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Portland Art and Soul Retreat Artists
Lorna Lovell & Carmen Reynolds
Lorna Lovell is the owner of Uroboros Glass, a specialty art glass manufacturer, in Portland Oregon. She enjoys sharing her glass knowledge, experience and techniques with her students.
Carmen has been in working with glass for over 20 years. Her work is on the cover of The Fused Glass Handbook; she has written articles for Glass Patterns Quarterly; had work featured in Glass Art Magazine,and the Professional Stained Glass magazine; and she has been on the cover of the Orton Firing Line. Carmen has taught many glass classes on the west coast, and in 1994 taught for the Art Glass Suppliers Association national trade show. She also helped design and develop many fused glass products that are now industry standards. She is very familiar with many kiln-working techniques related to glass. Along with her husband, she organizes and hosts a seminar event called Hot Glass Horizons. They have held 20 seminars in Corning, NY and Portland, OR. Over the years, Carmen has developed many of the classes currently taught by other teachers for this series.
- 375 Furiously Fusing: Introduction to Kiln-Formed Art glass- Wednesday
Sherri Haab writes and illustrates best selling, award winning how-to books and magazine articles. She is the author of the books, The Art of Metal Clay and Designer Style Jewelry and Designer Style Handbags. Several books have sold over a million copies each, including The Incredible Clay Book, Klutz 1994. Sherri has appeared on the Carol Duvall show and Good Things Utah. She teaches craft, business and jewelry making classes. She is a certified metal clay instructor and has been working with the medium since it was first introduced into the US. Sherri grew up in Seattle, WA. She now resides in Springville, Utah with her husband, Dan and three children.
sherrihaab.com
Raised in a family of artists, Wendy Wallin Malinow has a degree in fine arts and business. After years as an art director and graphic designer, she started working in beads ca. 1986 and has continued designing and making jewelry pieces ever since. She has illustrated 15 books, contributed to various craft books, and currently has pieces in the Lark Book Series "500 Polymer Pieces" and "500 Necklaces". Wendy has won awards in advertising, corporate, book illustration, gift markets, and has shown at numerous galleries and shows. Wendy has won two Rio Grande Saul Bell awards in Precious Metal Clay (02 and 05), Embellishment Best of Show and two first place Finished Jewelry awards, and numerous Bead & Button Show awards for her jewelry. Wendy and Sherri have worked together on several of Sherri's books. She continues to explore combining metal with alternative materials. Skiing, drawing, attempting every craft form in the universe, and eating candy is her idea of a perfect world.
- 404 Mixed Media Metal Clay Charms- Friday
Anne Grgich is one of the most original and innovative of the group of American artists known as Outsiders. Completely self-taught, and on the cover story of Raw Vision Magazine (#22), she became known for her one-of-a-kind books filled with page after page of impassioned, expressionistic faces and figures. Grgich often employs collage and vigorously applies layer after layer of overpainting, covering found texts and images, yet allowing some of the underneath to remain visible. "This layering suggests generations of mystery and mystique to her exotic characters." - Phil Demise-Smith, Gallery A Studio, NYC. To see many more examples of Anne's luscious paintings, please visit: www.annegrgich.com Email Anne at angelica@annegrgich.com.
The work of Lauren Atkinson involves the use of photography, sculpture, and mixed media techniques to delve into the collective unconscious while exploring themes of fear, disconnection, crisis and renewal. The visual dialogue expresses an observed vulnerability witnessed in the tentative nature that exists at the stasis point between the earthly and spiritual planes. Remaining open to the possibility of worlds that co-exist and can only be seen through our peripheral sight is a phenomenon that we find intriguing. The active process of slowing down, allowing our other senses to surface from the darkness creats the opportunity to communicate from our collective subconscious.
- 1005 Adventures in Colored Pencil- Friday
This will be my 3rd year teaching with Art & Soul. I have sculpted in polymer and apoxie clays for the last ten years. I usually create doll-like forms and love to push the idea of the doll by combining figurative forms with unusual elements such as landscapes and building architecture. I enjoy sharing the techniques and materials I have come across with other creative minds.
Email: jessicalacosta@gmail.com
Website: www.dollproject.com
- 302 Layered Dolls- Saturday
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 Englebreits Home Companion, and the West Linn Tidings. Her philosophy, do what you love; she does! www.sallyjean.com.
Doris is known for her whimsical style and is a national instructor with over 21 years experience as a freelance artist. Her work has been seen in numerous books and magazines, including Somerset Studio, The Studio, and The Rubber Stamper. She has also appeared on the Carol Duvall show. Doris approaches life, and her classes with smile and a song in her heart. thphantom@aol.com.
Thomas & Romona Ashman live and work in Bakersfield California. Tom was born in Utah and works in the public school as a music and drama teacher. Romona hails from Louisiana and works in the medical field. Romona began her art career as an art journalist and collage artist and her journal pages were included in Somersets art journal book, Signatures and twice in the Art Journal Calendar. Her soldered microscope slide jewelry has been featured in the Melange section of Somerset Studio Magazine. Tom is a working musician with the local band Driver and is an aspiring composer & writer. The projects and workshops they do together are inspired by the literature they both love and mixed media is the best way they have found to express their eclectic visions. Juxtaposing glass and metal has a strong appeal as they marvel at the fragility of reality vs. the longevity of fantasy. The fairy tale themes make the classes enjoyable to the artists as well as the students. Tom and Romona teach at Violets Rubber Stamp Inn in Ventura, Suzi Finers in Beverly Hills, Art Continuum in Ohio, and at Artfest in Port Townsend. They love to travel all over and enjoy meeting other artists in their classes. Visit their website at: www.4andtwentyblackbirds.com
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.
Ann Baldwin's work has been 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, abstract painting, and art marketing across the U.S.A. and Canada, she maintains studios in England and California. She is represented by six galleries in California and Texas. Ann has an instructional DVD by Creative Catalyst Inc.--for more info, click on "DVD Recommendations" on this website. Visit Ann's website at annbaldwin.com
Keely was an art director for over 11 years. Since then, she has designed and sold polymer clay jewelry and has runs her own fabric arts business, Fabric Frog Designs. She incorporates painting faux finishes and trompe loeil as a part of her fabric creations. Her work has been published in Somerset Studio, Belle Armoire, and Rubberstampmadness and she participated in the book Art Doll Chronicles. www.itsmysite.com/fabricfrogdesigns.
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, its 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 Peacemakers, 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. Susans 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.
- 320 Party Boy- Saturday
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.
Traci travels across the country and internationally to offer workshops on handmade artist’s books and mixed media. She designs, [kōL LäJ], an eclectic line of hand painted paper aRt! kits. Her artwork has been featured in various magazines, books and on HGTV & DIY. Traci is the author of, Collage Unleashed, and writes a column called Creativity Unleashed in Somerset Studio Magazine. To learn more about her artwork, events and creative musings visit www.treicdesigns.com or her blog [creativityUNLEASHED] http://kollaj.typepad.com.
Terry worked as a Registered Nurse until her love of photography took over. The portrait photo has evolved into hand tinting, manipulation, monoprinting, digital artwork, collage work and jewelry. Her portrait studio, Terry Berg Artography, is located in Seattle. Visit her blog at http://www.artwhispers.typepad.com/artwhispers/ and her website at tbartog@yahoo.com.
- 325 Polaroid Image & Emulsion Transfers- Monday
Traci Bunkers is a fiber artist with her fingers in many media including photography and book arts. Her current obsession is with non-traditional & alternative photography such as pinhole, polaroid and toy cameras. Aside from selling spinning fibers and yarns that she dyes and creates through her one-woman business Bonkers Handmade Originals, she also creates a quarterly artzine called Tub Legs, has a line of rubber stamps, designs knitwear for yarn companies and magazines and is a knitting, spinning and crochet technical editor. She has been teaching classes at various gatherings and conferences across the US for over 15 years. Her visual journal pages and artwork are featured in The Complete Guide to Altered Imagery by Karen Michel and The Decorated Journal by Gwen Diehn. She is also one of the featured artists in the knitting book on hand-dyers, Handpaint Country. Check out her website at www.bonkersfiber.com
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
- 329 Fused Chain Charm Bracelet- Wednesday
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 ( www.echoesdesvoyages.com for info). Please view my work at www.meandpete.com.
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
Diane Downs Lou is a collage artist/writer/teacher whose art and art-related articles have appeared in many publications including Somerset Studio, Artitude, Rubberstampmadness, Gallery III and VI, Altered Arts, Somerset's Wedding and ATC books, and Cloth, Paper, Scissors. Her business, Instant Inspiration (www.greatstuff4you.com) offers compelling components for artists to use in their work. When she's not creating her own art or scouring the beach for treasures, she teaches at art events and organizes international collaborative art projects. Diane resides on the Oregon coast. You can contact her at: inspiration@oregoncoast.com
- 340 Transfers & Transparencies- Sunday Eve
Dorothy has taught throughout the United States and Canada. She designs and teaches in several mediums and has written or co-authored over 40 books. She has also been a regular contributor to several magazines by designing projects, writing monthly columns and serving on the Editorial Board.
Lisa Engelbrecht is a lettering and multi- media artist and instructor in calligraphy and taught for years at Cerritos College in California . Lisa teaches workshops and classes internationally specializing in lettering on fabric, experimental lettering and the creative process. Lisa has been on the faculty of six international lettering conferences and teaches at collage, quilting and alternative arts conferences nationwide. In 2006 Lisa introduced new multi- media classes at the International Quilt Show in Houston, Texas and will return in 2008. She is interested not only in classical letterforms but also alternative surfaces for lettering and current street influences on modern calligraphy. She is a frequent contributor to Somerset Studios and her work on fabric was featured on the covers of Legacies and Quilting Arts magazines. Lisa is also a freelance lettering artist for American Greetings. AND she is the author of the book from Rockport Publishing, Modern Mark Making, from Classic Calligraphy to Hip Lettering.( published this summer!) Lisa's work can be seen in the June 2008 issue of Mary Engelbreit's Home Companion. Her classes are fast, fun and totally stress free!
http:///www.lisaengelbrecht.com
Daniel Essig creates wooden-covered art books and book-based sculptures. Using a fourth-century binding style known as Ethiopian style Coptic, he creates mixed-media book structures that incorporate unusual woods, handmade paper, found objects, fossils, and mica. He lives in Asheville, North Carolina, where he has a studio at the Grovewood Gallery. For more information on Daniel, visit his website: www.danielessig.com
Phoenix has been making her typewriter and other found object jewelry at Jeweled Goddess Studio in beautiful Albuquerque, New Mexico, since 1995. She shows her work in galleries throughout the United States and has been teaching silver smithing classes at her home studio since 1996. She has added many new and exciting classes to her teaching roster. Visit her website for further information: www.phoenixforrester.com
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. Her art can be viewed on her website at www.purplebirdart.com and her blog,
http://purplebirdart.blogspot.com.
- 352 Baubles and Bangles- Sunday Eve
Claudine Hellmuth is a nationally recognized collage artist, author and illustrator. She combines photos, paint, paper and pen into quirky, whimsical-retro collages that she calls Poppets®.
Her artworks have been featured on The Martha Stewart Show, in Mary Engelbreit's Home Companion magazine, on HGTV's "I Want That!" and on the DIY Network's program, "Craft Lab."
In addition to creating her artwork full-time, Claudine teaches collage workshops in the US & Canada, and she has written 2 books about her techniques, "Collage Discovery Workshop" and "Collage Discovery Workshop: Beyond the Unexpected." She has produced three instructional DVD workshops. And has just released a signature Claudine Hellmuth Studio product line with Ranger Industries.
Originally from Orlando FL, Claudine now lives in Washington DC with her husband Paul and their very spoiled pets - Toby the wonder dog and Mable & Stanley the cats
To learn more about Claudine, visit her website at collageartist.comBLOG: http://claudinehellmuth.blogspot.com
Dorys book, Art Escapes: Creative Exercises to Enrich Your Life Through Art, has been on Amazons bestseller list for creativity since 2003. Internationally, her book has found many readers and will be translated into Dutch in 2006. Dory has a well-earned reputation for being a motivating art teacher; her workshops speak to and inspire beginners as well as experienced professional artists. Recently, she was invited to speak to students and staff at Yale University about her book and the joy of creativity. She has been featured in many articles in Somerset Studio, Artists Sketchbook and Watercolor Magic magazines. Visit her website at: www.dorykanter.com
- 359 Watercolor for the Mixed Media Artist (2 Days)- Thursday/Friday
Maggie is a former actress and dancer. Although her background and training is in the performing arts shes been working in visual media for the past ten years, particularly book arts. Maggie loves teaching and her workshops are usually filled with fun and whimsy. Shes studied at the Oregon College of Art and Craft and enjoys practical art. If its wearable or usable its worth making!
Motto: Red accessories are always correct
- 360 In-Duct Yourself!- Sunday Eve
Regularly seen on the Carol Duvall Show, Beckah is a mixed media artist, designer, teacher, author and owner of Bearing Beads Studio. Beckah concentrates much of her effort into clay, metal, glass, leather and creating new techniques and products to take our art in new directions. Beckah is from San Antonio, TX.
Karen has been an artist for over 30 years resulting in many creative explorations such as photography, clothing design, batik, jewelry making, airbrush painting and most recently collage and mixed media. She was a featured collage artist on the HGTV show Crafters Coast to Coast where she demonstrated her technique for using art tissue paper as a collage medium. She has also been published in Somerset Studio, Transparent Art (a special publication of Somerset Studio) and has artwork in a new book, Art Stamping Workshop, published by North Light Books. In June 2005, she won an award for her innovative collage techniques, which includes the extensive use of image transfers on canvas panels.
To see more of Karen's work, visit her website at karenlandey.com
- 364 Art Tissue Paper Collage- Wednesday Eve
I consider myself a modern day expeditioner practicing 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.
From the valleys of Southern Oregon, I work from my 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 arrived in bookstores February 2008.
Blog: www.stephanielee.typepad.com
Website: www.stephanieleestudios.com
Susan Lenart Kazmer is a mixed media, found object and metals artist and award winning jewelry designer. Her work has been included in museum exhibits throughout the country such as the Smithsonian in Washington D.C., Art Institute in New York, and the Huntington Museum of Art to name a few. Post Picasso Gallery includes Susan's work in, The Best of 2004. Lapidary Journal states, "Kazmer is a pioneer in the field of patination" www.susanlenartkazmer.net
Leighanna is a mixed-media artist known for her whimsical style and unique use of found objects. She has been teaching art for the past sever years and also works as a licensed massage therapist. Leighanna is represented by galleries and museums across the country and her art has been published in numerous books and magazines, including The Studio and Art Doll Quarterly. I love to create and to share my creativity with others--its what I live forits my oxygen! according to Leighanna. Leighanna grew up in a small town in upstate New York where she studied fine art and photography and now resides in New Mexico with her best friend, Sam. Visit Leighanna at: http://lklight.blogspot.com
Chris Malone is a quilter/fiber artist/ mixed media enthusiast from North Bend, Oregon. She has designed for publications for many years and has authored several books on sewing and quilting. She has a passion for any type of needlework, and loves mixing fibers and fiber techniques with paper and collage.
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.
Karen Michel is a mixed media book artist/painter. She lives on Long Island, New York where she runs a non-profit art center for kids with her husband Carlo Thertus, the Creative Art Space for Kids Foundation www.caskfoundation.org. Karen attended the School of Visual Arts in NYC and The Institute of American Indian Art in Santa Fe, NM studying the fine arts. Her books, paintings, and collages have been exhibited internationally and can also be seen in the books Collage for the Soul, The Decorated Page. True Colors, Altered Books, Collaborative Journals, and Other Adventures in Bookmaking, Artists Journals & Sketchbooks: Exploring and Creating Personal Pages, Somerset Studio Magazine and Crafts Report Magazine. To view more of her work visit www.karenmichel.com.
- 1004 The Wish Book- Friday
Laurie is a native Californian. She has been published in Expressions, Somerset Studio and numerous books and has been doing commissioned paintings since the mid 1970's. Most recently, Laurie has begun employing her hand made tiles along with mosaics to create contemporary 'icons'. Definite ethnic influences can be seen in her work shaped from her extensive travels to India, Nepal, China, Ethiopia, Tanzania, Mexico and South America. www.mikaarts.com
Sharilyn Miller is the founder of Belle Armoire and Art Doll Quarterly
magazines, and is the author of the popular new book, "Bead on a Wire." She
has also authored three books for artists and crafters: "Stamp Art", "The
Stamp Artists Project Book," and "Rubber Stamped Jewelry."
While Sharilyn enjoys writing books and editing magazines, she has always had a passion for making art, in particular, art to wear. A graduate of the Northwest College of Art in Poulsbo, Washington and California State University, Fullerton, Sharilyn has practiced many different art forms, from drawing and painting to collage and artist books. Currently she is pursuing
her passion for jewelry making using classic techniques and sterling silver wire.
Sharilyn offers several workshops in wire-art jewelry, fiber-art jewelry, and handmade collage beads in venues across North America and Europe. To see samples of her jewelry and the projects she teaches, visit www.sharilynmiller.com.
Opie and Linda O'Brien are mixed-media artists, authors and teachers 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 are project designers for several publishers, teach art workshops both nationally and internationally, and for several Museums and Guilds, based on many of the techniques in their book: Metal Craft Discovery Workshop. Their work has been featured in over 25 books including several of Lark's 500 Handmade Series and in magazines, including Belle Armoire, Art Doll Quarterly, 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. For more information about the artists, visit their website at www.burntofferings.com
Leslie has been a working artist for over 30 years. In the early 90s, she became a pioneer in the field of digital collage on computer, exhibiting and selling throughout Michigan. The computer collages let to collage as down art and the on to journals, artists books, and acrylic collage, not to mention a sincere love of backgrounds. Her recent work has been published in Sommerset Studio, RubberStampMadness, Artitude, and an article in The Gallery edition of Sommerset. She has taught classes in Michigan, Texas, and Arizona as well as at Art Unraveled and Art Continuum. Visit her web site at www.parsons-studios.com.
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
Best known for her Fragment series of small fabric collages, Lesley is also a nationally known collage artist, art quilter, and doll maker with a passion for color and the written word. She teaches an array of mixed-media workshops from coast-to-coast. Her art and articles have appeared in numerous books and magazines and she has just published her first book, Quilted Memories. (Sterling/Spring 2005). Lesley is the Features Editor of the new mixed media magazine, Cloth Paper Scissors. With her art, writing, and teaching, Lesley aspires to inspire others to find their own voice and create their art. www.lalasland.com
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/
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/
Belinda Schneider has been creative since early childhood days. Her love for paper, collage and mixed media led her to explore the fibre world several years ago. She enjoys sharing and has been teaching locally for many years. Her artwork has been published in Somerset Studio, ARTitude Zine and other publications, as well as for ARTchix Studio. Two felted and collaged mini-purses are featured in the new Haute Handbags publication by Stampington.
To see more of Belinda's work, please visit: www.belinda-art.eu
- 403 Wooly Art Purse- Thursday
It was at a week long painting workshop with The Painting Experience in San Francisco in 1989 that I met a friend who encouraged me to take a paper making class. I did and we both became obsessed with playing in the pulp. The passion for papermaking along with my painting led me to explore surface design on paper and the making of books. I have taken many classes, tried to follow instructions in books and experimented endlessly to find the forms I love and that offer a format for the papers I love to enhance with color and pattern. I enjoy facilitating others in their own expression using the tools and materials I have come to know and love. I teach workshops in my studio in Southern Oregon and have taught at Art Fest and Art & Soul for many years.
papersmith@starband.net
Carla Sonheim is a Colorado artist with her "Girls" in more than a
dozen galleries. She spent eight years in magazine publishing as a graphic designer/art director before pursuing art and illustration full-time. A popular teacher for both children and adults, Carla is inspired by kids art, Outsider Art, and grass-roots creative efforts of all kinds. www.carlasonheim.com
Corinne Stubson, a resident of Southern Oregon, is a life-long multi-media artist, now retired from a 20-year career in nursing. She has immersed herself in the field of altered books and book 'sculpture' art for the past five years, developing her style of creating book sculptures with humor and passion. Corinne has taught book sculpture classes in Southern Oregon, California and Nevada. She is a member of the International Society of Altered Book Artists (ISABA). She has exhibited and sold her books through art galleries in Southern Oregon, as well as through her website and private commission. She is active in online book art communities.
Her books may be seen on her web site:
http://www.glitz-oh.comCorinnes artwork has been published in the following books:
1)Jan Bode Smiley's: "THE ART OF FABRIC BOOKS" _ C&T. Publishing, c.2005
2)Stampington Publications "ARTIST TRADING CARDS: An Anthology of ATC's", c.2004
3) She also has new book sculptures featured in an upcoming Lark Publication, "New Directions in Altered Books", by artist Gaber Cyr.
- 410 The Altered Book as Sculpture- Monday
Jacqueline Sullivan has been a mixed media artist since first introduced to collage in a high school art class. She won her first art award at age 12 for a photo montage done from the covers of Time Magazine. Jacqueline has a degree in graphic design and does advertising design by day and works evenings in her studio creating art with multiple mediums. Jacquelines work has been shown in galleries and the top, juried art fairs nationwide. Her calligraphic work has been published in many calligraphy journals and she has been on the faculty of four International Calligraphy Conferences. Jacqueline has also been on the faculty of Artiology, Art Unraveled, and Artiscape. Recently her work and some techniques were published in the May/June 2004 Somerset Magazine. In her classes, Jacqueline emphasizes experimentation. She is known for venturing into the unknown and creating new techniques that she shares with her students. Students are always encouraged to play and to push materials to find their own unique style and techniques. These techniques are then refined, documented, and utilized within the context of sound composition. The challenge is always to create and refine.
Diana Twedt is a paper artist from Rudyard, Montana. Diana's mixed-media creations are imaginative offerings of color and texture in the form of jewelry, collage, art dolls and whimsical sculptures. A former art educator, Twedt now works full-time from her farm exploring the possibilities of paper arts. She enjoys teaching workshops and freelance writing for books and magazines like Somerset Studio, Art Doll Quarterly, Legacy, Belle Armoire, and most recently "Somerset Workshop." Creating and sharing visual joy is the basis for her life, her work and her connection with others.
Suzie, a native of Portland Oregon, has worked as a psychotherapist for many years in private practice and at Providence St. Vincent Hospital, where she offers SoulCollage. She delights in her "work" as a mixed media artist and calligrapher. An instructor at Art and Soul Retreat, she also teaches at Portland Community College, New Renaissance and Breitenbush Hot Springs. Cloth Paper Scissors wrote a feature article about her Pop-Up Fold-Out Shrine in the Spring 2008 issue.
Visit her web site at <http://www.suziewolfer.com/> or email her at suzie@suziewolfer.com.
See the recent cover
story about SoulCollage in the July New Connexion magazine
http://newconnexion.net/articles/index.cfm/2008/07/SoulCollage_Letting_Your_
Soul_Speak_Through_Art.html
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