by Lauren | Feb 14, 2014 | art, artist, book arts, letterpress, printmaking, workshop
Last week I had the pleasure of teaching another workshop at Asheville BookWorks. This time it was LP1, our introductory course for letterpress printing. I had three students, two of which had been given this course as a gift, one of which had postponed her move to... 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 | 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... by Lauren | May 7, 2013 | art, artist, book arts, books, letterpress, penland
Elegy for the Wild at Heart pokes fun at the dicey situations that love throws us into, and how we react to those bumps in the road. My research for this book consisted of asking friends and colleagues two questions: 1) “What’s the worst breakup line you...