Artist: Helena Gullström
Location: Los Angeles, CA

Website: Helena Gullström

Helena Gullstrom was born and raised in Sunne, Sweden, a small town in the western part of the country. She currently resides in Los Angeles. With painting and drawing being an important part of her life, she began serious study with Franklin Liegel at the Otis Parsons School of Art Design in Los Angeles.

My work is an extension of myself, hopefully ever expanding and evolving. I allow myself using a large array of materials, including concrete, oil, acrylic, wood, metal etc.
This enables me to always feel like as if I’m discovering something, …read more

June 26 – 29, 2009

Art in the Rough ~ Art Retreat for Women is an intimate gathering of like-minded souls, set in beautiful up-country Maine. If you enjoy creating, celebrating simple pleasures, exploring new techniques and want a truly unique experience…join us for a fabulous weekend of funky art & friendship. As the name suggests, this is a camping retreat. But do not fret about roughing it…you will be provided unique & elegant amenities. We like to call it “high-style camping” while others call it “glamping” or glamour-camping. An “all-inclusive” art retreat, Art in the Rough includes …read more

We’re crazy about books here…we love everything from altered books to handmade journals. We love making them, decorating them, filling them, and even reading them! I have gathered up a load of links from our archives that cover every aspect of books that we’ve examined over the years. And I’ll be adding more to this list as we go on.

Book Arts Links

Un Life
Reassembled first edition of Uncle Tom’s Cabin chewed by dog, wire, PVA glue
18 x 8 x 6.5
2008
Artist: Lisa Kokin
Website: Lisa Kokin
The 28-page full color catalog Ex Libro is available from Donna Seager Gallery
Books have played a major role in my work, although I do not work exclusively in the book form. I return to books between other bodies of work and they become bodies of work in and of themselves. In my current series of reassembled books, I literally reshape the content of selected old books by making papier mache balls, organ-like objects, rocks and other shapes …read more

Artist: Nancy Malay
Website: Vintage Whimsy & Folk Art Originals
I just love creating snowmen.
This piece, “Miss Pinky Pinkerton” has alot of charm and character.  She has pink accents from head to toe and has a wonderful sparkle!  Her hat and collar are a pink, wool-like fabric, with “fur” and antique lace accents. Velvet ribbon is tied into a bow at her neck. The buttons down the front were expensive, but well worth it – they are very old, light pink glass. She has her little jointed arm stuck in her pocket.
I’ve given her long eyelashes, which she looks like …read more

Artist: Linda Jarvis
Website: Linda Jarvis
About Winter’s Chill, Linda writes:
WINTER’S CHILL was a piece I created when I was inspired by a photographed scene of a coyote in a snow covered prairie, looking to the distant vastness around him. I am intrigued by the animals in our wilderness and find inspiration from my observations of them. I created this piece by drawing and painting a coyote on watercolor paper, cutting it out and placing it on a paper cut-out to indicate a ground of snow, then layered it all over a handmade paper background that had white flecks in it, reminding …read more

Winter Witch
Artist: Amelia Schaefer (aka. Sweet B)
Website: SweetBFolkArt
ebay Id: Sweet*b*
I am a Folk Artist living in Phoenix Arizona. My work reflects my love of seasonal holidays. I belong to the ebay groups: EHAG and AHA, I also sell my work on Pfattmarketplace.com and spookytimejingles.com
This particular piece is titled: WINTER WITCH
This 10″ inch tall, 5.5″ wide and 3″ deep, wooden shadow cabinet, has been hand-painted and detailed with a paper mache cresent moon.
The background of the interior of the cabinet features a hand-painted snow scene.  The Winter Witch is composed of paper mache, her hair is natural …read more

What’s Up Wednesday!

500 Found-Object Works
Juror: Suzie Millions
Editor: Suzanne Tourtillott

Entry deadline: March 15, 2009
Lark Books seeks one-of-a-kind images of found-object art to publish in a juried collection representing the most creative examples in this exciting genre. While material options are endless (recycled/repurposed wood, paper, plastics, electronics and the like), we will accept only professional quality photography. Due to trademark considerations, very few works featuring recognizable brand names or logos will be accepted. This publication is scheduled for release in Fall 2010. There is no entry fee.
Download an entry form here.

We’re talking a lot about taking classes this month, but here’s a great couple of reasons why maybe you should think about teaching classes too!
Debe Friedhoff sent me the following note…I can’t wait to see what Debe comes up with next:

The mermaid clock was for my hostess in Florida, who invited me to teach ALTERED ART (as if) to the middle school students that were participating in the MAKE A DIFFERENCE program.
We had a wonderful time, and I enjoyed the students one on one, and they “got it” and ran with it!
My other clock is a fantasy …read more

Dada Doll
Opie and Linda O’Brien
Burnt Offerings
Burnt Offerings blog
Burnt Offerings etsy store
2009 Workshop Schedule for Burnt Offerings Studio
Come join Opie and Linda O’Brien for a variety of workshops including Who’s Your Dada: Redefining the Doll through Mixed Media. The class that started it all and inspired their upcoming book!
Class description: Most of us have played with dolls in our childhood. we play-acted with and through them and for some of us, the experience helped prepare us for adulthood – or not! Well, we’re still playing with dolls, but these are full of moxie and spirit and it’s that essence …read more