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May 16, 2012The Creative LifeIf you’re pressed for time and can’t manage a presence on every single site, where should you focus your energy? Ricë asked several top mixed media editors what they’d recommend–where do they go when they’re looking for new talent?
May 14, 2012The Creative LifeBefore starting her current project of making a wardrobe by hand, Ricë would have told you there were two main stages in creating a series of work of any kind. Now she’s changed her mind.
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May 10, 2012Daily PostsEditor's PicksEventsFlavor for Texture: An Exploration of Mixed Media Techniques Hosted by Mary Beth Shaw A FREE Online Webinar Register Now > Date: Friday, June 1, 2012 Starting Time: 1:00 P.M. Eastern Time Price: FREE! Register Now > About the Webinar: …
May 8, 2012BlogsEditor's PicksGuest PostsDo you long to share your great iphonography art with others? If you love to use photo apps, check out Dave’s Recipe Book Project and learn something new in the process!
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The Creative Life
May 16, 2012The Creative LifeIf you’re pressed for time and can’t manage a presence on every single site, where should you focus your energy? Ricë asked several top mixed media editors what they’d recommend–where do they go when they’re looking for new talent?
Artist Profiles
Artist Profile: Carole Rodgers
Carole Rodgers, author of the recent North Light book The Beaded Bracelet: Beadweaving Techniques and Patterns for 20 Eye-Catching Projects, has a wandering soul. She and her husband LeRoy spend most of their days traveling the great American West in their RV. …
Artist Profile: Darlene Olivia McElroy
Darlene Olivia McElroy comes from an old New Mexico family of storytellers and artists. She began making art the first time she had access to both a wall and a drawing instrument. She credits her grandfather, an artist on Catalina …
Artist Profile: Sandy Buffie
Sandy Buffie is a fiber artist living in Kiawah Island, SC. She is affectionately known as The Lint Lady and makes amazing portraits (and more–Sandy says she specializes in life-sized busts, and she also has a jewelry line called Hardwear) …
Artist Profile: Jenni Bowlin
Jenni Bowlin is best known in the scrapbooking world, but like many scrapbookers, her work teeters on the mixed-media side. Jenni is also known for her product line that you can see, and purchase items at her website. Her products products range from her fantastic kits, to embellishments and stamps, to brads, ink pads, cardstock and so much more! Jenni also has a great blog where there is always a variety of topics posted and plenty of inspiration. Learn more about Jenni Bowlin here!
Artist Profile: Jennifer New
Jennifer New is best known as a writer with three books that area all, at their core, about creativity. She is the author of Dan Eldon: The Art of Life, the story of Dan Eldon and his journals, which was a more in-depth follow-up to The Journey is the Destination: The Journals of Dan Eldon, edited by his mother, Kathy Eldon. Drawing from Life: The Journal as Art, which she published in 2005. Jennifer lives in Iowa City, IA and you can find out more about Jennifer on her website, which has a link to her blog. Her newest book, just out this month, is Dan Eldon: Safari as a Way of Life.
Artist Profile: J. Marsha Michler
J. Marsha Michler is best known for her crazy quilting, but has been doing a lot with wire jewelry lately. Her most recent book was the Art of Wire, but she is the author of many books on crazy quilting, jewelry and knitting. She has written articles for magazines and has won awards for her crazy quilts. She actively pursues various needlearts, jewelry, spinning, graphic design, photography. She also gardens, builds stone walls, travels and enjoys sushi with her husband. Learn more about J. Marsha Michler here!
Artist Profile: Ronda Palazzari
Ronda Palazzari is a 2009 Memory Makers Master and an active member of the mixed-media and scrapbooking community. Ronda lives in Thronton, Colorado (near Denver) and has just finished her first book, Art of Layers (North Light Crafts, 2012). She’s best known for combining her mixed-media techniques with scrapbooking, but Ronda is one to follow because you never know if she will be sewing or getting messy with paints; her craft changes day-to-day. She has a lot to share and she’s fun—read on!
Artist Profile: Roz Stendahl
Roz Stendahl is a graphic designer, illustrator, and book artist. She has kept written and visual journals since she was a child, and her paintings—realistic in style, mixed in media—grow out of that life-long practice of journal keeping. Meet Roz and see more of her work here.
Artist Profile: David H. Everett
David Everett is a California artist best known for his whimsical papier-mache pieces that are primarily Halloween and Christmas creations. A graphic designer, David’s creations are based on the inspiration he finds in vintage toys and traditional folk art images. Then he puts his own unique and twisted touch on them. As David writes on his web site, “It’s a lot of work, but each piece has its own individual character—one that will hopefully bring a smile to your face for many years to come.”
Artist Profile: Lisa L. Cyr
Meet, Lisa L. Cyr, an accomplished multidisciplinary artist and author. A graduate of the Massachusetts College of Art and Design (BFA) and Syracuse University (MA), her work has been exhibited both nationally and internationally in museums, galleries, universities and at industry organizations, including traveling shows with the Society of Illustrators of New York and Los Angeles. Check in with Lisa here.