One of Each

New additions to my ongoing series...

Airhead - Sold. Thank you!

Silly & Daft

Concordia - Sold. Thank you!

Goddess of Harmony & Understanding

Phoenix - Sold. Thank you!

The Constellation of the Mythical Bird

Available for purchase in The Altered Page on Etsy.

Holy Hands, Batman

PSYKHE

Goddess of the Soul

Available for purchase in The Altered Page on Etsy.

Sold. Thank you!

Viewer's Choice - Blogs II

Welcome to the fourth edition of The Pulse -- The State of the Art -- a survey in words and pictures of the online artist community. Nearly 150 artists have answered a list of questions which make up The Pulse. Their responses will be presented as a series of online and print projects. Links to the first three projects (Secret Sunday, The Book Guild, and StudioScapes) can be found on the sidebar of my blog.

Viewer's Choice is the fourth installment. All artists participating in The Pulse were asked to name their favorite from a number of categories. Today's favorite: blogs. Drum roll please...

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Part II (in random order).

A Collage a Day - The daily art of Randel Plowman.

Barron Storey - Powerful pages from his journal.

All Norah's Art - The blog of Sharon Tomlinson.

Tumble Fish Studio - The mixed media and digital art of Marsha Salyer Jorgensen.

Lisa Hoffman - Art and culture on the pulse.

Kelly Kilmer - Kilmer's killer journals and daily link love.

Judy Wise - Art and journals and everything Wise.

Every Life Has a Story - Mixed media and mail art from Roben-Marie Smith.

One Artist Journal - Art journaling and thought provoking posts from Orly Avineri.

Ornamental - The life and art of Nina Bagley.

Layers - 'Donna Watson's blog can be quite thought provoking, as she frequently uses it as a way to ruminate on ideas that she has been “rolling around” for awhile, and also details some of her ongoing adventures.' 

River Garden Studio - 'I am always inspired by Roxanne Evans Stout's images and her creative approach to art. Sharing her life in such a gentle, yet forthright manner is very uplifting.'

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Tomorrow: top blogs III

the top eleven blogs

Viewer's Choice - Blogs I

Welcome to the fourth edition of The Pulse -- The State of the Art -- a survey in words and pictures of the online artist community. Nearly 150 artists have answered a list of questions which make up The Pulse. Their responses will be presented as a series of online and print projects. Links to the first three projects (Secret Sunday, The Book Guild, and StudioScapes) can be found on the sidebar of my blog.

Viewer's Choice is the fourth installment. All artists participating in The Pulse were asked to name their favorite from a number of categories. Today's top favorite: blogs. Drum roll please...

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 Part I (in random order). 

Two Dresses Studio - 'I stalk this site daily...sometimes several times a day and get a little tingle every time Trudi Sissons posts something new. I want to be her when I grow up.'

Misty Mawn - 'I love her artwork and she seems very genuine.'

Magpie's Nest - 'My favorite artist...Her collages and photographs are superb and a great inspiration for me.'

Be...Dream...Play... - The magic of Elizabeth Bunsen.

Contemplating the Moon - 'Bridgette Guerzon-Mills is my favorite artist.'

mystory - The art and more from Jo Horswill in Australia.

Cathy Cullis - 'A fabulous combination of beautiful poetry, fibre art, watercolour and mixed media which explores dreams, nature, fairytales, and history.'

Mango Studio - The style of Stephanie Rodrigvitz.

Heather Bullard - Home & lifestyle.

Queen of Arts - 'Kim Mailhot's art is honest and real.'

Book by its Cover - Brooklynite Julia Rothman shares her favorite books.

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Tomorrow: top blogs II

Viewer's Choice - Etsy Shops

Welcome to the fourth edition of The Pulse -- The State of the Art -- a survey in words and pictures of the online artist community. Nearly 150 artists have answered a list of questions which make up The Pulse. Their responses will be presented as a series of online and print projects. Links to the first three projects (Secret Sunday, The Book Guild, and StudioScapes) can be found on the sidebar of my blog.

Viewer's Choice is the fourth installment. All artists participating in The Pulse were asked to name their favorite from a number of categories. Today's top favorites: Etsy shops. Drum roll please...

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Top 6 (in random order)

Little Black Kitty Art - Art and design by Debra Cooper. 'Love her choice of colors and pattern.'

Alicia Bock - Fine art photography from Paris to the Seaside.

Julie Whitmore Pottery - Pottery in the French Faience tradition. 'Her pottery is handbuilt and painted and each piece comes with its own story...reminiscent of Beatrix Potter.'

Vintage Supply Co. - Unique and essential items for the Mixed Media Artist from Jeanette Janson. 'Cool found objects and supplies.'

Cathy Cullis -  Mixed Media Art. 'Her work is eclectic, beautiful, and haunting.' 'Hopping back into soft focus, neutral fabric tones with a touch of retro, Cathy Cullis’s droolworthy dolls.'

Red Velvet Elements - Judy Wilkenfeld. 'An abundance of wonderful vintage, rare, unique objects.' 'I do love Red Velvet, because of the variety of charms and cool trinkets’ and 'for those must have, special bits of interest.' The most popular among those surveyed, Judy's shop is on hiatus as she is currently concentrating on her family's genealogy. Visit her shop to sign up for notification of her return.

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More Favorites

Sarah Fishburn -  designs and ragtags

Alamo 2003 - latin art products

GILD Bookbinders - leather journals

Phenomenon 1859 - digital collage sheets

Stiletto Heights - art prints and more

Bridget Farmer - original etchings

Lynn Davis - hand casted treasures

Angela Cartwright - little shop of olios

Stepanka - ceramics

Jack & Cat Curio - mixed media

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Tomorrow: Top blogs - part 1

Viewer's Choice - Websites

Welcome to the fourth edition of The Pulse -- The State of the Art -- a survey in words and pictures of the online artist community. Nearly 150 artists have answered a list of questions which make up The Pulse. Their responses will be presented as a series of online and print projects. Links to the first three projects (Secret Sunday, The Book Guild, and StudioScapes) can be found on the sidebar of my blog.

Viewer's Choice is the fourth installment. All artists participating in The Pulse were asked to name their favorite from a number of categories. Today's top favorite: websites. Drum roll please...

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Top 7 (in random order)

Susan Lenart Kazmer - Transforming the ordinary.

Juxtapoz - Online version of the leading monthly contemporary and underground art bible.

flickr - 'Packed with the most amazing art.'

Scott Radke - 'I love the look of his faces.'

Lynne Perrella - 'My goal is to maintain the same excitement and uncluttered instincts about making art that I felt in childhood.' - from Lynne's artist statement.

deviantART - 'A site I visit when looking for inspiration and a great source of Photoshop brushes, gradients and other add-ons.'

Altered Bits - Alicia Caudle. 'Her own art is individual and fabulous and she constantly works so hard to promote the work of other artists.'

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Other favorites

Lisa Kokin - mixed media beauty

Collage Art - links to everything collage

Anne Bagby - artist, printmaker, painter

Maggie Taylor - digital art

Pamela Paulsrud - paper and book artist

Christine Atkins - sculpture artist

Not-Paper - collage artist interviews

Ron Pippin - books, sculpture, and more

The Hermitage - the magic of Rima Staines

Fran Skiles - fabric and paper collage

Amano Books - the website of Bridgette Guerzon Mills

Ashes and Snow - amazing exhibit and photography

Lynda Lowe - painter...but read the essays on her site too

The Selby - photographer

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Tomorrow: top Etsy shops

Viewer's Choice - Online Store

Welcome to the fourth edition of The Pulse -- The State of the Art -- a survey in words and pictures of the online artist community. Nearly 150 artists have answered a list of questions which make up The Pulse. Their responses will be presented as a series of online and print projects. Links to the first three projects (Secret Sunday, The Book Guild, and StudioScapes) can be found on the sidebar of my blog.

Viewer's Choice is the fourth installment. All artists participating in The Pulse were asked to name their favorite from a number of categories. Today's top favorites: online store. Drum roll please...

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Top 10

Dick Blick - The first choice of the most surveyed artists. By far. 'Has a huge selection of art supplies at discounted prices, fast service and a person who will pick up the phone and help you solve your problem, should one arise. A great paper catalog too.'

Cheap Joes - Art stuff

Volcano Arts - 'A wide selection of materials for different mediums makes this one of my favorite online stores.'

Silver Crow Creations - 'They have the coolest stuff, their prices are very reasonable and their service is awesome.'

Art Supply Warehouse - 'Here I can usually find the best prices and a good selection of all the art materials I use.'

Daniel Smith - 'For watercolors and art supplies."

Paper Studio - 'Carries beautiful artist papers and a wide selection of bookmaking/binding products as well as a lot of other great multi media and journaling supplies.'

Ebay - Speaks for itself.

Jerry's Artarama - 'Nice selection of pastels and accessories.'

Dharma Trading Co. - 'I use Dharma for most of my marbling supplies.'

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More Favorites

Retro Cafe Art - 'Kristin has some fabulous treasures and all reasonably priced, which means that I can buy quite a few things even though I'm in the UK. She is also really friendly and helpful.'

Art Goods Shop - Roben-Marie's online art emporium.

Mister Art! - 'Because of the super-low VIP prices.'

Opus - Great newsletter, community events board, as well as really good sales and prices on art supplies.'

Art Discount - Why pay more? - UK store.

Stampington & Company - 'They have an incredible list of online resources.'

Paper Arts - 'Has a broad variety of papers and you can order samples too.'

Paper Whimsy - Collage images and more.

Curry's - Canadian online art store.

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Tomorrow: top websites

IWTN OWTO

In With The New - Out With The Old

EOS

Goddess of the Dawn


TELLUS (Sold. Thank you!)

Goddess of the Earth
Retires from my Etsy shop on 12/16/10

Available for purchase in The Altered Page on Etsy.

Viewer's Choice

The next installment of The Pulse begins this Sunday, December 5 and runs six consecutive days. Nearly 150 artists chose their favorite online sites in different categories. Stop by to see their top choices and add your own by leaving a comment. See you Sunday for this year end celebration of our community.

Special Choice

Tri-Fold: New Perspectives on Book Arts at the Williamsburg Art & Historical Center in Brooklyn just closed on Saturday. Three different curators had selected pieces related to book arts for that show, including my Handbook. The show was very well attended and I was happy to hear that Yuko Nii, the curator who had chosen my piece, had decided to extend her portion of the exhibition with new selections added as well.

Special Choice: Book Arts Part 1 & 2 will run at the Williamsburg Art & Historical Center from December 4, 2010 to January 9, 2011. If you are in NYC during the run of the show I hope you will stop by and visit.

StudioScapes: Chapter 12

Welcome to the fourth edition of The Pulse -- The State of the Art -- a survey in words and pictures of the online artist community. Nearly 150 artists have answered a list of questions which make up The Pulse. Their responses will be presented as a series of online and print projects. Links to the first two projects, Secret Sunday and The Book Guild, can be found on the sidebar of my blog.


StudioScapes is the third project and Chapter 12 starts right now! All artists participating in The Pulse were asked to submit a photograph of a favorite art-related vignette from their home or studio.

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Rainey J. Gibney

My studio is in The Liberties area in Dublin City. It's a drafty Old Victorian building that has twenty resident artists there at present  This is a shot of a work 'When Your Talking Machine Glides' hanging on the beautiful iron arched window in my studio (studio 11) there.

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Yaz (aka JaPRA)

My studio

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Stephanie Brouwers

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Michele Jackson

This is my $20.00 easel, and my plastic art storage stand that holds my pastels. I live in a very small house and do not have a studio space, so when I want to draw, I just pull up a chair to my easel and work. When I am not using it, it is flush with the wall.

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Robert Stockton

A wall in my studio

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Jacquelyn Berl

My stand up light table. I bought it from my former employer at the Casper Star Tribune back in the day when we did paste up by hand. It has been modified to the correct height and I use it with a tractor seat type chair that you lean into and not stand at.

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Kathryn Antyr 

My morning workspace.

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Thanks for spending the last 12 Sundays with The Altered Page, visiting the studios of these wonderful artists. Today marks the last posting of this series. But swing by next Sunday, as the next project fromThe Pulse begins. And remember that you can always find the links to the first three projects (Secret Sunday, The Book Guild, StudioScapes) on the sidebar of this blog.

December 5, 2010

One of a Kind

The One of a Kind Show and Sale hit NYC for the last two weekends. Over 100 artisans showcased their handmade goods, including art, crafts, clothing, and jewelry. There was a lot to love there but the work of 4 artists in partcular stood out to me.

Hands down my favorite find at the show was the work of found object artist John Borrero. If that name sounds familiar, it might be because you have seen him showcased in Susan Tuttle's wonderful book Exhibition 36. John creates stunning and powerful artworks, each of which has a mystery all its own and story to tell. His paintings and sculptures speak for themselves...

I was amazed by the technical expertise of the metalwork of Chris Beck. Although he creates many objects out of metal, at this show he highlighted his line of clothes, made out of scavenged tin. The level of realistic detail he achieves is incredible. Chris is from a small town in Georgia and he shared with me that it is not unusual for him to wake up and find a heap of scrap metal left on his lawn by anonymous locals.

About Last Night

Two of the abstract paintings of Armando Pedroso were calling my name throughout the entire show. And a later visit to his website had his art, particularly his Grafitti series, yelling at me louder.

I really enjoyed the whimsy of Denise Fiedler's collages made from vintage book pages. Denise aptly presents her artwork under the name Paste. Her wall of framed pieces was at at the entrance to the show and really made a big impact.

Have your say! Four new survey questions have just been posted on the sidebar of my blog. These will be the final questions in the series, with the results presented as part of my upcoming book. Stop by and share your opinions.

Editional Additions

New Additions

Cepheus

Lyra

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New Editions

Coelus

(Sold. Thank you!)

Themis

Available for purchase in The Altered Page on Etsy.