Artisans Hand annual sale

As I’ve mentioned before, Artisans Hand Craft Gallery, located in Montpelier, VT, was the very first gallery to sell my handmade books. The gallery only features work created by Vermont artisans.
The staff at the gallery is so fabulous – they have always been very good to me. If you’re a Vermont artist and [...]

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 [...]

Stick Painting with Andie Thrams

There’s more to the Focus on Book Arts conference than the daily workshops – there’s an opening reception, a keynote speech, an artist marketplace, a vendor fair, a faculty-staff exhibit, and Hospitality Night – a time for conference attendees to share their work.
In addition to all of that goodness, at lunchtime there were informal demonstrations [...]

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 [...]

Elissa’s Picks for Vermont Open Studio Weekend

As I mentioned in my last post, this time of year I’m usually busy prepping for Vermont’s upcoming Open Studio Weekend. As this weekend gets closer, I continue to feel bummed about not participating this year.
Meh.
In my last post, I listed the book arts studios I’d visit if I were touring this weekend. Of course, [...]