It's just me, there is actually no assembly line. I did miss getting the print order in before the Lunar New Year print factory break(my fault!) but it is in now(it is technically still Chinese New Year).
That said, the special editions are being assembled at my woodshop right now! I am personally assembling every single one of them! They look so nice, I am so excited. Also the gold foiled book boxes have been sitting in my studio space for years(they were the first thing I designed) and I am so excited to be ushering them outwards.
A reminder - if you got the special edition(or the very fancy edition), you are getting multiple shipments! I am shipping the special edition components; my fulfillment partners will be shipping the books.
Do you want to see some pictures?
the paper ephemera, to use in your journals. artisanally hand separated and stacked by yours truly.
the brass divination spinners, hand assembled by me or one of my assistants!
My little assembly station. I would not say I have a lot of space.
The first batch of shipments go out next Monday(If you live in California and your shipping charge went through, and you ordered the special edition, you're in the first batch! Sorry to other states, it was easier to segment by state and almost 20% of the special edition orders came from CA.)
I really love doing this, especially at a time where being an artist(and especially being a non-binary, queer, immigrant artist of color) feels like a very tenuous way to exist. Putting these together reminds me that there are people in the world who value the work of human hands(that are paid a not-high, but reasonable, wage), and making art slowly and with specificity. Thank you for your patience, and thank you for letting me make art for you.
