Peggy Skycraft is so cool

I mean seriously cool.
Peggy Skycraft has been making the most gorgeous marbled and painted papers since 1970. She is considered a master marbler and if you look at her work, you can see why. I became acquainted with Peggy’s work when I worked at Paper Source in the mid-90’s. From the moment I saw her [...]

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 [...]

So now I have a Dremel…what can I work on?

Welcome to part two of my series of blog posts based on information collected from Jill Timm’s class, The Amazing Dremel at the 2009 Focus on Book Arts conference. As mentioned in my last Dremel post, this post focuses on tips for using a Dremel with specific materials.
I took six pages of notes during the [...]

What do those Dremel bits do? Well I’ll tell ya!

Yeah, I’m an overachiever.
I originally thought I could fit all of my notes from Jill Timm’s class, The Amazing Dremel, into one blog post.
Bwahahahahahahah!!!
I did not take into account how many notes I took during the workshop. In fact, my table neighbor at the workshop teased me for two days on how many notes I [...]

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 [...]

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 [...]