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Lisa Call & Scott David Plumlee
Lisa Call is a jewelry designer who has been creating and crafting in an array of mediums all her life. She left the corporate tech world to raise her girls and find time for other interests. Wirework, metal, and beads are her main passions, and she has spent the last five years focusing on metalsmithing, wirework, beading, and Precious Metal Clay (as a PMC Certified Artisan). You can see her website at www.LisaMarieCall.com
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Michael deMeng and Keith LoBue
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This is my fourth year teaching with Art & Soul. I have worked in polymer and epoxy clays for the last decade. Doll-like forms are a common element in my work as I love to push the idea of the doll by hybridizing the human figure with unusual elements such as teapots, gazebos or road cones. I have
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Known for her whimsical style, Doris Arndt has shared her love of books and other media throughout the country, teaching workshops for over 15 years. Her non-traditional approach and innovative bindings have earned her loyal student followings. Her work has been seen in the Studio, Somerset Studio, The Rubber Stamper, Rubberstampmadness and in several books as well as on the Carol Duvall show and at shows nationwide. She attended the University of Louisville and has been a freelance artist for over 30 years. She shares her home with her patient husband, three cats and a dog. Life is good.
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Working with color takes center stage in Beverly’s work. In fact discussions of color and texture are woven throughout her classes, along with technique and jewelry design. Each class can accommodate a wide variety of experience levels and is designed to enhance the student’s own creative process. Beverly teaches in numerous venues across the country and many of her pieces have been juried into ‘Bead Dreams’ and ‘Absolutely Beads’. More of her work can be seen at: www.gilbertdesigns.net
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Thomas Ashman is a mixed media artist who lives and works in Northern Utah. Drawing inspiration from his background in literature and experiences in the construction trades, Thomas developed his unique bookbinding technique to facilitate the use of unusual materials such as glass, sheet metal, and various types of hardware for the binding and covering of books. Thomas has appeared on DIY network's "Craft Lab" and has been published in Somerset Studio Magazine and Somerset Gallery. His work received the Curator's Pick and Viewer's Choice awards at the "Queen Mab's Picnic" exhibition at the18th Street Gallery in Bakersfield, California, and his all-copper journal was selected to be part of the "Second National San Diego Book Arts Juried Show" at the Geisel Library at UCSD. Thomas teaches classes at several studios around the country as well as national art retreats. Currently, in addition to always attempting new and varied applications of his book binding, Thomas is dabbling in doll making Contact Thomas at: thomasashmanart@yahoo.com Website: www.blacksheepartist.com
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Anne Bagby combines fine art with hand-cut rubber stamps and stencils. A long-time member of the American Watercolor Society and the National Watercolor Society, she has painted for more than 25 years in Tennessee and has had more than 40 one-person shows. Bagby has participated in residency programs, including Ucross in Wyoming, The Vermont Studio Center and two additional residencies sponsored by the Association of the Visual Arts in Chattanooga, TN. Anne teaches workshops teaching fine art to stampers and stamping to fine artists.
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Nina is a jewelry designer by trade and her work has been featured in Victoria, Somerset Studio, The Studio, Mary Englebreit's Home Companion and countless other publications. With a degree in Journalism, she has turned her love of the written word into an artistic style that encompasses metal and paper assemblage. ninawitty@aol.com.
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Ann Baldwin’s has exhibited in numerous solo and group shows across Email Address: waxart@sbcglobal.net Website: www.annbaldwin.com
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Traci is creative director of treiC Designs, a mixed media artist, designer and author. She creates vibrantly colored handmade journals, REVAMPED clothing, custom handbags and collage paintings that are layered with rich textures of stained papers, painted sewn fabric, “girlie glam” ink drawings and free style lettering.
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I'm a passionate & quirky self-employed mixed-media/fiber artist who makes all kinds of cool stuff. I love rusty things, glitter glue, old books to cut up and cheap cameras. I'm smiling when my hands are dirty with paint or when I've MacGyvered a camera. It means I'm doing what I love--making art and doing things with my hands. Lucky for me, I do what I love for a living. Check out my website at www.TraciBunkers.com
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Lisa Call is a jewelry designer who has been creating and crafting in an array of mediums all her life. She left the corporate tech world to raise her girls and find time for other interests. Wirework, metal, and beads are her main passions, and she has spent the last seven years focusing on metalsmithing, wirework, beading, and Precious Metal Clay (as a PMC Certified Artisan). You can see her website at www.LisaMarieCall.com
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Jennifer is an assemblage artist and a professional organizer with a specialty in the organizing and design of inspiring art studios for her clients. Heartwings, the line of recycled pendants and bracelets that Jennifer makes from vintage tea and spice tins show her sense of humor and delight in using the colors, graphics and patterns of the 1940s and 50s tins. Her most recent endeavor is a line of vintage artisan necklaces, bracelets and earrings fashioned from vintage elements found on her treasure hunts through estate sales and antique stores. Many of the treasures she uses are finds from the antique markets of Italy and Ireland. Jennifer’s art and design background of over 30 years ranges from manufacturing her own line of leather clothing, creating animal companion dolls, and making the leather teepees for the movie “Dances With Wolves”. She has been featured in art galleries and art shows in Oregon, California, Idaho, Utah, Wyoming, Arizona and Washington State. She has created murals in Portland area homes through her business, Life in Colour, Inc.(now Jennifer Campbell Design, LLC), for over 15 years.
Email: lfnclr@aol.com Visit Jennifer’s blog : http://www.jennifercampbellheartwings.blogspot.com/
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Personal Mythology: I began my creative journey at an early age by keeping a sketchbook as soon as my tiny hand could hold a stylus. I have maintained a practice of writing my inner thoughts in a journal since the age of 11, and have combined the two, in some form or another since I was 14. I developed a solid foundation for my expression by receiving my BFA from the Academy of Art College in San Francisco with a minor in English and Dance. My path as an artist has brought me awards and grants. Based on my artistic expression, I developed Extreme Journaling as a tool for healing and self dialogue in 1992 for the Epilepsy Society, and I have taught and refined my unique and pioneering process that combines journal writing with art making in the safe container of a book ever since. I offer workshops and retreats internationally, including my recent Visual Journaling retreat in Greece ( http://destinyvoyages.com/ for info). Please view my work at http://www.captainsblog.typepad.com/
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Gail Crosman Moore is an artist, teacher, mother and small business owner. Her visual orientation precedes all things she beholds, often times calling for revision, or a manipulation in order to ‘line up with her sensibilities’. She divides her time between creating her work, showing her work and encouraging others to create their own work, reveling in the spark that travels between her interactions in these different and varied aspects of her life. Recognition of her abilities appears in print, both in trade publications and books in several different fields. Through the granting of awards she has been able to pursue new methods and master new materials.
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Robert Dancik holds a Masters degree in sculpture and a BA in fine art and has been an artist/teacher for more than 30 years. He is presently an adjunct professor of education at Pace University, and has taught people from kindergarten to graduate school while exhibiting his jewelry and sculpture in museums and galleries across the US and in Europe, Japan, and Australia. He teaches workshops at art centers in the US and abroad including Penland, NC; Arrowmont, TN; Metalwerx, MA; Touchstone Center for Crafts, PA; Victoria College of Art, Australia; Brookfield Craft Center, CT; and Mid Cornwall School of Jewelry (UK) to name a few. His work is in numerous collections including the Wustum Museum of Art, Boeringer- Ingleheim International, Schamberger International, Mitsubishi International, Japan and the Gregg Museum of Art and Design. He has artwork published in many books including “PMC Decade”, “Fine Art of the Tin Can”, “1000 Rings”, “The Art of Resin Jewelry,” and “Creative Metal Clay Jewelry”, and magazines including “Niche”, “Art Jewelry”, “Lapidary Journal” and “Perspectives”. Robert is the originator of Faux Bone™, a new, wonderful material for artists involved in jewelry, artist’s books, sculpture, and many other artistic disciplines. He lives in Oxford CT. where he is an avid cook (I didn’t say good) and collector of toys, maps, and compasses.
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My work is about transformations. It is about the transformation of the common into the sacred. Discarded materials find new and unexpected uses in my work; they are reassembled and conjoined with unlikely components, a form of rebirth from the ashes into new life and new meaning. These assemblages are metaphors for the evolutions and revolutions of existence: from life to death to rebirth, from new to old to renewed, from construction to destruction to reconstruction. These forms are examinations of the world in perpetual flux, where meaning and function are ever-changing. www.michaeldemeng.com
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You may contact her at: dianelou@earthlink.net. Follow her inspiration-packed blog at http://dianelou-mixedmedia.blogspot.com or see her collages at http://dianelou-collage.blogspot.com
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I create art with things we throw away; wood, tools, stamps, paper, hardware, etc. My work is about color and universal themes. I create collages and “Guardians” which are figures made from recycled junk. I think we need to recycle and walk gently on the earth.
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Daniel Essig is a studio artist and instructor living in For more information on Daniel, visit his website: www.danielessig.com
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Sherri Haab is a best selling craft author with over 20 published books to her credit, with several titles selling over a million copies each. Award winning titles include: The Incredible Clay Book, (Klutz ), The Art of Metal Clay, Metal Clay and Mixed Media Jewelry, The Art of Resin Jewelry, Beaded Macramé Jewelry and Designer Style Jewelry (Watson Guptill). She is a certified metal clay instructor, leading numerous PMC craft and jewelry making workshops nationwide. She also develops new craft products including her patented "Image Transfer Solution". Sherri has recently released 2 DVD's (Metal Clay and Resin) and has appeared on several television programs (HGTV, DIY and PBS). She lives with her family in Springville, Utah.
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Melissa has been keeping sketchbooks for as long as she can remember. With a background in graphic design, writing and sketching out ideas was how she worked out her thoughts on a project. Several sketchbooks later she began to make them herself and fill them with lists, bits of found paper, images, drawings, directions, observations of daily life, and travel. She hasn’t put her book down yet, finding that they’re filled with endless ideas for her artwork. She is an Adjunct Faculty in the Fine Art and Graphic Design department at the Corcoran College of Art + Design. With a BFA from Rochester Institute of Technology, she has continued her studies at the Corcoran College of Art + Design, Haystack Mountain School of Crafts, and Penland School and Crafts. Her work has been exhibited in group shows in Maryland, New York, Virginia and Washington DC. www.MPHackmann.com.
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Jan's blog: http://purplebirdart.blogspot.com Email:purplebirdart@q.com
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Tracie Lyn and Marylin Huskamp
This mother and daughter-in-law team has been close friends for over fifteen years. They not only share a love for Marylin's oldest son, but also are both passionate about art. Tracie Lyn Huskamp holds a B.F.A. in Graphic Design with an emphasis in Fine Art. She works as a freelance Product Designer/Illustrator. Her passion for mixed media and collage fuels the fires of her creative spirit, and continues to lead her on a wondrous journey of artistic and self-discovery. Always striving for the perfect balance and integration of elements and processes in every piece, Tracie enjoys making art that is thoughtful, intricate, and beautiful. Tracie's mixed media work has received both regional and national recognition. Her art has appeared on the cover of Somerset Studios, along with feature articles in Cloth, Paper, Scissors Magazine, Stampington's Artful Blogger, Stampington"s Life Images, and Quilting Arts Gifts Issue Special Publications. She has contributed to a number of artist's books such as 1000 Artist Journal Pages by Dawn Sokol, True Vision by L.K. Ludwig, The Creative Entrepreneur by Lisa Sonora Beam, and more. Her new book published through Rockport/Quarry is due to hit retail stores in September 2009.
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Lisa Kaus has been a mixed media artist for close to 20 years. Within the past several years she has rediscovered collage and loving it. She has been a paperaholic since she was a child and it only seemed natural to pursue it in a big way. Incorporating a variety of mediums into each piece adds a wonderful spontaneous element to Lisa’s work. She has a special fondness for old time-worn elements with some historical purpose. Using these elements in her assemblage work, she creates a special and unique interaction between vintage found objects and contemporary painting. Layers upon layers evoke depth and textual interest.
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Katie Kendrick lives along the banks of the Contact Katie at: joyouslybecoming@earthlink.net
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A modern day expeditioner, I practice my own version of archeology, scanning the terrain for intriguing bits and pieces that present themselves. I am most inspired by nature and its melodic effects on the human spirit with my intention being to offer a simple, yet organic, approach to viewers in my work. Passionate about repurposing everyday objects, I am committed to reinventing normal into something eclectic, expressive, lighthearted and potentially spiritually stimulating all at once. Having traveled all over the United States and internationally to offer creative instruction, I find respite in my home studio in the valleys of Southern Oregon where I work from home -continually influenced by the view out my studio windows, witty comments from my young daughters, and the ebb and flow of creative energy. My own book featuring my found object jewelry titled "Semiprecious Salvage" arrived in bookstores February 2008. Blog: www.stephanielee.typepad.com
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Trained conceptually at the Art Institute of Chicago, I create elaborate one of a kind pieces for adornment, deep with spiritual and historical meaning. I consider myself a contemporary builder of Talismans jewelry. My work is drawn from my own personal real life experiences. My work is about real life and real people. In the past, I have explored as many different styles in designing as in marketing. I moved freely from retail to wholesale, mass-production to creating pieces to exhibit in museums and at the American Craft Council. I have embraced and learned from it all, however joyful or painful. I consider all of these experiences enriching and a vital contribution to my present body of work. As an educator, I consider myself a teacher of creativity. To me, creativity is the process of stretching the mind to create a solution when all the doors are shut. It is the creative process that leads the artist to the solution. Being an artist is about solving problems by coming up with solutions. I like to pull individuality from my students and give others permission to build or work with anything, in combination with metals. In my retreats students learn a lot of technique, build personal Talismans and relics from whatever culture we are among ….be it Mexico, Turkey or Oregon. My recent accomplishment was to compile 20 years of my own research on cold joining and attaching metals in my book called, Making Connections- A Handbook for Jewelers and Mixed Media Artists. I am also co-founder of an on line jewelry supply and education site www.objectsandelements.com
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Leighanna Light is an art instructor & a figurative assemblage artist known for her whimsical style & unique use of found objects.
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Keith Lo Bue is a jeweler, sculptor and teacher who has work in many major collections, including the Smithsonian Institution in Washington, DC and the Museum of Arts & Design in New York. His work has been exhibited all around the US and in Germany, Australia, New Zealand, France, Ireland and England. Books featuring Lo Bue's work include One of a Kind: American Art Jewelry Today (US), 1000 Rings (Lark), The Art & Craft of Collage (UK), and Schmuck '98 (Germany), Metalsmith, American Craft and Ornament magazines (US), and the Virtual Gallery of Contemporary Jewellery CD-ROM (UK). His workshop entitled PRECIOUS LITTLE has been presented to enthusiastic reviews at Haystack, Penland and dozens of other art and craft institutions across the United States, Canada and Australia. Lo Bue lives and works in Sydney, Australia.
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Visit her blog at gryphonsfeather.typepad.com.
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Barbara is a multimedia artist who enjoys the unexpected. She designs for publication, teaches and does product development. Writing and designing as a BEAD UNIQUE columnist and author of ALTERED BOOK COLLAGE and COLLAGE CREATIONS as well as being a regular contributor to SOMERSET STUDIOS & BELLE ARMOIRE, have kept her out of trouble recently. Inspiration for her work comes out of a never ending curiosity to create unique and varied works using a wide variety of materials and techniques.
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Misty Mawn is a down to earth mixed media artist living amongst the blue ridge mountains of rural Virginia. She has had a strong passion to create art since she can remember, a passion that continues to bless her life with purposeful work and fulfilling adventures. When not in the studio she can be found amusing (rather being amused by) her two ever growing children, cooking up come creative concoction in the kitchen, or strolling the back trails with camera in hand. She studied studio art at Moravian college, started a pottery business, and has since retired from clay to focus on painting and teaching mixed media art. You can find out more about her on her blog http://www.mistymawn.typepad.com/
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Paula McNamee is a mixed media artist from Portland, OR. She’s self-taught with experience teaching at local art retreats and meetings. She belongs to the Portland Art Collective, the Portland Artist Group and the Columbia Gorge Polymer Clay Guild. Visit her blog at www.dreamciclejourneys.blogspot.com or contact her at ppmcnamee@msn.com.
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Cynthia Mooney is a mixed media artist who has shown her work in the Portland area for the past several years. She is currently working in collage and acrylics. She also has a keen interest in watercolor journaling and has been teaching journal making and journal keeping classes in the Northwest and beyond for the past 4 years. She loves to travel and brings her journals with her wherever she goes. Inspiring others to keep journals is her true passion.
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Jacqueline Newbold’s travels give her inspiration to represent little gems of the world in her color-filled paintings. Her watercolor journal, a constant companion, combines fine art with mixed media, capturing a moment in time and creating a meaningful work of art. She is a member of the Watercolor Society of Oregon, the Northwest Watercolor Society and the High Desert Art League. She encourages her students to explore and have fun with art. Last year, Jacqueline led a trip to “What better way to savor a moment than to sketch, paint and depict a feeling of a charming place that will bring back a flood of enchanting memories for years to come.” Website: http://www.newboldart.com Contact: newbold0505@bendbroadband.com
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With a love of teaching and sharing, as well as a passion for color and texture, DJ Pettitt delights in experimenting with multi media, using unconventional art methods and creating new techniques to incorporate in her art and teaching. A southern Oregon artist, DJ combines a background in fine art with photography, whimsical fabric painting, and recycled textiles, creating new works in the form of art books, wearable art, and giftables.
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Scott David Plumlee has been inspiring a new generation of chain jewelers over the past decade, leading 150 workshops nationwide. Plumlee is the author of Handcrafting Chain and Bead Jewelry, retailing over 35,000 copies since 2007. His second book, Chain and Bead Jewelry: Creative Connections will release in July 2009. Scott is a world traveler who finds his inspiration from the exploration of ancient craft designs while trekking throughout thirty-two countries on four continents. He currently resides in the enchanted foothills of Taos, NM.
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Barbara Roth studied painting at U.C.L.A. and has a degree in Fine Art and a teaching credential in Art Education. She enjoys helping people develop their artistic and creative abilities. After college, she studied at Art Student's League in NYC, Art Center College of Design in Pasadena and Otis Parsons in L.A. She worked in an animation studio, for a dancewear manufacturer and as an English As A Second Language teacher during the days and as a children's book writer and illustrator in the evenings before she quit her jobs to stay home with her first baby. Ms. Roth currently teaches painting and drawing to adults and children for Sierra College Community Ed., Michael's Art supplies, and the Learning Exchange. She believes in finding time to paint in the middle of busy lives, and works with students to find ways they can too. Combining traveling and painting are what inspires her personal watercolor paintings. This year she will be taking students to Tuscany and the Dordogne region of France to sketch, paint, tour and shop.. She resides in Sacramento, CA with her husband and teenage daughter, and her hobbies include tending beagles, kayaking, yoga and cooking soup. See more of Barbara's work at www.barbararothart.com and visit her blog at http://www.barbararoth.blogspot.com/
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I graduated from college with my BFA in drawing and ceramics, and minors in Zoology and Anthropology. I have pursued my passion for art by taking many art classes since then and continue to do so. For the last 3 years I have come full circle back to art and have been actively proceeding ahead where I left off. I recently joined two cooperative outsider galleries where I finished, May 2007, my second one person show, with another on May 11 2007. I have also been a regular seller of art on Ebay for 4 years. I studied under Roger Lang (ceramics), and Craig Smith (drawing). I have been in numerous publications, the most recent being The Artists Cafe 1st edition for Somerset Studios, in the Melange section. I have been in a gallery show every month in 2007, ending with a wall in the Arvada Art Center Holiday Show and Sale.
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Stephanie Jones Rubiano is a native Austinite who graduated magna cum laude from Texas A&M at She can be contacted at www.stephanierubiano.com.
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Donna has been a basketry instructor for 19 years, working mostly in natural materials. She has exhibited her baskets and woven figures all over the U.S., and has been featured in several magazine and newspaper articles. Donna encourages her students to expand from tradition and develop their own styles. Check out this recent article about Donna in Natural Home magazine: http://www.naturalhomemagazine.com/2008-03-01/Good-to-Know-Lead.aspx Visit her website at: http://www.donnasakamotocrispin.com/
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I have recently retired from teaching in public schools to devote more time to my art and teaching workshops around the country. I consider myself not so much a jeweler but rather a ‘maker of stuff’. My interests include digital art, mixed media collage/assemblage, sculpture and jewelry. I prefer to work with alternative materials and non-traditional techniques when creating art. My work has been featured in ‘Belle Armoire Jewelry’ and ‘Jewelry Artist’ magazines, Susan Lenart-Kazmer’s book ‘Making Connections’, ‘Collage, Assemblage and Altered Art’ by D. Maurer-Mathison,, 'Exhibition 36' by My work can be viewed at www.rsalley.com. Contact me with questions at art@rsalley.com
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I live in the beautiful historic town of I have taught at Art Fest and Art & Soul for many years and am available to teach workshops in artist’s studios and at other venues. http://albie-smith.blogspot.com/
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Carla Sonheim is a "painter of girls, mother of boys" and keeps busy with galleries, shows, an online store and workshop teaching. One of her students writes, "Carla just shines and is so gentle and generous that you will work hard all day and come out energised and inspired. Most importantly though, [her] class was a touchstone in my artistic journey, giving me the courage to stop resisting, and open myself to my creative voice." Carla has taught at Artfest, Art & Soul, The Art Nest and ArtUnraveled. Email: carla@carlasonheim.com
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For 10+ years, Martha created and taught a variety of popular papercraft classes (as well as produced a nationally distributed store newsletter) for First Impression Rubber Stamp Arts in Portland, Oregon. After leaving First Impression (when the store closed), Martha turned to the “fiber side” and started creating in the fun world of fabric. She loves COLOR and working with color harmonies. Providing her students with a colorfully displayed bounty of materials, is a hallmark of her classes.
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Helga Strauss grew up in the San Francisco Bay Area and now resides in beautiful Victoria, Canada, with her wonderful husband and darling pets. She holds a BA degree in Art History from the University of Oregon. She strives to live an artistic life, dabbling in everything creative and fun. You can find her fabulous, inspiring products that she has designed and scoured the world for at her incredible online shop: ARTchix Studio. You can also see some of her past artwork and fun ideas in ARTitude Zine (a magazine that she co-published for over 4 years with her friend, Suz Simanaitis). She has previously taught fun art classes at Art and Soul and Artwerx. Check out her colorful blog for tons of inspiration: myartisticlife.typepad.com!
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Beryl Taylor arrived in the USA in 2002 from England, having graduated in City and Guilds Creative Embroidery. Whilst in Britain she had spent many years exhibiting her work with a textile group called "Threadmill”. She also taught many workshops in mixed media collage. Since arriving in the USA, Beryl has continued to teach workshops, has had her work published in many national and international magazines, and has continued to exhibit her work both in the USA and throughout the world. She has recently had her first book published with Quilting Arts Publications, titled "Mixed Media Explorations”. Beryl can be contacted at berylptaylor@aol.com
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A resident of Cody, Wyoming, and a North Carolina native, Deb Trotter is a mixed media artist specializing in painted collage, paper arts, and assemblage. Deb’s western-themed art has been featured in Cloth, Paper, Scissors; Somerset Studio; Belle Armoire Magazine; Art E Tude Zine; and Pasticcio, as well as in Lynne Perrella’s book, Beyond Paper Dolls. Most recently, Deb’s work was published in both Beading With Charms and Altered Art Projects. Her award-winning artwork has been exhibited in various galleries and art shows both nationally and internationally. You can view Deb’s work at www.cowboyssweetheart.net and www.cowboyssweetheart.typepad.com
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After years of exploring different art media, melted wax captured me. For five years I have been exploring the many different ways to paint with wax. I am not a traditionalist, but rather a European style wax painter mentored by Michael Bossom from Wales. I soon began to teach this method, give demos and talks on the subject. I am a member of the artist owned Gallery North in Edmonds, WA. with my studio and classroom at the gallery. My paintings have been in juried shows, and I have had many one man shows
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Darlene Veltman is an artist living in Portland OR. She has been sewing since she was 12 years old and has made a career in the fashion industry for over 20 years working as a designer, technical fashion illustrator, patternmaker and trainer, traveling to Japan, China and Europe. She and her daughter, Cora, have been making Sock Creatures since 2005 when they made their first traveling buddys. Since then they have made over 200 Silly Sock Creatures, teaching locally and at various artist retreats in the Pacific NW. Darlene’s other interests include quilting, fabric and paper collage, marbleizing, and photography.
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Judy Wilkenfeld is a mixed media artist from Sydney Australia who works mainly on commission-based work. Her artwork has been published in the three leading paper arts magazines in Australia. Judy has been a contributor to an art-zine, and a number of articles related to her artworks have been published both in Australia and the USA, and more recently was the "Artist In Profile" in Cloth Paper Scissors. She has taught in Australia, but this will be her first teaching engagement in the USA and Canada.
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Judy Wise is a painter, printmaker and mixed media artist who teaches creativity workshops across the United States and abroad. In addition to product licensing and book illustration her work has been published in a variety of mixed-media books including Taking Flight, Creative Time and Space, Embracing Encaustic, 1000 Journal Pages, and Interactive Art Workshop. She is a passionate lover of all things artful and of helping others find joy in the process of self-expression. Visit her blog at www.judywise.blogspot.com. e-mail: judywise@canby.com
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Suzie started her art career as founder of Visit her web site at <http://www.suziewolfer.com/> or email her at suzie@suziewolfer.com.
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Sally Jean is a self-taught mixed media artist/jewelry designer who has been creating art all her life...from hand-painted sneakers to Raku pottery. After leaving a career in real estate, she began creating her vintage art collage charms in 1998 using her signature antique papers, vintage photographs, and found objects. Her jewelry and artwork can be found at boutiques and galleries across the country and online. She has been featured in Oregon Home Magazine, Quilting Arts magazine, Mary Englebreit’s Home Companion, and the West Linn Tidings. Her philosophy, do what you love; she does! 
Susan is best described as a well established artist whose interests cut across many creative areas. Her passion, however, is Fabric Art. “Fabric Art offers an almost unlimited opportunity for creative expression. Also, it’s a lot of fun!”. Susan has developed her talents over many years, including teaching at the Adult Education Program for Santa Barbara City College, as a credentialed instructor. She has been teaching arts for the better part of 25 years, including featured classes at Peacemaker’s, Costa Mesa, California. She has been featured in Art Doll Quarterly and has appeared as a guest artist on the Carol Duvall Christmas Special. For her, the draw to teaching is sharing her Fabric Art techniques with her students. “I enjoy teaching because I love to share ideas with my students. We all learn together and the network we form to share future ideas is probably one of the most satisfying parts of teaching”. Susan’s classes are considered fun, because they are always tailored to the skill level of each student class. As students continue through the classes, they learn more and more advanced techniques. They also begin to develop their own styles. “Art is fun, but it is also a very rewarding outlet when you just feel that need to express yourself.” Susan Lives in Santa Barbara, with her husband and a small zoo. Join Susan in one of her classes.
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