Layers Upon Layers: Mixed Media Art

August 29th, 2008

Summer art time poll

I was a little surprised by the results of the summer poll: the majority of you said that you work on fun projects or new techniques, and that summer is your busiest and most productive time of the year!  I honestly expected more votes for slowing down and going on vacation!
Tags: Art Communities, Mixed Media

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August 29th, 2008

More artsy links!

About Family Crafts
Would you craft with elephant poop? Learn more about how you can…
About.com Cross Stitch
Going Down in Flames? How do you deal with stitching burnout?
Aileen’s Musings
Check out Aileen’s Mail Art from the heart tutorial and send your own surprise in the mail!

Craftside-A behind-the-scenes peek at a crafty world
Ho-ho, uh, ho? […]

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August 29th, 2008

Dani left for school…

…and I’m in a bad mood! It was nice to have her around this summer, especially when we kicked it off by traveling to Italy to “pick her up” from her semester abroad. This will be her senior year; she’ll finish up her art major and math minor, and will try to decide […]

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August 29th, 2008

Artsy blogging round-up!

Crocheted baby sweater and cap
Caron Yarns commissioned Noreen to design an adorable baby sweater and cap. Here’s the patttern for it.
Layers Upon Layers
Give your photos a graphic quality that will make them pop!
Make a Very Personal Gift with Scrap Girls Products
What more personal gift could you make for a friend or loved one […]

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August 28th, 2008

Artist Profile: Molly “Porkshanks” Friedrich

Down the Iron Gated Alleys
Artist: Molly Friedrich
Business name: Dangerous Detritus
Location: Underbridge Manor, Seattle
Website & Blog:
Porkshanks
Flickr album
Upcoming Show:
Anachrotechnofetishism, Sept 12 through October 3, 2008

The Essence Combi-matrix
Molly, how do you describe your life and your work?
Well, I was born and raised on a parallel Earth. I grew up in a time period you would consider […]

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August 28th, 2008

Recycled art links

Art Attack Thursday!

Milk Carton Catchers from Replayground
There are so many clever people out there, and I’ve got such a backlog of projects and ideas to share with you that I’ll never get finished if I just take them one at a time! So, I’ve decided to share a bunch with you and let you […]

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August 27th, 2008

A report on MyPublisher

What’s Up Wednesday
You may recall awhile back I asked for reports on the various online publishers that would produce one-offs of your artist books. Well, I got a report about MyPublisher that gave it an A+ on all counts!
Robin Atkins, who started the Bead Journal Project that I participated in last year, has used […]

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August 27th, 2008

Want to write about knitting?

What’s Up Wednesday

Knotions Magazine is looking for article submissions. Knotions is a quarterly magazine, with an ongoing need for articles. They should be between 500 and 1,500 words in length, and submitted in Microsoft Word (preferable) or a plain text file. Placement and captions for each photo should be noted. If you’re presenting a technique, […]

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August 26th, 2008

Graphic-style florals

Technique Tuesday!
Floral images are often great subjects to play around with in Photoshop and other image-editing software. Just when you think that everything has been done with a flower that can possibly be done, you find some new digital tricks that you’ve not thought of before.
Although I like “plain old plain old” flower photos, […]

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August 25th, 2008

Yay book winners!

Yay for Debe, Gail, and Anita (lucky numbers 5, 20, and 28)…they’ve each won a copy of Altered You!
Tags: book-review, Mixed Media, Wearable Art

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