Make Art Monday!
I got some nice shots of a late-spring snowstorm that ripped through New England in April. It was that heavy wet snow that just clings to the branches with a thick frosting-like coating. And that snaps tree trunks and power lines, crushes the daffodils and tulips, and does serious damage to […]
This year was full of stone carving and printmaking, illustration, art history…and advanced calculus. My little art student has a very strong math/engineering bend, and she’s decided to declare a math minor. She’s only a few courses away from being able to be a double major, but there are too many art courses […]
Serendipity
Artist: Beth Wheeler
Business name:
Muttonhead (quilt patterns and supplies)
Two Sipsters (fine-art industry)
Location: Fort Wayne, Indiana
Website:
Threadography
Bold Sojourn
You’ve chosen unusual names for your businesses, Beth. How do you describe your work, and what are the names saying about it?
Muttonhead is the nickname my dad had for me as a child, because my hair was/is so curly he […]
One of Sharon’s beauties
Sharon B, of In a Minute Ago blog, has shared a great list of resources that are available online for the crazy quilt fanatics among us! Thank you so much, Sharon!
At SkybellArts, Kim’s motto is “Practice, practice, practice”. I think you’ll agree that she certainly does do what she preaches! There’s always something new to see each week as Kim disciplines herself to take on challenges and swaps and self-imposed series. One of my favorite small series that she did was on […]
Technique Tuesday!
In this tutorial today, I’m going to show you how to use tissue paper as a tool rather than as an actual art material.
Gather together a picture that you would like to use, a sheet of text, a sheet of tissue paper, a pencil, and an exacto knife.
Find some words on the sheet of […]
I’m not going to post a picture of it here, because some folks are just not going to want to see it! I entered the Ugly Necklace Contest this year, and was thrilled to be named as a semi-finalist! Yes, I made the necklace as hideously ugly as I possibly could…on purpose. […]
Make Art Monday!
Using an existing page of text can be a really fun way to do “found poetry”. I removed this beautiful illustration from an old book, and found a page nearby that seemed to be saying exactly what I was imagining…
Tomorrow for Technique Tuesday, I’ll explain how to use a plain piece of […]
The Book Arts Web, home of one of the best email lists for book artists, has the newest issue of the e-journal The Bonefolder available online for downloading. Among other things, it includes a behind-the-scenes look at the show One Book, Many Interpretations .
Tags: altered-books, book-art, book-making, bookbinding, Journals, Mixed Media, Paper
Weight of the World
Artist: Kris Henderson
Business name: Studio Hen
Location: Turlock, CAWebsite & Blog:
Studio Hen
Brain Bubbles blog
Kris, you do so many things! How do you describe your work?
The best word I can find to describe my work is eclectic. I have been creating art for years and am still unable to stick with one […]
Do not throw ANYTHING out!
Written by Cyndi Lavin [email] for b5media.
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