Lots has been going on around here. Nort, my husband and I have been working on my Etsy site which is now up http://www.albiesmith.etsy.com so I hope you will take a look and any feedback would be greatly appreciated. And I have been working on this blog which I said I would never do but, well, Leighanna Light insisted I could and should so I am. She and I have a very special relationship which goes back many years to when she lived in Southern Oregon also. She was working at a stamp store and I taught book making classes there. We have mentored and encouraged each other in learning, teaching and just plain navigating through life for a long time now.
The other big thing that has been wonderful and consuming a lot of my time are our two kittens, Stella and Bella. They are a little over 4 months now and we got them when they were 2 months old. They are sisters and they are loads of fun. Stella is the calico and Bella the gray tabby.
I have been out in the studio a lot lately. The colors just call to me. I've been playing with my hand carved stamps and the stencils you will see info on below. So there are many new books in the works.
And I just got the email confirming the acceptance of my proposals to teach at Art & Soul in Portland OR in 2009. I will be teaching 3 classes. One is a two day and two are one day classes.
It started to get cold here but it is sunny up here on my mountain. Down in town, on the valley floor, it gets foggy a lot in December and January. I forgot that and thought it might be time to move back down to be closer to people and things I want to do out there in the world. But then I went into town yesterday and felt the cold and the fog and I am thinking maybe we'll stay in our paradise a bit longer.
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- albie smith
- The need to create and play in color started when I was a child. By responding to that call my joy and my work have become one. Almost twenty years ago I took a paper-making class and really fell in love. For years I was sloshing around in the pulp, experimenting, taking classes and teaching workshops. Making handmade paper led to making books. It is in this form that I find the union of paper and many of the surface design processes I love. There is always something going on in my studio; exploring new techniques in painting, surface design on paper, book binding and handmade paper processes keeps me happily occupied. Sharing what I do and know, through my artwork and my teaching, is a way to pass on the fruits of my curiosity and explorations. I live at the edge of the charming and historic town of Jacksonville in southern Oregon. I teach workshops in my studio, at An Artful Journey, The Artist's Nook, Art is..You, and have taught at Art Fest and Art & Soul for many years.
MY FAVORITE SOURCES FOR ART SUPPLIES
SOURCE LIST 2010
I shop local: I buy many of the supplies I use for my personal art at local stores. When buying in quantity for class supplies I often buy on line because the prices are lower and I am spending enough at a time to get free shipping. If the locals can get close in price I give them my business. Sometimes they can and sometimes not. Supporting our local independent art supply stores supports our communities, gives us choices and provides employment. Also if you need something right now they may just have it. Scrap booking and stamp stores often carry paints, waxed linen thread by the yard, book board, tools, papers and may have surprises that will give you new ideas for your art work. And they often give artist’s discounts.
Daniel Smith Good prices on Golden paints and Rising Stonehenge paper and Superfine Text Paper (Mohawk) which I use in many of my books, davey board (acid free book board), carving material for stamps, and colored acrylic gesso. Free shipping for orders over $200. I have not found a richer, more pigmented acrylic iridescent gold paint than their own brand.
Utrecht paints, mediums and supplies, acrylic gesso. I use UTRECHT artist’s grade or professional gesso when I need a very thick gesso for creating raised patterns. I use their acrylic paint for coloring paste when making paste paper. The paint is economical and heavily pigmented. It’s not creamy smooth like Golden paint but it is fine for making paste paper and the paint cost much much less than Golden brand. Utrecht drawing paper 70 lb. 12x18, pack of 100
http://www.utrechtart.com/dsp_view_product.cfm?item=70694
Volcano Arts online book making and metal smithing supplies, book kits, great ergonomic teflon bone folder, eyelets, tools galore, lots of information, book making kits, waxed linen thread, soldering supplies for making photo charms, brass rules, miniature hardware, check it out! Lots of info and inspiration on this website. Owner Christine Cox has the good stuff and she is a knowledgeable and generous person.
John Neal calligraphy supplies, books, some book making supplies and other interesting items including Elmer’s Art Paste for paste paper.
West Coast Paper Company Mohawk Superfine 100# eggshell finish and other paper.
Dick Blick Paper (Rising Stonehenge, etc.) and art supplies, book board, Elmer's Art Paste, and paint. They have the best price I have found for Golden Fluid Iridescent Bronze Fine paint.
Royalwood Ltd waxed linen thread, basket making materials.
Hollanders Book making supplies, paper, book board, book cloth, leather, tools. They will custom cut book board.
Talas Online bookmaking supplies, acid free double stick tape, book cloth, tools.
Stensource and Istencils and Stencilease Plastic stencils.
Stencilgirlproducts for stencils.
Frantic Stamper Crafter's workshop plastic templates.
Scrap Lovers Good prices crafter's workshop templates, paints, adhesives, lots of stuff!
Master Pack for Tyvek.
Artstuf DOUGLAS & STURGESS Pigments, powders (mica), glitters, sculpting, casting, safety supplies, glues, resin casting supplies and lots of stuff I don’t have any idea what it even is but it’s a down home place I go to when I am in San Francisco. It’s got odd things and it is where I buy the powdered metallic pigments that I add to pulp when making handmade paper.
I shop local: I buy many of the supplies I use for my personal art at local stores. When buying in quantity for class supplies I often buy on line because the prices are lower and I am spending enough at a time to get free shipping. If the locals can get close in price I give them my business. Sometimes they can and sometimes not. Supporting our local independent art supply stores supports our communities, gives us choices and provides employment. Also if you need something right now they may just have it. Scrap booking and stamp stores often carry paints, waxed linen thread by the yard, book board, tools, papers and may have surprises that will give you new ideas for your art work. And they often give artist’s discounts.
Daniel Smith Good prices on Golden paints and Rising Stonehenge paper and Superfine Text Paper (Mohawk) which I use in many of my books, davey board (acid free book board), carving material for stamps, and colored acrylic gesso. Free shipping for orders over $200. I have not found a richer, more pigmented acrylic iridescent gold paint than their own brand.
Utrecht paints, mediums and supplies, acrylic gesso. I use UTRECHT artist’s grade or professional gesso when I need a very thick gesso for creating raised patterns. I use their acrylic paint for coloring paste when making paste paper. The paint is economical and heavily pigmented. It’s not creamy smooth like Golden paint but it is fine for making paste paper and the paint cost much much less than Golden brand. Utrecht drawing paper 70 lb. 12x18, pack of 100
http://www.utrechtart.com/dsp_view_product.cfm?item=70694
Volcano Arts online book making and metal smithing supplies, book kits, great ergonomic teflon bone folder, eyelets, tools galore, lots of information, book making kits, waxed linen thread, soldering supplies for making photo charms, brass rules, miniature hardware, check it out! Lots of info and inspiration on this website. Owner Christine Cox has the good stuff and she is a knowledgeable and generous person.
John Neal calligraphy supplies, books, some book making supplies and other interesting items including Elmer’s Art Paste for paste paper.
West Coast Paper Company Mohawk Superfine 100# eggshell finish and other paper.
Dick Blick Paper (Rising Stonehenge, etc.) and art supplies, book board, Elmer's Art Paste, and paint. They have the best price I have found for Golden Fluid Iridescent Bronze Fine paint.
Royalwood Ltd waxed linen thread, basket making materials.
Hollanders Book making supplies, paper, book board, book cloth, leather, tools. They will custom cut book board.
Talas Online bookmaking supplies, acid free double stick tape, book cloth, tools.
Stensource and Istencils and Stencilease Plastic stencils.
Stencilgirlproducts for stencils.
Frantic Stamper Crafter's workshop plastic templates.
Scrap Lovers Good prices crafter's workshop templates, paints, adhesives, lots of stuff!
Master Pack for Tyvek.
Artstuf DOUGLAS & STURGESS Pigments, powders (mica), glitters, sculpting, casting, safety supplies, glues, resin casting supplies and lots of stuff I don’t have any idea what it even is but it’s a down home place I go to when I am in San Francisco. It’s got odd things and it is where I buy the powdered metallic pigments that I add to pulp when making handmade paper.
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Happy to see you in blog land Miz Albie!
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