I am SO excited to be a part of this! The ABC Treehouse in Amsterdam (Voetboogstraat 11, just across the Spui from the American Book Center) is planning the AMS*DIY Urban Arts & Crafts Event, a hugely fun weekend on…
Since I wasn’t headed to the UK this weekend after all, I grabbed the chance to finally go check out the Prix de Rome exhibition at the SMART Project Space. Now, the SMART generally shows visual arts and installations—not the…
I love the detail you can find in architectural elements, easily captured when you zoom in with your camera. It can turn even the most ordinary thing into a potential art background or collage element. This is part of an…
Sorry, UK crafters…I just heard last night that the shipment of HOTP product won’t arrive in England by Monday, so the Create & Craft shows are going to be rescheduled. Bummer!!! I’ve been playing with the new stamps, papers and…
Art & Soul has a whole new website—wow! On Thursday, September 29 I’m teaching an all-day session on “Found Poetry Collage” in Portland and I’m super-excited. This type of collage is something I’m really passionate about, since it combines words…
Today being Monday, it means Miss Anna is at kinderdagverblijf —daycare—and I’m up to my eyeballs preparing for Create & Craft next Monday. I just got a huge box of samples from Hot Off The Press, and spent the weekend…
A sign on one of the side doors outside the SMART Project Space (a very cool cinema/art space/cafe) that I pass when taking Miss A to kinderdag.
It seemed like ages ago that I sent in my workshop proposals to teach at Art & Soul in Portland. Now, September is coming up fast—and I’ve got class kits to build and handouts to prepare, and lots of collage…