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Charley Slaughter & Kerin Gale

Charley Slaughter and Kerin Gale are self taught artists who use wild experimentation resulting in many innovative techniques with resins and other materials.  As heavy users of found objects, clays of all sorts, metals and optical glass, they make art jewelry and small scale sculptures. They have also been making mechanical and kinetic art pieces for several years and have discovered ways to make previously very complicated mechanisms quite simple to construct. 

Their creations can be seen in Somerset Studio magazine, 500 Pendants and Lockets by Lark Books and in galleries and shops.  Kerin is currently writing a mixed media book featuring resin clay which will be released in 2010 by North Light Books.

email:  remnants.art@gmail.com 

website:  http://www.MixedMediaArt.ning.com/  &  http://RemnantsOfOlde.com/

• 301 Mechanical Flying Bird CLOSED   - Wednesday
• 302 Vintage Gentleman - Thursday
• 303 3 Bird House - Friday

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Christine Szekeres & Stephanie Rojas

Christine Szekeres

A mixed media artist with a whimsical soul, Christine enjoys assemblage, collage, and jewelry design. Teaching is a passion and she opens her home to friends, both old and new, where she shares her love of creativity and art. Christine uses her marketing background to help friends design web sites, collateral materials, and plan events. A Seattle transplant of seven years, Christine enjoys exploring the diverse art community of the Pacific NW. Christine taught at Art & Soul in 2005 and her work has been featured in Sommerset Studio, Legacy, Gallery 7, RubberStampMadness, The Rubber Stamper, and VSN. To learn more about Christine you can visit her web site, www.artfulmusings.com.

Stephanie Rojas

Stephanie is a mixed media artist living in Northern California. She loves anything antique or eclectic and is especially drawn to the Victorian Era. For many years, art has been an integral part of Steph’s world, rounding out her life and adding dimension to the woman who is a wife and a “non-soccer mom.” An avid traveler, she loves France, particularly antiquing in Paris and roaming Monet’s French countryside. Steph taught at Art & Soul in 2005 and her work has been featured in Sommerset Studio, Gallery 7, ArtChix Studio, and Art-e-Zine. You can also see her work on www.artfulmusings.com.

• 144 Little Shop of Memories - Sunday

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Michael deMeng & Stephanie Lee

Michael: 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 

Stephanie:  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
Website: www.stephanieleestudios.com

• 401 Patronizing Saints-2 Day Class - Wed/Thurs

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Bee Shay & Judy Wise

Bee Shay is mixed media artist hailing from the east coast and wishing she lived on the west coast, splitting her time between her studio in PA and her island home 30 miles out to sea off the coast of Massachusetts…that is when she is not traveling for teaching or work.  A love of photography, printmaking, painting and collage has kept her active in the mixed media world for the last 13 years.  Before that she was primarily a painter and faux finisher who spent her off hours working on photography and print making.  A dabbler, a maker of things, a dreamer but most of all truly a teacher at heart who loves to spend as many hours as she can sharing any knowledge she has with anyone who’s willing to listen.  Her work has been published in magazines such as Somerset Studio, and Somerset Gallery, also included in five books to date with more in the future, has work in the Whaling Museum in Nantucket, MA, and in galleries and is due to have her first book published in January of 2010 with Quarry Books.  Bee's Blog: www.beeshay.typepad.com

Judy Wise is an Oregon artist and national teacher who has worked as a printmaker and painter for three decades and has kept daily journals of her writing and art since before she was 10 years old. Her work has been featured on greeting cards, calendars, educational materials, gift bags, tapestries, and has been widely published in books and magazines. She is a passionate lover of all things artful and of helping others find joy in the process of self-expression. She believes making art is an innately human trait and that everyone is creative.
e-mail: judywise@canby.com
Website: www.judywise.com

• 430 Under the Surface - Monday

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Jen Goff & Liz Lamoreux

Liz Lamoreux was ten years old when she began sewing as part of her summer involved in the local 4H program. She created a calico skirt and matching floral drawstring bag. The other girls created mid-80s inspired mini skirts, but she wanted to look like Laura Ingalls. During her teens, her creative focus was on writing and surrounding herself with books that became her best friends. After college, her soul-searching adventures transported her into the world of poetry, yoga, and meditation. In the last few years, she has found herself drawn to the stories told by images from her childhood—vintage handkerchiefs, bowls of seashells, glass bottles, and her grandmother's sewing basket. She believes that unearthing our stories and sharing them through creating, writing, and community are vital to connecting with the
journey that is this life. She can often be found in her studio surrounded by strips of fabric, vintage buttons, several idea and poetry journals, and a mug of tea. As a yoga teacher and artist, she sees creating as a meditative exercise for the spirit and is currently focusing on sharing this inward journey with others.
Blog: http://bepresentbehere.blogspot.com
Website: http://www.lizlamoreux.com

Jen Goff is a Portland based artist. She spends time in her studio surrounded by lichen, seed pods and toy cameras. As well as being a full time jewelry designer, Jen is also a photographer and mixed media artist. She finds inspiration for all her art forms in the patterns and movement found in nature.

• 438 Recipes for Self Care - Sun Eve

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Jessica Acosta

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
taught classes throughout the Pacific Northwest at retreats, guilds and private conferences. I enjoy teaching almost as much as I enjoy sculpting, and that is saying a lot as I live and breathe clay. I live in Lacey, Washington with my fiancé and my fish.

Email: jessicalacosta@gmail.com
Website:  www.dollproject.com

• 276 Nesting Dolls - Wednesday
• 277 Pillow Form Figures - Monday
• 278 About Hands - Wed Eve

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Sylvia Anderson

Northern California is home to Sylvia Anderson, where she creates whimsical paper mache characters born from her imagination, and inspired by old children’s stories, vintage postcards, and Holiday imagery. Being mostly a self taught artist, Sylvia has worked in several mediums over the years, but found her niche when she tried her hand at sculpting. She found that the characters come to life in the 3-dimensional form, and the possibilities are endless.

In addition to the paper mache characters that Sylvia creates, she dabbles in a variety of other artistic mediums including mixed media collage, jewelry, and assemblages made from antique and vintage items.

She has designed projects which have been featured in Country Marketplace magazine, and GiftMaker magazine, has taught locally and will be teaching at other art retreat venues in 2009 in addition to teaching at Art & Soul in Portland. To see more of Sylvia’s work please visit her website at www.SylviaAnderson.com or her blog at www.SylviaAnderson.blogspot.com

• 372 Tea Spoon Curio Pendant - Wed Eve

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Doris Arndt

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. 
http://dorisarndt.com/   Email  thphantom@aol.com

• 156 The Whimsical Journal - Sun Eve
• 160 The Mighty Metal Journal - Monday
• 161 Multicolor Coptic Binding with Windows & Insets - Friday

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Thomas Ashman

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
and sculpture, and is working on an instructional book of techniques and projects.

Contact Thomas at:  thomasashmanart@yahoo.com

Website: www.blacksheepartist.com

• 221 Tin Men - Sunday
• 222 Glass & Copper Journal - Saturday
• 223 Mini Copper Journal - Friday

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Ann Baldwin

Ann Baldwin’s has exhibited in numerous solo and group shows across America. Her larger works appear regularly on the sets of primetime Hollywood shows and movies. Between workshops in collage and abstract painting across the U.S.A., she maintains studios in England and California. She is represented by galleries in California and Texas. Her instructional DVD, ‘Telling Stories in Collage & Paint’, was released by Creative Catalyst, Inc in 2006 and her new one 'Text & Texture in Collage' is due for release in Spring 2009. Her book, Creative Painting Workshop for Mixed Media Artists, will be published by Quarry Books in March 2009.

Email Address: waxart@sbcglobal.net

Website: www.annbaldwin.com

• 228 Experiments in Layering Text & Paint CLOSED   - Friday
• 229 Cut Down on Chaos! Learn to ComposeYour Painted Collage-2 Days - Wed/Thurs

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Serena Barton

Visual art was Serena’s first love as a child. Eventually this gave way to theater, then to her work as a counselor and raising children. Serena rediscovered her desire to make art after her first trip to Italy. She taught herself to paint and create mixed media work in her forties, earning her right to insist that it is never too late to delve into what inspires you!  Serena's business, The Art of Your Life, offers creativity and art workshops, groups and individual art coaching.  Serena also teaches classes on women and creativity at Portland State University as she continues her own visual art career. She exhibits and sells her work through several galleries and shops, as well as online and teaches at national art retreats. Serena's work has been licensed for fine art prints, hardback journal covers, and dinnerware. Her work has appeared in the art books Renascence, The Diptych Project and Oregon Public Broadcasting's Book for Cooks. Serena has recently published A Joyful Frenzy, a book of her artwork with text on the stories and processes behind the work. Serena’s first magazine article appears in the November/December 2009 issue of Cloth, Paper, Scissors magazine. Serena's great joy is to provide an atmosphere where you can discover or rekindle your own creative abilities
Website: http://www.serenabarton.com  Email:  serena@serenabarton.com

• 199 Wabi Sabi Wonder CLOSED   - Monday
• 200 Tear It Up! CLOSED   - Saturday

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Susan Bates-Bezek

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.

• 271 Vintage Style Art Doll - Monday

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Tory Brokenshire

 My first art award was at the age of 6 from the Oregon State Fair and I have been hooked ever since. As a self taught artist I have no rules to slow me down, I love trying everything. I worked with watercolors and art quilts for 15 years. For the past 8 years I have been concentrating on assemblage art and most recently wire work and sculptures.
I love to share my art experience with others and teaching is a fantastic avenue to do that. I have taught full day and mini workshops in many different mediums for the past 5 years. I now have the opportunity and privilege to devote all my time to art, I may be one of the luckiest people on the planet. 
coppercrowstudio@msn.com   and  coppercrowstudio.blogspot.com

• 441 Wire Sculpture Crow - Thursday

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Traci Bunkers

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.
I am a mixed-media/fiber artist with my fingers in many media including photography and book arts. I am an avid visual journaler, believing it helps to get it all out on the page's the good, the bad and the ugly. I am also obsessed with non-traditional & alternative photography such as pinhole, polaroid and toy cameras. Aside from selling spinning fibers and yarns that I dye and create through my one-woman business Bonkers Handmade Originals, I also create an artzine called Tub Legs, have a line of rubber stamps, design knitwear for yarn companies and magazines and am a knitting, spinning and crochet technical editor. I have been teaching classes at various gatherings and conferences across the US for over 16 years. My visual journal pages and artwork have been featured in many books, including 
The Creative Entrepreneur: A DIY Visual Guidebook for Making Business Ideas Real by Sonora Beam, True Vision: Authentic Art Journaling by L. K. Ludwig, 1,000 Artist Journal Pages: Personal Pages and 
Inspirations by Dawn Sokol, Kaleidoscope: Ideas And Projects to Spark Your Creativity by Suzanne Simanaitis, and The Complete Guide to Altered Imagery by Karen Michel.

Check out my website at  www.TraciBunkers.com

• 319 Carved Alphabets - Fri Eve
• 320 Surreal Uber Paintings - Thursday
• 321 Screen Printing on the Fly- MacGyver Style - Wed Eve
• 322 Roller Printing MacGyver Style - Thurs Eve
• 326 Revival: Restoration to a Visual Life; An Awakening CLOSED   - Wednesday

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Lisa Call

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

• 102 PMC 3D CLOSED   - Friday
• 103 Charm School CLOSED   - Thursday

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Jennifer Campbell

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. 
Jennifer teaches her workshops, “Create Your Dream Art Studio” and “Time Has Wings Pendants”, as well as “Timely Tin Watch Bracelets” at Art and Soul Retreat in Portland, OR. Previously, she taught art workshops (mural painting, stenciling, marbling, faux finishes) at Matthews Main Street Paints in Tigard for over 3 years. 
She has been published in Somerset Studio Magazine, The Faux Finisher Magazine and Paint Décor Magazine, among others. She is a member of Portland Art Collective, The International Decorative Artisan’s League, Cascade Artisan’s Guild, and is a member of the National Association of Professional Organizers. Jennifer holds a Bachelor’s Degree in Interior Design from Woodbury University in Southern California. She has owned her professional organizing business - The Art of Organizing for over 5 years in Portland, Oregon, where she specializes in the design and organizing of artist studios and craft spaces.  Jennifer is currently entering coaching training and will be working with artists as a life coach.

Email: lfnclr@aol.com

Visit Jennifer’s blog :  http://www.jennifercampbellheartwings.blogspot.com/
Her websites: www.TheArtofOrganizing.net    www.LifeinColour.net

• 368 Vintage Spicy Tin Jewelry - Thurs Eve
• 369 The Art of Organizing-Create Your Dream Art Studio - Fri Eve

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Juliana Coles

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/

• 338 Yin & Yang:The Opposites Within - Wednesday
• 339 A Woman's Book of Shadows CLOSED   - Thursday
• 340 The Haunted Art of Repetition: An Introduction to Visual Journalism - Wed Eve
• 341 Extreme Journalism:Into the Shadowy Mist CLOSED   - Thurs Eve
• 342 Beyond Extreme Journalism - Fri Eve

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Gail Crosman Moore

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.

Her work can be seen at her website: www.gailcrosmanmoore.com

• 210 Treasure Pouch - Monday
• 211 Felt as a Sculptural Vehicle - Sunday
• 212 Felted Embellished Brooch - Saturday

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Alma de la Melena Cox

• 126 The Process of Telamadera Fusion CLOSED   - Wednesday

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Michael deMeng

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 

• 384 Eye Hand Coordination - Friday
• 385 Chunky Loteria Cards CLOSED   - Saturday
• 386 Pressing Enshrinements - Monday

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Kecia Deveney

Originally from California, I am a mixed media/jewelry/amateur photographer, who now resides at the Jersey Shore. Drawing inspiration form my life experiences as the mother of a severely disabled child, I channel that energy into learning and creating art. Experimenting with “reclaimed discardia” results in many unique pieces of storytelling art. I’ve recently been published in Belle Amoire  Jewelry and Altered Couture. My goal as a teacher is to support, motivate and inspire others. I’ve taught at the east coast retreat, Art-is-you” and will be teaching several classes at “Gilding the lily” Feb. 2010. I’ve  also been successfully teaching art classes in my home for the last year. Visit my blog at www.lemoncholys.blogspot.com. See more of my work at: www.lemoncholys.com.

• 132 Memory Evoking Spoons - Wednesday
• 133 My Heart Beats for Thee - Thursday

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Deirdra Doan

Two years ago after a lifelong love and practice of Painting, a Bachelor's Degree in Fine Arts and an Art teaching credential, Deirdra became fascinated with the "Altered" art world. Her work then took a new turn towards creativity with reckless abandon. She has been running with gel medium and scissors ever since. Previous to this her art included Plein Air landscape oil/pastel painting, children's book illustrating, various art awards including "Best of Show", graphics and photography for national Record label covers, video documentaries and home decor which has been featured in several magazines. Deirdra's passionate love for life and beauty has always driven her art. As Renoir said, "why shouldn't art be beautiful?  There are enough unpleasant things in the world." Beauty brings Deirdra joy and she spreads it everywhere she goes!
Deidra's Blog: http://deirdradoan.blogspot.com/

• 422 Pretty as a Princess-Art Nouveau Portrait - Friday
• 423 Pretty as a Princess-Art Nouveau Portrait - Saturday

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Diane Downs Lou

• 192 Transfers Gone Wild - Wed Eve
• 195 Transfers Gone Wild - Thurs Eve

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Louise Duhamel

Louise Duhamel is an award winning metal clay artist and nationally recognized Master Art Clay instructor. She teaches at numerous conventions and retreats throughout the country and abroad. Her varied workshops include metal clay, wire wrapping, and mixed metals art jewelry. She has written numerous articles and been a featured artist in several publications. Her work can be found in Somerset Studio, Art Doll Quarterly, Belle Armoire, and Art Jewelry magazines. She has written a book on innovative metal clay techniques entitled Metal Clay Jewelry – Projects, Techniques and Inspiration. You can visit her website at: www.louiseduhamel.com or contact her via email at enchante@roadrunner.com

• 311 Rollin in the New Age of Bronzclay - Sunday
• 312 Fused Bracelet - Monday

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Mary Ennes-Davis

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.

I don’t know how to measure. I’m not a perfectionist. My studio is full of teenage boys and a dog and a cat that get in everything. (Animal hair adds texture…) My frames are from recycled wood and aren’t perfect either. My husband, (Jeff) who knows how to measure, makes them for me. He is patient.

I believe that there are common threads that connect us; emotions, experiences, what we do for fun, how and where we live. I try to share those threads in my art. I want to help people pause and consider how we are all connected. I believe that if we find those connections then there is a hope for peace.

My website is: www.crowriverstudio.com. My work is shown nationally in Galleries and art shows. I also teach art to children in the public schools through funding from grants.
Email: crowriverstudiodavis@juno.com

• 383 Take Time To Play - Sunday

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Daniel Essig

Daniel Essig is a  studio artist and instructor living in Asheville, North Carolina. Daniel teaches book arts workshops at book centers, craft schools and colleges. He is a recipient of the North Carolina Artist Fellowship Grant. Dan exhibits his work nationally and is in numerous private and public collections recently his work has been collected by the Smithsonian Renwick Museum and The Charolette Smith Collection of Miniature Books  at University of Iowa Libraries. Many of Daniel’s sculptural pieces are featured in The Penland Book of Handmade Books. 

For more information on Daniel, visit his website:  www.danielessig.com

• 313 Tree Book - Wednesday
• 314 Rock Album-2 Day Class - Thurs/Fri
• 316 Centipede Stitch - Thurs Eve
• 318 Mica Cover: Herring-Bone Binding - Wed Eve

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Jan Harris

Since childhood, art has always been an important part of Jan's life.  She has pursued her art education at various universities in across the West, as well as participating in numerous specialized workshops.   Initially focusing in watercolor and collage, Jan began to experiment with three dimensional art and fell in love with the shine of metal, the glitter of glass and the mellowness of natural materials such as gourds.  Her current work reflects the synergy that results from the combination of these eclectic materials. Jan has been instructing art classes for the past 12 years in Idaho, Oregon and Washington and her work has been featured in galleries and shows in several Westerns states, as well as publications, including Somerset Studio, Transparent Art and Haute Handbag.  Jan is a member of the Mosaic Art Alliance and Portland Art Collective and is represented by the Sixth Street Gallery in Vancouver, WA. 

Jan's blog: http://purplebirdart.blogspot.com  Email:purplebirdart@q.com

• 388 Copper Repousse - Saturday

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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.

Marylin Huskamp is a self-taught artist, who has a love of mixed media and fibers. She has worked with these mediums in various ways for over 40 years. Her passion began when she started making dolls. It has since evolved into composing beautiful works of art. She is constantly experimenting to find new and interesting ways to achieve greater depth in her pieces. Marylin's fiber work has received national recognition. Her art has appeared in Somerset Belle Armoire, Altered Couture, Haute Handbag, Cloth Paper Scissors, and Fibre & Stitch. She is a proud contributor to the book Shared Vision by L.K. Ludwig.

• 112 Painted Nature Revisited - Wednesday
• 114 Vintage Glitter Studio Garland - Wed Eve

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Lisa Kaus

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.

Lisa has had her own business under the name of Lisa Kaus Art Studios for over 10 years which features mixed media artwork and more. Her work has appeared in numerous magazine publications and is sold nationally. To learn more about Lisa please visit www.lisakaus.com or visit her blog at http://lisakaus.blogspot.com/

• 402 Be Still My Beating Heart CLOSED   - Sunday
• 403 Gridlocked CLOSED   - Monday

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Katie Kendrick

Katie Kendrick lives along the banks of the Tahuya River in western Washington, surrounded by the Tahuya State Forest. The peaceful beauty of the nature that surrounds her is a constant source of inspiration and nourishment for her creative spirit. She finds art making to be one of the most powerful ways to connect with her innermost essence while at the same time discovering her authentic voice. She enjoys the experimental and intuitive layers of creating, where she can explore inner and outer worlds simultaneously and she has a passion for sharing her love of creating with others. Katie teaches mixed media workshops nationwide and has been featured in several books and magazines.

Contact Katie at: joyouslybecoming@earthlink.net
Website: www.katiekendrick.com
Blog: www.joyouslybecoming.typepad.com

• 258 Spontaneous Haiku Painting - Thursday
• 259 The Enchanting Place - Friday
• 260 Tales from the Land of Odd CLOSED   - Wednesday

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Stephanie Lee

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
Website: www.stephanieleestudios.com

• 261 Selective Seeing:Painting the Mind's Eye View-Eve & Day Class(9hr) CLOSED   - Fri Eve/Sat
• 262 Off The Cuff - Monday

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Susan Lenart-Kazmer

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  

• 327 Rings, Relics & Riveting CLOSED   - Saturday
• 330 Exploration of Resins-2 Day Class CLOSED   - Sun/Mon

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Leighanna Light

Leighanna Light is an art instructor &  a figurative assemblage artist known for her whimsical style & unique use of found objects.  
Her background is in fine arts & photography, but she considers herself self taught when it comes to the assemblage work that she now creates.  She has been instructing art workshops  for the past 10 years, teaching  workshops locally & internationally.
Leighanna is represented by galleries & museums across the country & work has  been published in numerous books & magazines including The Studio, Art Doll Quarterly & Somerset Studio.
“I love to create, to hunt for things to create with & to share my creativity with others.  It’s what I live for,  it’s my oxygen.”
Leighanna grew up in a small town in upstate New York.
She has spent most of the past 18 years in Albuquerque, New Mexico with her best friend Sam.   Visit Leighanna at:  http://lklight.blogspot.com

• 343 The Scarlet Onion - 2 Night Class - Thurs Eve/Fri Eve
• 344 Vintage Metal Deck CLOSED   - Sunday
• 345 The Ultimate Passion Book CLOSED   - Monday

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LK Ludwig

 Visit her blog at gryphonsfeather.typepad.com.

• 350 The Poetic Eye 1 - Eve+Day Class(9hrs) CLOSED   - Fri Eve/Sat
• 351 The Secret Life of Flowers- Eve+Day Class(9hrs) - Thurs Eve/Fri
• 352 Juicy Painted Handbound Journal - Thursday

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Melissa Manley

I've worked in whatever medium was available since childhood. I recieved a degree in studio arts from the University of NC at Wilmington years ago . And went back to complete a Masters of Fine Arts in Metal Design at East Carolina University in 2006. I was lucky to study under Linda Darty, an icon of enameling and Robert Ebendorf, one of the godfathers of found object jewelry in the United States. I enjoy making jewelry and small vessels, often incorporating natural objects gleaned from the beaches near my home here in Wilmington, North Carolina. I've taught collage, watercolor, book altering and jewelry classes for the past ten years. My work has appeared in Somerset Studio magazine, Crafting Personal Shrines, and The Fine Art of Enamelling, and Lark’s 500 Enameled Objects. Currently, I teach metals at Cape Fear Community College in Wilmington.  I believe that there is a magic in creating things. And I love teaching because I get to share that magic with a roomful of other like minded folks! Teaching, making in a variety of mediums, keeping up with my teenage musician daughter Meredith, and my professional kayak guru and partner Robert Smith, all keep my VERY busy!  To see what I'm up to lately, please visit my blog: http://melissamanleystudios.blogspot.com/

Website:    http://www.melissamanleystudios.com

• 189 Goddess of the Tines - Sunday
• 190 Copper Trinkets & Baubles Bracelet CLOSED   - Friday
• 191 Tighten Your Game! - Fri Eve

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Marie Maretska

Marie Maretska is a studio artist who has been creating art in Southern Oregon for over 25 years.  She has been honored twice by the Oregon Arts Commission for the Percent for Public Art Program and a featured artist on Oregon Public Broadcasting’s nationally recognized television program “Art Beat”.  Her work can be seen in galleries across the country.  She has taught art to the young and experienced and is currently in love with teaching the spellbinding process of fusing glass to copper.  For more background information go to: maretska.com

• 432 Creating Jewels: Fusing Glass to Copper CLOSED   - Friday

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Misty Mawn

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/

• 265 Planting the Seed: Art Journal-2 Day Class CLOSED   - Thurs/Fri
• 266 The Painted Polaroid Portrait Album CLOSED   - Wednesday

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Deryn Mentock

Deryn Mentock has been creating art all her life and currently enjoys working in collage and mixed media with a passion for jewelry design. She’s typically drawn to vintage, unusual and found objects and intuitively melds these elements into her work.  Color, texture and composition are integral to each piece and much of her artwork reflects her passion for faith and spiritual matters. 

Her artwork has been featured in several books including “Mixed Emulsions” by Angela Cartwright and, most recently, “Exhibition 36” by Susan Tuttle. You can also find her work in numerous articles and publications including Step by Step Wire Jewelry, Somerset Studio, Belle Armoire, Belle Armoire Jewelry, Art Doll Quarterly, Stampington’s Gallery, Somerset’s book Artist Trading Cards and Correspondence Art.  You can contact her at mocknet@sbcglobal.net and see more of her work at http://somethingsublime.typepad.com

• 104 Wingkeeper Necklace Workshop-2 Days CLOSED   - Sun/Mon

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Cynthia Mooney

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.

Contact her at csmooney@hotmail.com

• 363 Keeping the Artful Journal - Thursday

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Crystal Neubauer

Crystal Neubauer is a mixed-media artist with a love for finding beauty in the broken and discarded remnants of past lives. These “flowers” of the past are brought together to tell a story which is hidden deep in her soul. Crystal believes there is a story in each one of us and that we all have the artistic ability to tell it if we just begin to trust that narrator's voice within. Crystal sells her art and mixed-media supplies & objects as “Other Peoples Flowers”, both on line, and at national art venues. She is currently teaching workshops in both collage and jewelry techniques nationally. Crystal was interviewed in the Jan/Feb 2010 “Artist to Artist” column in Cloth Paper Scissors. Her work has been featured in “A Charming Exchange: 25 Jewelry Projects to Create and Share” North Light Books, Belle Armoire Jewelry, and several issuess of Somerset Studio. Her art has been shown in private galleries, and is featured on her blog at: http://www.otherpeoplesflowers.blogspot.com. She can be reached for class and supply questions at: crystal_opf@comcast.net

• 121 Front & Center 3D Collage w/Story - Wednesday
• 121 Front & Center 3D Collage w/Story - Wednesday

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Jacqueline Newbold

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 Provence, France painting in the footsteps of Vincent Van Gogh and is planning a return trip to paint the poppies blooming in 2011.  Her journals have been featured in the Cloth, Paper Scissors Magazine and she self-published a watercolor instructional book: “Watercolor Journeys & Inspirations from Travel”. 

“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

• 181 The Good, the Bad & the Beauty of Color CLOSED   - Friday
• 182 Watercolor Journeys-Inspirations from Travel CLOSED   - Monday

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Linda and Opie O'Brien

Opie and Linda O'Brien are mixed-media artists, authors and workshop instructors, who enjoy pushing the envelope in myriad ways, using organic, recycled and found materials because they seem to have a voice that must be heard, a story that must be told, and a life that would otherwise be too soon forgotten. They consider themselves "caretakers of the mundane and the ordinary" and their unique offerings include jewelry, dada dolls & recyclabots, assemblage, books, collage, masks and more. They teach art workshops nationally and internationally based on techniques in their books: Who’s Your Dada-Redefining the Doll through Mixed Media and Metal Craft Discovery Workshop. They like to fan the flames of creativity and believe there’s an artist inside everyone and that sometimes all you need is a place to begin. Their work has been featured in over 27 books including Larks 500 Handmade Dolls and 500 Handmade Books and in magazines including Cloth Paper Scissors, Studios, Art Doll Quarterly, Belle Armoire, Somerset Studio, Legacy, Handcrafted and The Craft Report, in addition to art galleries, museum gift shops and both group and solo shows. Opie, an artist and musician, attended SVA in N.Y.C., while Linda is self-taught. New York City transplants, they now live in Ohio on Lake Erie with their cat Angelus and his cat Angel. http://www.burntofferings.com or http://burntofferings.typepad.com

For more information about the artists, visit their website and blog at:

• 291 Simple Metal Jewelry-Bent, Beaded & Balled CLOSED   - Thursday
• 292 Simple Metal Jewelry-Sawn, Tabbed & Snagged - Friday
• 293 Collage A Trois CLOSED   - Saturday
• 294 Who's Your Dada - Sunday

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DJ Pettitt

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. 

Contact DJ at jndpettitt@charter.net and visit her website at www.djpettitt.com

• 404 Nestled in Layers of Texture-2 Day Class - Sun/Mon

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Scott David Plumlee

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.

Author Statement:
Handcrafting chain jewelry allows me to explore my curiosity of the natural world in the study of geometry and geology to combine metal and mineral. I have been making chain jewelry for the past thirteen years and progressively energized because it is a continuous scenario of problems to be solved. Employing creativity to turn the intangible images in my mind from sketchbook into sterling silver wire creations that are comfortable to wear and stunning to behold. I challenge myself to create innovative chain designs by utilizing curiosity as a guide and creativity as a catalyst to find new solutions to the age-old question of how to combine silver and gemstones. Over the past decade, I have found that the path of least resistance in creating new designs is simply to be aware of the possibilities within the happy accident and explore my imagination with reckless abandonment. Handcrafting chain jewelry is not merely a lifelong passion; to me it is a vehicle to teach a new generation of artists and a platform to publish a series of tutorial books.

Email: sdp@davidchain.com     Website: www.davidchain.com

• 295 Zig Zag Byzantine Bracelet - Thursday
• 296 Soldering with Silver--the Easy Way! - Wed Eve
• 297 Beaded Chaos Bracelet - Wednesday
• 298 Beaded Infinity Chain Bracelet - Thurs Eve

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Donna Sakamoto Crispin

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/

• 232 Dream Pouch - Friday
• 239 French Birdhouse - Saturday

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Richard Salley

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 Susan Tuttle and 'Contemporary Copper Jewelry' by Sharilyn Miller.

My work can be viewed at www.rsalley.com. Contact me with questions at art@rsalley.com

• 346 Turn Over a New Leaf CLOSED   - Saturday
• 347 Hinged Enamel Bracelet - Friday
• 349 Prayer Box Pendant - Sunday

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Lorri Scott

Lorri Scott considers herself a self-taught fiber artist.  She wove pot holders and made Barbie doll clothes as a girl which began her lifelong pursuit of wearable art. She has been a weaver for over 20 years, hand dyeing her yarns that go on the loom and creating one-of-a-kind garments and accessories from the cloth she has made.  She works in her studio in the Santa Cruz Mountains overlooking the Monterey Bay.  Lorri loves working with color using dye as the medium to transform silk fabrics and ribbons to use in her creations.  She has expanded to making cloth books and designing “wayward threads” stoles and scarves.  Her work has been published in Shuttle Spindle & Dyepot, Belle Armoire, Quilting Arts and Somerset Studio Wedding 3.  She has shown her award winning work in many galleries including AVA at the Triton Museum of Art in Santa Clara, Santa Cruz Mountains Art Center, the Mountain Art Guild, and Local Color in Big Sur, Ca. as well as showing in San Francisco, L.A., Austin, Tx. and St. Louis, Mo.  See examples of Lorri’s work at her website http://www.lasfibers.com or visit her blog at  http://www.lasfibers.blogspot.com/

• 122 A Bevy of Scarves to Dye For - Thursday
• 123 Wayward Threads-Silk Ribbon Scarf - Wednesday

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Albie Smith

albiepapersmith@gmail.com

http://albie-smith.blogspot.com/

• 305 The Episodic Journal CLOSED   - Friday
• 306 The Infinite Journal- 2 Day Class - Wed/Thurs
• 405 Paste Paper Book Combo CLOSED   - Sunday

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Carla Sonheim

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

• 379 Imaginary Creatures - Sunday
• 381 Junk Mail Artist Book - Friday
• 382 Just You and the Paint - Sun Eve

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Martha Sparks

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.
Contact Martha at: marthasparks@q.com or visit her blog for more class details at: www.marthasparks.blogspot.com

• 373 No-Sew SUDOKU Art Quilt - Saturday
• 375 COLOR Play - Wednesday

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Helga Strauss

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!

www.artchixstudio.com

• 424 Beautiful Dream Boxes - Sunday
• 425 Get Inspired & Creative with Art Challenges! - Monday

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John Vandebrooke

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

My classes are held in the surrounding metropolitan area as well as during my annual journey south to California, Arizona and Texas for winter sun. Check out my web site at www.Fun-easy-art.com to explore the many different looks that wax can produce. Melted wax painting is relaxing and releasing, allowing you to explore its intuitive magical process. I will offer this wax painting class twice, on Friday and Sunday evenings. If you are looking for something new and exciting I will meet you there.

• 131 European Style Encaustic Painting w/Hot Irons - Monday
• 171 European Style Encaustic Painting w/Hot Irons - Sun Eve

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Lesley Venable

• 163 Aces & Eights- the building of an ATC - Wed Eve
• 165 Treasure Within-Altered Tin - Thursday
• 167 Hickory Dickory Dock-Altered Clock - Wednesday

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Judy Wise

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
Website: www.judywise.com

• 308 Stencil Self Portraits - Friday
• 309 Poetry in Wax CLOSED   - Sunday
• 431 Dolls for Big Girls CLOSED   - Thursday

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Suzie Wolfer

Suzie started her art career as founder of Northwest Pencraft in 1978 as a calligrapher and graphic designer.  Since then she has branched out into Chinese water color, acrylics, collage, traditional water color and paper arts.  She recently won first place for her Mixed Media “Hobby Horse Dream” at a fund raiser at the Lawrence Gallery and has shown her work at the Portland Art Center Gallery.  She has taught art classes at Art & Soul, New Renaissance, Collage, Portland Community College, and Portland Society for Calligraphy. Her work has appeared in Cloth Paper Scissors, 100 Journals Project, and Somerset Studio.   The Pop-Up Fold out Shine was featured in Cloth Paper Scissors in the Spring 2008 issue.  She also teaches SoulCollage in her private practice and at Providence Hospital, and a member of the Portland Art Collective

Visit her web site at <http://www.suziewolfer.com/> or email her at suzie@suziewolfer.com. 

• 433 Pop Up Fiction - Wed Eve
• 434 Pendants the Easy Way - Thurs Eve
• 435 Photo Tinting: Survey of Techniques CLOSED   - Fri Eve
• 436 Translucent Gilded Paste Paper CLOSED   - Sun Eve

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Jane Wynn

Jane Wynn was born in Baltimore, Maryland on a cold day in December, 1969.  She grew up making art as her focus and passion. As a graduate from the University of Maryland Baltimore County in 1995, with a Bachelors of Fine Art,she continued on with her education and received her Masters of Fine Art at Towson University in 1997 with a degree in Interrelated Media. In 2000 having just completed her degree, she began to teach art at Towson University and theCommunity Colleges of Baltimore County. Teaching has been a passion, and in 2002 both she and Thomas began to venture off to teach at workshops all over the country. Since this time, they have traveled quite a bit and have met many wonderful students and fellow teachers along the way.

• 332 Metal Reliquary - Sunday
• 334 Molding & Cloning - Monday

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Thomas Wynn

Thomas Wynn was born in Baltimore, Maryland, where at the age of 15 he received his first camera as a gift. Thus a new outlet of artist expression was born and a new direction in life was started. While attending college and working as a photographers assistant, Thomas entered into the Medical Photography training program at Johns Hopkins School of Medicine. This is also the time he realized the importance of computers were to be in the future of photography. He went out and purchased his first Macintosh and taught himself Photoshop. After leaving Hopkins, he went to work for the University of Maryland at Baltimore and now currently manages the Photography and Arts Section for two divisions of the National Institutes of Health. He currently teaches workshops around the country based on alternative processes for photography. Thomas' works are shown in galleries on the east coast and he has been published in various books, medical journals and Rolling Stone magazine.

• 331 Digital Photography Skills for the Artist - Sun Eve

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