Yes, I know…doesn’t it look like fun? Today I’m entering business expenses into an Excel spreadsheet, printing them and filing them. This is one of the really exciting parts of being a working artist, you know…expense reports. 🙂 At least…
Tag: what’s on my desk
I love Mondays. A fresh new week with lots of cool projects to work on: First, setting up a photo studio of sorts in this funny little nook of an office we have upstairs. There’s good natural light, but I’m…
Or, what’s not on my desk? Or my other desk? The only way I can describe my weekend is like this: I’ve been on an art bender. You know, where you just get totally carried away by the making and…
Today I’m making invitations for the one-year anniversary of The New Label Project in Amsterdam. This is the shop where I sell my jewelry and cards—I also taught a workshop there this summer, and already have another planned for March….
Yesterday—Monday—this was my desk: …yes, all the space and comfort of an economy airplane seat. (One of the three I had from Portland to Minneapolis to Amsterdam to Gdansk.) I’ve been getting a lot of inspiration from fashion magazines lately,…
Class notes, today. For the past few weeks, I’ve been watching online videos from Teach Now—really interesting stuff, if you’re teaching in the art and craft arena. Even more timely since I’ve just gotten done teaching at Art & Soul….
Amid assorted partially-painted papers, a pile of magazines and some random ink cartridges, this is on my desk today: My travel itinerary! I’m headed to Portland for Art & Soul, via Amsterdam (with just enough time at Schiphol Airport to…
This week I’ve been experimenting with Ice Resin. I love Ice Resin for filling jewelry bezels, but hadn’t done much with it and paper. A long time ago, I tried coating vintage paper with Ice Resin and the result was…