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 | 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 | 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... by Lauren | Sep 5, 2013 | art, book arts, books, letterpress, printing
When Muses Moved In was completed at the Penland School of Crafts, one winter when I was renting a studio and celebrating a brief moment of zero writer’s block. The story is from the point of view of a narrator who was in a similar position to... 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...
