks to good friends and the owner of the building who raised no fuss about my having the sign, the Dean’s Groceries sign has travelled north from Hyder, Alaska, to be with me in Kenny Lake. Hallelujah 💛🧡💛
Mainly because of our insane road trip down to Prince Rupert, BC (I really wasn’t thinking about distance when I planned it), it’s been nearly a month since I last printed. Today I did the 1st two layers on a print that showcases the reason for our trip, a stay at the Cassiar Cannery 💕
#letterpress
#letterpress
September 23, 2025 at 10:05 PM
Mainly because of our insane road trip down to Prince Rupert, BC (I really wasn’t thinking about distance when I planned it), it’s been nearly a month since I last printed. Today I did the 1st two layers on a print that showcases the reason for our trip, a stay at the Cassiar Cannery 💕
#letterpress
#letterpress
The Dairy Queen in Palmer offers half off on shakes and malts from 2-5 M-F. This was discovered by accident, a very happy accident 💕
September 20, 2025 at 12:13 AM
The Dairy Queen in Palmer offers half off on shakes and malts from 2-5 M-F. This was discovered by accident, a very happy accident 💕
While we were in Hyder earlier this month, my husband took the Dean’s Groceries sign off the building. My oldest childhood Hyder friend brought the sign back to Kenny Lake for me. I grew up in this once-was-a-baptist-church building and my dad was Dean 💛
September 18, 2025 at 1:55 AM
While we were in Hyder earlier this month, my husband took the Dean’s Groceries sign off the building. My oldest childhood Hyder friend brought the sign back to Kenny Lake for me. I grew up in this once-was-a-baptist-church building and my dad was Dean 💛
When a totally legal, beautiful moose walks right in front of you and across your property and you have not camera, not gun, nor hunting license…. 🙄
September 16, 2025 at 12:24 AM
When a totally legal, beautiful moose walks right in front of you and across your property and you have not camera, not gun, nor hunting license…. 🙄
The swans have come for a visit (and maybe a reprieve from the wickedly blowing wind) 💕
August 29, 2025 at 3:13 AM
The swans have come for a visit (and maybe a reprieve from the wickedly blowing wind) 💕
Had to go to Anchorage today and didn’t see either guy (or anyone, really) in the Lowe’s, Panda Express, or Costco off Muldoon.
Could you imagine, Trump at Lowe’s? 😂
Could you imagine, Trump at Lowe’s? 😂
August 15, 2025 at 11:57 PM
Had to go to Anchorage today and didn’t see either guy (or anyone, really) in the Lowe’s, Panda Express, or Costco off Muldoon.
Could you imagine, Trump at Lowe’s? 😂
Could you imagine, Trump at Lowe’s? 😂
August 12, 2025 at 7:12 PM
August 9, 2025 at 7:49 PM
It’s 53F/12C, rainy, and verrrrry grey out. I hate to say it, but it feels like the end of summer. Sigh.
#letterpress #alaska
#letterpress #alaska
August 8, 2025 at 2:01 AM
It’s 53F/12C, rainy, and verrrrry grey out. I hate to say it, but it feels like the end of summer. Sigh.
#letterpress #alaska
#letterpress #alaska
Teaching myself how to adjust my bike brakes is a small but important win. My next challenge is figuring out the world of tires. As for my recently purchased 80s era bike, that lovely is at a bike shop in Palmer. If I’m lucky, I’ll get it back by the end of August (but they were helpful, so win) 🤣💕
July 29, 2025 at 1:44 AM
Teaching myself how to adjust my bike brakes is a small but important win. My next challenge is figuring out the world of tires. As for my recently purchased 80s era bike, that lovely is at a bike shop in Palmer. If I’m lucky, I’ll get it back by the end of August (but they were helpful, so win) 🤣💕
Came home from a lunch with friends to find that my husband has decided today is the day to listen to Judas Priest at full volume. That man fills my heart 🤣💕🤘🏼
July 16, 2025 at 10:22 PM
Came home from a lunch with friends to find that my husband has decided today is the day to listen to Judas Priest at full volume. That man fills my heart 🤣💕🤘🏼