by Lauren | Sep 2, 2013 | art, book arts
Today I’m spending Labor Day doing something that I love. The Iowa heat wave has subsided enough to open the windows in my studio, so I’m taking this opportunity to pull some prints. I’ve been putting off doing this book for an exchange (okay, partly... by Lauren | Aug 25, 2013 | art, artist, transformation, travel
So it appears I’ve fallen off the wagon again in terms of that resolution that was to “write more consistently and frequently on this blog.” As usual (it seems), there was a period of great upheaval that kept me running around like a loon and... by Lauren | Aug 19, 2013 | art, book arts, books, letterpress, printing
“Last Night” was produced as part of Edition #4 of Book+Art+Object–a unique project that I stumbled upon one day that is part exchange, part collaboration. (For more information, visit their blog, which documents the 100 books made for this... by Lauren | Jun 7, 2013 | art, birthday
Today is my dad’s birthday. When my mom told me how many candles would be on the cake, I thought, That can’t be right. I still think of my parents as being in their fifties. They seem ageless in a lot of ways. Probably because they don’t really live... by Lauren | May 25, 2013 | art, artist, travel
This week’s adventure took me in search of the far northeast reaches of Iowa–or, more precisely, the exact geographic northeast corner. My new friend Barry P (who is an incredible photographer) is doing a kind of photographic journey of Iowa, and offered... by Lauren | May 8, 2013 | art, artist, book arts, printmaking, workshop
A couple of weeks ago, I was invited to teach a printmaking workshop at one of my favorite places in the world, Wildacres. It’s been a long time since I’ve been up on that mountain…I used to work there, eons ago, and frankly it was the best job I...