The One Word That Could Change EVERYTHING For many, choosing a word of the year is a big deal—something to write down, display, and use as a guide in art journals, planners, and daily life. It’s a way to stay grounded and inspired. I don’t normally pick a word for the year because the few […]
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Slowing down is good for your art. In a world that glorifies speed, I’ve found that art blooms when we take our time. I don’t want to work faster. Really I don’t. Sometimes I’d like to feel less like I’m wasting time on roads that seem to lead nowhere…but I know those are important roads
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Meet the Artist Finding your artistic path is a journey. It might surprise you to know that my first creative acts had nothing to do with art. Join me as trace the steps that brought me to becoming the artist I am today. Before I began creating my Wildscapes collection, I explored various techniques and
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It’s the end of the year, that time when so many people look back and try to tally up their accomplishments and keep score about what they did or didn’t do and then make resolutions or big plans to guilt themselves into doing even more in the coming year. If that sounds harsh I apologize.
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Sometimes experiments grow into something more but because they start as an experiment, it can be hard to know when you reach the finish line. That’s what has happened with this piece. I was experimenting with how to add more height to a piece so I covered some bottle caps with fiberfill and then stitched
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There are some artists that can tell you exactly where the idea for a project came from, what the story is behind a piece of art and why they felt compelled to create it. I’m not sure if I can tell you that about this piece I call Return to Joy. But what I can
I can’t believe it but I just hit 10,000 subscribers on my YouTube channel! That means it’s time for a giveaway and this time, everybody wins. I put together this kit of 23 grungy background papers in a variety of colors and it is free for you to download and use in your art projects
A Just Because book doesn’t have to BE anything or DO anything other than make you happy to work on it and happy to flip the pages and touch when it is complete. Don’t let the rules bog you down. Just have fun. Just Because. This book is about 4″ tall and about 2.5″ wide.
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Just Because book #3 is a combination of momagami paper I have made myself and my dyed fabrics. It is filled with fibers and fabric and bits of stitching. Just Because book #4 in blue. This measures about 2.5″ by 3.5″. Watch a flip through of this little book HERE.
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If you would like to hear me ramble chat about art, our creative lives, and all the ups and downs, you might want to check out this playlist of my rambling chats over on YouTube.
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