I've been making books and zines and block prints since high school, and I've long been interested in the look and feel of books and paper goods. By around 2002, these interests evolved into my micropress Beth Bee Books.

The artwork in/on my books includes pen & ink drawings, block prints, and screen prints. After many years only selling books on etsy, my shop now also includes block print collage artwork. I’m also an oil painter. Hopefully a time will come when I also offer prints of my paintings here.

In the meantime I work on my art part-time from my home studio in Corvallis, a university city of about 60,000 in Western Oregon, located south of Portland, in the lush and agriculturally productive Willamette Valley. I also work full-time during my weekdays in a non-art profession, and all of that keeps me pretty busy.

I was already self-publishing earlier zine-like versions of Rabbit Food Cookbook and making address books when I opened this shop with Etsy in the summer of 2007. The shop and my products have continued to grow since then. One of the most fun aspects of running the shop is knowing all the places around the US and the world where my books and other artworks are going. I love being part of the indie arts and crafts community and I really enjoy the direct connection I have here with customers and other artists. ☆