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Broken Maze die

Thrilled to be on the Spellbinders blog today as a guest artist, sharing tips on and showing you how heat embossing can add texture and impact to your artwork.

Steering Wheel, Shield, and Loop De Loop die sets

See the completed artwork, learn about my favorite embossing powders from Emerald Creek, and read all the tips here.

ArtExpo NYC

Thrilled to be returning to ArtExpo New York as an exhibitor from April 21-24.

Join me - and over 400 other exhibitors - on Pier 94 in Manhattan. I will be in booth S616, sharing selling my latest collection of art.

ArtExpo has more than just art on display too. There are many events, including professional and cultural seminars held throughout the show. Many exhibiting artists will be demonstrating their craft at their booths. There is a special South African Art Collective at the show as well as site-specific installations to be seen.

If you are interested in attending, please email me at shap97@gmail.com and I can provide you with complimentary entry to the event.

The Sunday Papers: 11

Welcome to The Sunday Papers. Grab a cuppa, get comfy and turn the virtual pages. Didn't get last week's paper delivery? See every edition here.

FACE OFF

Johan Reisang

TEXTILE FILE

Deidre Adams

WAXING POETIC

Nancy Crawford

VIDEO REWIND

Hand Dyed Paper with Natural Dies

Caterina Giglio

I WANT TO BE HERE

Tracy Verdugo

OPEN STUDIO

Ian Thomas

COLLECTION PERFECTION

Amy Duncan

SURFACE

Russell West

Pages and Pages and...

In the Mix

Thrilled to have had my work included in two publications earlier this year.

Mixed Up

Mixed Up is a digital, fully interactive mixed media magazine. Issue number 4 included a gallery with the theme of boxes and featured my project A Box of Dreams.

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Just Mixed Media!

I had three pieces featured in the second volume of Just Mixed Media!, an annual print publication, including...

Fly by

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Case of Curiosities

Case of Curiosities

March 2017

Last week I had the pleasure of hosting my second retreat with Roxanne Evans Stout at Mabel Dodge Luhan House in Taos, New Mexico.

I have fallen in love with the venue and all it's special touches.

This time I stayed in Mabel's room at the top of these steps. I even had another sighting of Mabel's ghost...but that is a story for another time.

A talented group of artists joined us for the workshop...

...for gourmet meals...

...for artist studio visits (here at the studio of Lyn Bleiler)...

...for gallery visits (here with at Two Graces Gallery)...

...and for treasures hunts too.

And of course there was our quest for buffalo.

We gifted the participants with one of a kind supply bundles.

and were often in the workshop room past midnight, creating magic.

Roxanne taught us all how to make victory shields...

and books of scraps.

Individual projects were set up all around the amazing work space

and ultimately housed in everybody's unique Case of Curiosities.

I was fortunate enough to be able to create along with all the participants and here are just some of my completed pieces...

My own Case of Curiosities

We woke to snow on the last day, proving that Mabel Dodge Luhan House is special no matter the weather.

Roxanne and I are returning to Taos and MDLH in October to hold the retreat a second time this year. We are full but feel free to email me at shap97@gmail for more info and to be added to the waitlist.