Woodstock Create - October 2025

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Zachary M
October 14, 2025

The October 2025 issue of Woodstock Create is here! This month, we received submissions from nine creators. Thank you to our 186 subscribers—most of whom are Woodstock community members, Southeast Portland residents, and fellow creators—for supporting the newsletter each month.

Do you have in progress and/or completed pieces you would like to share with the community? We want to see them! Submit your creations here for the next issue of Woodstock Create which will be published on Tuesday, November 11.

CREATORS: 👉 You are welcome to submit pieces every month, even if you were featured in a previous issue of the newsletter. Keep us updated on what you’re making!

Addie Boswell

addieboswell.com
@AddieKBoswell

Lately, I’ve been working with marine debris that was collected along the Oregon Coast and in Puget Sound this summer. Here are some new pieces!

Ropey Sea
All items collected during a one-day cleanup on Vashon Island! I made this tumultuous sea/sky piece out of fishing debris including net, fiber, rope, and more.

Buoy Wind Spinners
Made from used buoys collected from Puget Sound by volunteer “Soundkeepers.” These are hanging outside my house to give me more room in the studio. You might see them in the neighborhood!

Kat Buckley

Keep PDX Weird
Now, more than ever, it’s worth celebrating our city. I ❤️ PDX in all its weird, weird glory.

Grace Garrett

Slow Feeders for Marble and Mercury
Custom made ceramic food bowls for two beloved cats. I didn’t have to think twice about what to make for my cousin as a wedding gift. She and her partner adore their two cats Marble and Mercury! I designed these pieces with their new family and home in mind: pink and green underglaze to match the decor, hand-carved lettering to highlight the cats’ bold personalities, and a maze-like “slow feeder” interior to engage their problem-solving skills. Can’t wait to surprise the four of them!

Jerram Harte AKA Harte Doodles

Jerram tries to work with the same enthusiasm as a kindergartener with a crayon. Inspired by surrealism, he aims to tap into his subconscious by abandoning all logic and reason. What comes out is usually as strange as it is friendly.

Halloween 1
Digital illustration

Halloween 2
Digital illustration

Halloween 3
Digital illustration

Eli King

Block Printed T-Shirt
I carved a rubber block so I could print with it many times and paint around it. It’s always a challenge—knowing how long to iron the shirt so the ink is set in but not burned.

Cartoon Rat Hanging Out by a Lake
This was made in advance for an October prompt list called Rattober.

Ashley Knight

Ceramic Dinnerware Sets
Pottery is functional, microwave & dishwasher safe.

Gabe McInchak

Warhammer: The Jaws of Itzl Miniatures
Acrylic paint and basing materials

Zachary M

Untitled Missive 1
Marker and gold leaf on 4” x 6” watercolor postcard

Untitled Missive 2
Marker and gold leaf on 4” x 6” watercolor postcard

Jennifer Pratt Equine Artist

I have discovered a new-to-me surface to work on: Yupo! What is it? Yupo is a waterproof synthetic paper that is ultra-smooth and somewhat slippery. Thinned oil paint sits on top of the surface until enough tooth is built up in layers. Unexpected drips happen and are wanted. The smooth surface allows me to model my equine form by adding and removing paint with various tools—an exciting dance until the figure is formed. It accepts other media well such as graphite, STABILO film pencils, oil bar, and cold wax medium (once it is adhered to a solid substrate). These latest paintings are inspired by my most recent trip to the Kiger Mustang area in Eastern Oregon.

As an artist, I have dedicated myself to the subject that inspires me most, the equine form. I am drawn to the lines in a horse’s conformation, fluid, angular, curvaceous and graceful. My process always begins out in the field. In a paddock or the wild, usually one or two horses captivate my interest, evoking the desire to create. This happens through witnessing their character, movement, and reflections of light on their coat; sometimes I am also inspired by the story of what the animal has to share.

Stallion Drive
Mixed media (oil, STABILO for film, graphite, and cold wax) on 9” x 12” Yupo paper mounted to panel.

Solitary Stallion
Mixed media (oil, STABILO for film, graphite, and cold wax) on 9” x 12” Yupo paper mounted to panel.

Restless
Mixed media (oil, STABILO for film, graphite, and cold wax) on 9” x 12” Yupo paper mounted to panel.