by Lauren | Jul 9, 2015 | art, book arts, bookbinding, letterpress, penland
This week I’m working on some mixed media pieces for an upcoming show in Atlanta (more details on that later). I was completely stumped over what to make, until I stumbled onto this idea at Penland, back when I was teaching in the spring. I was working on a... by Lauren | May 14, 2015 | art, book arts, letterpress, penland
This time I have a really great reason for disappearing from Blogland for two months. Really. I was teaching an 8-week concentration at the Penland School of Crafts, which was one of the most challenging and rewarding experiences I’ve ever had. My plan was to... by Lauren | Mar 4, 2015 | art, artist, book arts, writing
This week, a friend and I were talking about taking leaps–you know, the kind that uproot your life and leave you dizzy for a while, thinking, What have I done? So he asked me, “Where do you get this faith you have, that everything is going to work... by Lauren | Feb 1, 2015 | art, freelance, freelancing, workshop, writing
Last week, My friend Katie and I set aside five days for our own personal writing retreat. We’d been reading and editing each other’s novels for several months, and couldn’t seem to finish. With a new goal in mind (new endings, submissions in... by Lauren | Jan 21, 2015 | art, artist, book, book arts, papermaking
This week in the studio: how many balls can one gal juggle and not completely lose her head? Today I’m gearing up for a week of papermaking at Longwood University. I’m not due there until February 5, but I’ve already started the seemingly endless... by Lauren | Jan 10, 2015 | art, artist, book arts, bookbinding, letterpress, printmaking
It’s that time of year again: that time when I peruse my favorite astrology site to see what the coming year has in store for me. (I also like to study the past year’s predictions and see just how close they came to what actually happened in the previous...