Peek-a-Boo Journal class – Day 1

Last Thursday I had the first of 2 sessions for my Peek-a-Book Journal class at Studio Place Arts in Barre, VT. Here’s what everyone is working on:
As I’ve mentioned before, I can’t write a post about a class unless I have the obligatory photo of my supplies looking all fresh and sexy:
I developed a [...]

The Sketchbook Project Library

After about a month and a half of studio avoidance, it seems that I have conquered the demon. Not only have I made books recently, but I have also created a fully-unrealistic production schedule to get me ready for the holiday season. Things are back to normal.
So of course, I had to throw something into [...]

Upcoming classes at Studio Place Arts

I’d like to start off by thanking everyone for the support I received after my last post. That post was really hard to write. In general, I am not very comfortable with being vulnerable. However, I’m really glad I took the risk. I never could have imagined the big, warm hug that has enveloped me [...]

Stowe Street Arts Festival

Today I am breathing a big sigh of relief.
For the past several months, I’ve been working as a consultant for the Stowe Street Arts Festival in Waterbury, Vermont. This was the first time that I’d worked on an art show where I didn’t exhibit. For weeks, I’ve worried about the fact that our weather has [...]

I made it to puzzlePALOOZA!

I did it. I achieved puzzle piece.

As I mentioned in this post, I officially named my piece Cheezle. Well, I changed my mind. It’s now named Chaiku – the book component of the puzzle piece contains 12 haiku that I wrote about cheese.
Due to lack of time, I wrote the haiku in by hand. Unfortunately, [...]

Puzzle piece update #3

Welcome to today’s State of the Cheese address.
There are now 3 coats of paint on my wood puzzle piece provided to me by the Vermont Arts Council as part of their Art Fits Vermont project.
Here’s what it looks like:

I can’t take a decent picture to save my life. The color is a subtle swiss cheese [...]

Puzzle piece update #2

Yesterday I continued working on my wood puzzle piece provided to me by the Vermont Arts Council as part of their Art Fits Vermont project.
I started with a primer. I should have used white primer instead of clear because it would have cut down on painting time later on. That’s what a logical person would [...]

Puzzle piece update #1

As I mentioned yesterday, I’ve been busy working on a wood puzzle piece provided to me by the Vermont Arts Council as part of their Art Fits Vermont project.
I started by tracing the puzzle piece. I then drew and cut out the cheese holes.

After tracing the cheese holes onto the wood, I started to cut [...]

My race to puzzlePALOOZA

I am a last minute girl. I hate it.
The Vermont Arts Council distributed 9,500 wood puzzle pieces to individuals and groups across the state as part of their Art Fits Vermont project. I received one of them several months ago. My puzzle piece has stared at me in my studio while I worked on various [...]

Vermont Open Studio Weekend – Montpelier Watershed Artists

The last bunch of artists I’d like to give exposure to for Vermont’s upcoming Open Studio Weekend are the Montpelier Watershed Artists. This is my home crew – if I were participating, I’d be working with this great group of folks to get the word out.
The Montpelier Watershed Artists are offering 11 artist studios/galleries with [...]