the small comforts of bartering

I work for a small urban farm in Kingston known as Main St. Market. It is decidedly my fun job. I am in charge of helping the small family run operation prepare to start selling food at the local farmers market on top of what they're already working on (which is feeding 35 families on produce grown from a community garden by the way!).

On one such week, I was selling veggies and bread at the Wally Elmer Community Centre when my market neighbour Yvonne mentioned she is wanted a business card made for her blossoming baked goods and knitting business. I photographed the graphic from her flyer and cleaned it up before making the card itself.





My freezer is now the proud owner of 5 (-1) apple pies! I love Kingston food community!! (2011)

where i got my practical skills

My dad is a master electrician. He is definitely talented in his field. After getting laid off, every successive company he worked for asked him to cut corners on building safety code. For this reason he took the leap to go into business for himself. After hearing this he unknowingly gained a level of respect from me that wasn't there before, though you'd probably not be able to tell that from listening to us argue.


This is the front...


...and back of the card I made for him. 2007
One day after picking me up from work some years ago, something randomly broke in the steering column of his truck. I watched him jam a screwdriver into just the right spot in order to crudely steer long enough to make it home.