50 Interviews with Artists

The Eyes Have It – magnet craft

by maryann on August 27, 2010

Magnets created with floral glass gems, pictures from magazines, and strong magnets

Click here for Not Martha blog post

My friend Anita (The Web Muse) found this craft idea on the blog “Not Martha”at www.NotMartha.org

Anita invited several friends over to cut up magazines and create these fun magnets. For some reason I got the idea to use pictures of eyes for most of mine. On one magnet – the moon – I put a thin layer of glue on the picture and sprinkled microglitter on it before gluing down the glass marble cabochon. (This photo distorted the image of the magnet a bit.)

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Art Altar at the International Society of Subtle Energies and Energy Medicine conference

by maryann on July 24, 2010

photo by Cathy Andersen

My Buddha squeeze toy is in an altar, along with the candle art displaying the photo of my cat, Puss-Puss.

photo by Cathy Andersen

Beautiful bronze statue on the altar display, loaned by Old Tibet in Boulder, Colorado

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Art with the birds

by maryann on July 19, 2010

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Photo Art – Stella at Rockaway Beach

by maryann on April 14, 2010

Photo Art by Maryann

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An Artsy Playdate – What Fun!

April 8, 2010

What happens when you put 7 artists in one room? Lots of fun -that’s what! We each brought a bunch of art supplies and our creative energies and had a fabulous afternoon creating and sharing ideas and supplies.
We had an art teacher, a pastel artist, a raku and all-around artist, a children’s book illustrator, a [...]

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Artist Trading Cards

March 27, 2010

Artist Trading Cards, or ATCs are a really fun way to share a small bit of one’s work with other artists. Create your masterpiece on a 2 1/2″x3 1/2″ card and then trade this for another artist’s miniature piece. There are Artist Trading Card clubs and workshops all over the world. Here in Denver, I recently visited the monthly ATC gathering/trading event at [...]

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What Did She Do to Those Acrylics?

February 28, 2010

Interview with Marcella Nordbeck, local acrylic artist. She has been very involved in the local Denver art scene.

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Animated “Flip Book”

January 19, 2010

Interesting video of “flip book”
This was created by a graphic design degree student living in Singapore. It was illustrated with a technical pen and shot frame by frame.

parkour motion reel from saggyarmpit on Vimeo.
The artist:

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Very Unusual Medium – Fruit Stickers

January 14, 2010

The Stickerman
I read about this artist in the Denver Post a while back. These kind of unusual artists really pique my interest. He has made these large art pieces using the stickers from fruit. Can you imagine how long they must take?!!
Got produce stickers? Send them to become part of a Barry Snyder mosaic: Stickerman [...]

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