Dremel resources for artists

If you haven’t already guessed it, I love my Dremel. It’s my baby. If I ever find that my hubby has used it to clean grout in the bathroom, I will have to kill him.
That said, welcome to the last post in my series of posts related to the use of a Dremel in the [...]

Suminagashi on Paper & Silk with Diane Maurer

Sadly, Sunday was my last workshop at the Focus on Book Arts conference. I was pretty bummed when I left campus to catch my plane home. Just to give you a taste of my red eye experience: “I’m awake! I’m awake! I’m home!” THUD!
The Suminagashi workshop with Diane Maurer was the perfect workshop for my [...]

The Doweled Flap Book & the Dowel Spine Non-Adhesive Portfolio with Peter Thomas

Yes, I have achieved my longest blog title to date.
I have made through Day three at the Focus on Book Arts conference. Today’s workshop was just a one-day workshop and by the end of the day I had two books.
I would like to start off by saying that today I had the pleasant experience of, [...]

When Jim Croft talks…

So I have a partially written post about the worskhop I attended yesterday at the Focus on Book Arts conference. I was sitting in the lobby of the dorm, getting ready to write when Jim Croft came over.
Now when Jim Croft wants to talk to you, you listen (just like the E.F. Hutton commercials from [...]

The Amazing Dremel with Jill Timm – Day 2

Day two at the Focus on Book Arts conference is now over. Well, not quite – right now I’m listening to Peter Thomas and Jim Croft doing a duet on a harmonica/ukulele and trombone, respectively.
Today was day 2 of The Amazing Dremel with Jill Timm. The day progressed much like it had yesterday. Jill would [...]

The Amazing Dremel with Jill Timm – Day 1

I just finished my first day at the Focus on Book Arts conference. After having spent over 12 hours traveling yesterday, it was so nice to get to play all day long.
Today was day 1 of a 2-day workshop with Jill Timm – The Amazing Dremel. The amazing thing is that I finally own a [...]

Focus on Book Arts Conference

I mentioned in this post that I’m going to the Focus on Book Arts conference at the end of June.
I wanted to put in a plug for the conference – it’s really fabulous. I attended in 2007 and had such a great time. I learned so much and the workshops I took had a direct [...]

I received a Vermont Arts Council grant – yippee!

Just yesterday, I found out that I was awarded a grant from the Vermont Arts Council to attend the Focus on Book Arts conference – the grant will cover about half my trip. I am so very very happy.
Since it’s official, I can now make the following statement:
This project is supported in part by the [...]

2009 Focus on Book Arts conference

I am so very happy!
I just received notification that I was awarded a scholarship to attend this year’s Focus on Book Arts conference at Pacific University in Forest Grove, Oregon. In return for the scholarship, I will be donating work to their scholarship auction and be presenting on an as-yet-undecided topic at their Hospitality Night.
The [...]

Vermont Crafts Council Spring Marketing Conference 2009

Today, for the second year in a row, I presented at the Vermont Crafts Council’s Spring Marketing Conference.
First things first – I am now laughing at myself. I looked at the post I wrote last year about the conference and here’s a direct quote:
I learned something new about myself today – I can talk for [...]