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 | 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... 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 | 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...