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 25, 2015 | book arts, DIY, papermaking
This week I’m sharing my super-easy way of making a plastic apron suitable for papermaking. I made mine from a plastic shower curtain that––I’ll admit––I loved the goofy pattern of (frogs with crowns, how adorable is that?), but conceded that since I was... 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... by Lauren | Nov 20, 2014 | art, artist, book arts, etching, penland, printmaking
I can’t believe I haven’t written here since July. It appears I have gone down a serious rabbit hole–one that involved working 7 days a week at two very different jobs. But hey, you have to make hay while the sun shines, right? And when I got a call...