One of the nicest finishes you can give to a handmade book is to bind it in the style known as coptic binding. There are lots of good instructions found in different books on bookbinding, but somehow they always seem to miss just the crucial step that you need to be clarified. Well, a YouTube […]
Merry Christmas to everyone!
Mary, did you know that your baby boy
has walked where angels trod,
and when you kiss your little baby,
you’ve kissed the face of G-d?
~lyrics by Mark Lowry and Buddy Greene
Tags: Collage, Digital Art, Mixed Media, Paper, Quotes
My daughter Dani’s video, made for the Gordon Globes this fall. She and her “gang” won the people’s choice award :-)
Tags: Digital Art, Gordon-College, Photography, video
Give it wings
…the best way to keep love is to give it wings.
~ unknown
Tags: Collage, Digital Art, Mixed Media, Paper
The fall issue of The Bonefolder is now online and free for downloading. For those not familiar with it, The Bonefolder is an e-journal specifically for book artists and bookbinders.
Tags: Book Arts, bookbinding, handmade-books, Mixed Media, Paper, tutorials
I found a wonderful article on the website for Threads Magazine which demystifies the process of chosing the proper stabilizer for your project. It took me back to when I was in junior high and really learning how to sew properly. There were very few choices available then. I always loved doing embellishments on the […]
Round-Up Thursday!
One of my favorite authors is Nita Leland. All of her books challenge you to think about color and design in ways that stretch your current repertoire. Creative Collage Techniques is the very best book on the market for people who want to learn many many many different ways to approach collage! There are […]
Do you have a fabric-lover on your gift list this year? You might want to consider wrapping their gifts in a traditional Japanese furoshiki.
Furoshiki is a wrapping cloth, typically used to transport gifts. They are a perfect stand-in for commercial wrapping paper, especially if you are environmentally conscious or if your giftee likes to […]
Matthew Bartik makes the coolest sculptures out of forks! On his site, Fork-Art.com, he explains:
There is no welding, soldering, glue, or strings attached to these art forms. Each and every piece of fork art is constructed from stainless steel forks and is shaped fromt he strength of Matthew’s arms and hands and the tool of […]
Do not throw ANYTHING out!
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