by Lauren | Aug 7, 2018 | art, book arts, books, letterpress
If you know me at all, you know I’m a huge bird nerd. This spring I set up two new bird feeders (ok, I totally MacGyvered two of them with some duct tape and caps from spray cans, but they do the trick). They’re right next to a bird bath that our stray... by Lauren | Aug 24, 2016 | book arts, books
I’m delighted to be presenting at the Carolina Mountains Literary Festival in a couple of weeks. Festivals are one of my favorite bookish things because it means I get to meet readers—and let’s face it, in today’s online-driven world, that... by Lauren | Jan 1, 2016 | art, book arts
Happy New Year! It’s that time again. Your January desktop calendar is here to download for free! Today I’m packing up and preparing to spend a couple of weeks at an artist’s residency. I’ll be doing some letterpress printing and making a... by Lauren | Oct 14, 2015 | art, book arts, letterpress
Last month I went to the Robert C. Williams Museum of Papermaking in Atlanta for the opening exhibition of Paper Narratives. For those of you who haven’t been, it’s easy to find on the Georgia Tech campus. There’s plenty of parking, there’s a... by Lauren | Jul 22, 2015 | art, book arts, papermaking
This week I’m down to the wire, getting ready for this show that I’m really excited about down at the Robert C. Williams Museum down in Atlanta. (By “really excited,” I mean simultaneously thrilled to be invited and also feeling like I might... 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...