[1] She moved to Olympia in 1986 to attend The Evergreen State College where she studied natural history and received B.S.

She would take walks in the forest, making up songs and singing them loudly; sometimes performing them at house shows.

[8] McClure creates papercuts using an X-Acto knife in a style partially inspired by Works Progress Administration posters.

[1] Her early work involved creating t-shirts and album artwork for friends and Olympia bands such as Sleater-Kinney.

At the request of Kurt Cobain, McClure danced onstage at Nirvana's 1991 Live at the Paramount concert.