If you have been enjoying the conversation about expanding your artistic voice, you may want to hop on over to Voila! this weekend. As of this Sunday, there is a new class you can join–Ways To Wow … and all you have to do is show up on the site Sunday! Here’s the deal: Voila! [...]
For those of you who followed the blogging I did from Synergy, you may remember Dan Cormier’s Broken Telephone Project. We couldn’t reveal much then because Dan and partner Tracy were going to roll out the series on The Cutting Edge Facebook page and who was I to spoil the surprise. Well Dan has now revealed all [...]
If you have the first issue of The Polymer Arts, you may have read the back page Muse’s Corner piece written by Marjon Donker and Saskia Veltenaar, the editors of From Polymer to Art. It told the story of how we e-meet and why we decided to work together, not compete, even though we were [...]
One of the truly exciting things about going to an event like Synergy is getting the chance to meet the people who you admire and aspire to be. Although you may have the opportunity to meet a great polymer artist by taking a class, there is nothing like a lengthy event like this, a retreat, or [...]
My apologies for this being late today. Travel plans were a little more hectic than expected, but I am safely back in Colorado after a most energizing week. Now that the majority of the fun is over, the hard work is about to start. I’ll be going through all my notes and recordings soon, putting together [...]
A large part of the conversation this week at Synergy had to do with our avoidance of constructive criticism. The consensus was unanimous - criticism is necessary to our growth and improvement as artists and community, but the hurdles we have to overcome to change a culture of “Like” into a supportive culture of thoughtful examination are huge. [...]
Another amazing day at Synergy yesterday. My brain is so full, details are falling out and left scattered behind me, as I amble from one session to another, from one spontaneous and passionate conversation to the next. I’ve been trying to stop to make notes throughout the day, but even going from my head to [...]
Its Friday … the day we blog about something other than polymer. But its been all polymer 24/7 here at Synergy! Or has it? In actuality, the talks have been more about art than just polymer, and the first talk yesterday was by a non-polymer artist, and it was the most inspiring conversation up to this [...]
Being the first day, it was primarily dedicated to getting set up (and getting tons of hugs, and meeting people I e-know but haven’t yet meet in person.) It was a wonderful, crazy, whirlwind of a day. I didn’t get shots of eye candy yet– that will be done over the next few days for [...]
Well, today I’m off to Atlanta for five days of polymer & craft art inspiration and discussion. I plan on taking a lot of photos and notes, and have others who will be doing the same, so we can share as much of this once-every-other-year occasion as we can. I’ll actually be ending the trip with a day at [...]
