It's a love story, of course! Blake and Hannah met at Tulane Univeristy in New Orleans, Louisiana while Hannah was finishing up her undergraduate BFA with a concentration in printmaking and Blake was getting started on his MFA in printmaking. It was just after Hurricane Katrina, and every one was tense and sad and a little bit empty feeling.

At first, Blake thought Hannah was some kind of itchy, exciteable midget and Hannah found Blake to be an uppity ascetic. It turns out, they were both right, but they learned to love each other, anyway. They bonded over their shared passions of printmaking, drawing, cooking and hard work.

As love blossomed, so did a serious printmaking partnership. Blake and Hannah organize exhibitions, portfolio exchanges and mini print conferences every year through their collaborative, http://orangebarrelindustries.com/

They started this shop in 2009 as a way to expand their range of interaction and bring their love of finely crafted prints with a sense of humor to the public in a new way!

You can learn more about their everyday activities on their blog, http://orangebarrelindustries.wordpress.com/, which contains recipes, DIY projects, printmaking travel stories and peeks into their sketchbooks! They sincerely apologize for writing this in the third person, but they have gotten so used to it writing artist-bios for exhibitions and websites!