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The Week Links: 103

Join me every Sunday when I share some of my favorite links I discovered in the previous week. Earlier posts in the series can be found here.

And here is Week 103...


1. Instagram love one: kraig_at_the_warehouse..... 


2. Instagram love two: janakilarsen.......


3. Instagram love three: fivefromtheground


4. Instagram love four: mozsas


5. Instagram love five: stephanie_somebody


6. Instagram love six: earthandbaker


7. Instagram love seven: belle_brocante

Hannelore Baron

I recently had the opportunity to visit Leslie Feely in NYC and see the current exhibition HANNELORE BARON: COLLAGES AND BOX CONSTRUCTIONS 1969-1985. 

The show runs through July 16th and you should run to see it.

I will let the images and detail shots speak for themselves...

Make it Artsy

I am over the moon excited to be a guest on the first season of the new PBS show Make It Artsy. It is hosted by the wonderful Julie Fei-Fan Balzer. I will be flying out this week for the filming. 
They have lined up an all-star cast that includes Dina Wakley, Roxanne Coble, Rebekah Meier, Laurie Mika, Joe Rotella, Jenn Mason, and more.
The show will debut in September but you can get a sneak preview by following me behind the scenes later this week. I will be posting and scoping (@alteredpage) and sharing it all with you!

The Week Links: 102

Join me every Sunday when I share some of my favorite links I discovered in the previous week. Earlier posts in the series can be found here.

And here is Week 102...


1. Two studies for a self-portrait from Francis Bacon, sold at Sotheby's for $35 million dollars.



2. And speaking of Francis Bacon, I have always been fascinated by his studio.


3. Crystal Neubauer shares her thoughts about artistic uncertainty, practice and discovery in her post In The Gap on the Cloth Paper Scissors blog.

4. Loving this series on tea bags from Ruby Silvious.

5. Instagram Love One: Therese Murdza...


6. Instagram Love Two: Scott Bergey



7. abc carpet & home. I love this store...

Grunge with a Bling

I am absolutely in love with this project from Nadine Carlier. 

Nadine used my 3 Ring Binder and Robo Ring dies to create this grungy, blingy binder.

She also used the newest Delicata ink colors from Imagine Crafts, my most favorite metallic ink pads out there.

Watch her process here...
 

On the Cover

So excited to see my artwork on the cover of the newest, May/June issue of Cloth Paper Scissors magazine.


Thanks to Jeannine, Barbara and the whole Interweave crew!
PASTIME

Purge or Splurge

When I teach workshops, I can often be heard saying that more is more when it comes to mixed media. For me it is all about the layers, all about the dimension, all about the details. Even if a layer is almost completely hidden, in the end it is an important component to the final piece. Building a history in my work is important to me.

But is there a time when more is not more? When maybe less is more? I have been contemplating that recently when it comes to my studio space.


When I work, I have always loved being surrounded by things that inspire me - whether that is art supplies, bottles of paints lined up in neat rows, piles upon piles of painted paper, walls filled with stuff that I have acquired from other artists and on my travels, cases with little drawers that are filled with little treasures, surfaces covered with found objects... Well, you get the point.


Recently I have been noticing a shift. A desire to minimize. To clear. To have more space in my space. I do not think this is just a spring cleaning thing. It really hasn't happened before. And I also do not think that this is about needing more room to create. I have always longed for an endless amount of surface to work on. But I know that no matter how much table space I clear, I always end up working in a space that is about 18 x 18 inches.


This seems to be an evolution. Perhaps connected to getting older and an increasing desire to simply be surrounded by the things that are truly meaningful to me. Maybe I am coming to the time where my studio is more about making art and less about making decor.


To be clear, this is not a revolution. I haven't purged my studio and I cannot imagine ever experiencing the Life-Changing Magic of Tidying Up (although maybe if I actually read that book I would). But I have begun to move, store, clear and give away things. Only time will tell where this will take me.

How about all of you out there in blogville? These days, are your feeling the purge or the splurge?

The Pulse 2016: Week 3

 Welcome to the 6th edition of The Pulse - a survey in words and pictures of the online artist community. The Pulse is a collaborative project that aims to introduce you to new artists, help you get to know familiar faces even more, further your own artistic expression, and allow you access into the creative hearts and minds of a very talented crew of individuals. Stay tuned for a new post every Wednesday and see all previous posts in the series here.
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What is the one technique or tool that you cannot live without?
Debi Adams The best tool for me ever is just a plain pencil...with an eraser. I can take it anywhere, the cost is small, rewards are huge and unlike life, I can erase anything I don't like ;-) It takes me to a happy, creative place at any moment, from my home to a world far away. It is silent, causes no confusion (except for the artist), has no political agenda and its results can bring a smile to recipient as well as the creator.
Raylee Syrch The tool I like to use to create texture in some of my paintings is the palette knife.
Jacqueline Quinn This took some consideration, wondered if it would be my beloved printing press...but it's not...it's Brusho and pastry brushes, which make interesting marks. All that money I've spent on fancy products and the humble pastry brush and powdered watercolour win the day.
Marjie Kemper My favorite technique and tool go hand-and-hand, as I love blending colors using an ink blending tool. I like saturating the foam on the blending tool and building up layers of colors on my projects, and I've not found a better way to do it than this tool from Tim Holtz/Ranger.
Candi Harris My metallic paint/mica flakes which I mix with soft gloss gel to use as paint. I love the soft sheen and glitter it imparts and the depth it adds to whatever I am working on. I especially love using the gold or the bronze around the edges and into the corner of a painting to give the piece a dreamy quality. 
Claudia Neubacher Stencils. To me stencils are so much more than just a means to add random shapes, decorative texture or patterns to projects - I love to layer with them to create sceneries, add words or numerals, or simply use them as a kick off means if inspiration fails to strike. Scraping paints or pastes with a palette knife through a stencil onto a substrate is a technique I turn to when in need of some creative me-time but without a precise project in mind. I also love to use the negative left over shapes from die cutting as stencils. I love that moment when I lift a stencil to find out if I succeeded in creating the wished for effect.

You Can...

I am the guest blogger today on the Spellbinders blog, sharing a step-by-step tutorial on my process behind this piece I call You Can. 
 YOU CAN FLY...
 BELIEVE YOU CAN...


available in my online shop

The Week Links: 101

Join me every Sunday when I share some of my favorite links I discovered in the previous week. Earlier posts in the series can be found here.

And here is Week 101...


1. I love the style of Roxanne Coble. Here is a video of one of her mini journals.


2. I discovered the work of Lucas Weinachter this week at Art New York.


3. Cannot wait to have a chance to see the work of Gerhard Richter at Marian Goodman in NYC.

4. Saw an incredible exhibit Leslie Feely in NYC - Hannelore Baron: collages and box constructions 1969-1985. Full post on this show soon.


5. I find the layering of fragments in these collages from Cara Gordon very compelling. 


6. Donna Watson speaks to creativity and fear - and shares her beautiful collages.


7. The title of a new book from Karen McCartney - Perfect Imperfect: The Beauty of Accident, Age & Patina - says it all.