Saturday, April 11, 2009

Workshops w/ Thomas Ashman & Lynne Perrella

Life......

Whew, Life certainly has been a whirl wind for me...

Now that I am at the end of all the "have to do's" like get a job, a place to live, move, paperwork, paperwork.....

I feel a rush of emotion, wonder where I go from here...

Today, I step back from these feelings to just be here at my store, surrounded by wonderful stuff, wonderful people, beautiful scenery and just be.

Be grateful for my Artists' Nook people and the part of my life which gives me the biggest sense of hope and appreciation for all that I have!

I have posted on My Life's Passion Blog about "To Just Survive Life or to Live Life"
























I am getting ready to host workshops with the fabulous Keith Lo Bue, a great person for me to spend some time with at this time in my life. A good soul, for sure!

I took Keith's "Shrines & Icons" Workshop in Virginia 3 years ago.

Keith's has a refreshing approach to putting together found objects into a shrine by choosing objects that naturally want to go together.

Also, He has you think about looking at the items not as their intended purpose in the "real" world but how they will work in your art. Keith taught me how to add interest by creating movement in my objects as doors to peak into which gives interaction with the "audience", the observers.

And that is just a small part of what Keith teaches in his Shrines & Icons workshop!

There is still room in all of Keith's Workshops.....
Check it out


Workshop Registration Now Open For.....



Thomas Ashman, Mixed Media Artist from Utah

Mini Copper Journal w/ Thomas Ashman (6/26)

Tin Men w/ Thomas Ashman (6/27)

Copper & Glass Journal w/ Thomas Ashman (6/28)

Lynne Perrella Workshops

Color Catalyst- One Day w/ Lynne Perrella (7/31)

Color Catalyst- Two Day w/ Lynne Perrella (8/1-8/2)

Plus, Added The Artists' Nook Creatibity Group....

A chance to make some time for yourself by creating around other creative People!

Several dates to choose from...

Check out The Artists' Nook Creativity Group
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Tuesday, March 24, 2009

Workshops- One more for Keith and Richard Salley & Jane Wynn

Added One more Workshop
For Keith Lo Bue......
Ok, Ok... We listened to your feedback...

Many wanted to take the Shrines & Icons workshop but had to work on that Friday....
AND more wanted to have Keith teach his "Copy Machine Metal Etching" Workshop
So, We listened and adjusted Keith's workshops to accomodate these requests.

Keith's "Shrines & Icons" Workshop is a 2-day on Saturday April 18th & Sunday April 19th.
ADDED: "Copy Machine Metal Etching" on
Friday April 17th!

The pricing will remain at the early discount pricing but by waiting to the last minute you risk the workshop filling up!
Here is what people are saying about Keith's workshops

Janette Schuster, artist and author of Mixed-Media Collage Jewelry: New Directions in Memory Jewelry says:

“Are you intrigued by found object art? Are you looking for inspiration to shake up you art routine? Are you a new artist hoping to learn basic jewelry-making or assemblage skills?
Then run, don't walk, to sign up for any one of Keith Lo Bue's workshops. You simply can't go wrong soaking up knowledge and inspiration from this generous, good-humored master of the found object!”
For more testimonials, Check out Keith's Bio

Here is his full line up with how many spaces are left:

Tools of the Trade-Expanded Version w/ Keith Lo Bue (4/13-14) Only 9 spots left

Working with Wire w/ Keith Lo Bue (4/15-16)

Only 4 spots left

Copy Machine Metal Etching w/ Keith Lo Bue (4/17) Registration just opened for this but will fill up fast

Shrines and Icons w/ Keith Lo Bue (4/18-19)

Only 6 spots left

Workshop Registration Now Open For.....

Richard Salley Jewelry Artist from California

Enamel on Copper w/ Richard Salley (5/15)

Resin-Filled Watch Case Locket w/ Richard Salley (5/16)

Solar Powered Time Piece w/ Richard Salley (5/17)

Jane Wynn Workshops

Author of "Altered Curiousities" & Jewelry, Found Object artist from Baltimore

Pipe Dreams w/ Jane Wynn (6/5)

Molding and Cloning w/ Jane Wynn (6/6)

Metal Reliquary w/ Jane Wynn (6/7)


Richard Salley
Richard Salley
Richard Salley




Jane Wynn

Jane Wynn
Jane Wynn
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Tuesday, March 03, 2009

Jacqueline Sullivan Early Discount Pricing Remains!

Jacqueline Sullivan Workshops
Mixed Media Artist Workshops March 20-22nd
As Part of The Artists' Nook's "Economic Stimulus Package" .........
We are keeping Guest Artist's Jacqueline Sullivan's workshops at the Early Registration Discount Pricing.


We have 3 weeks until her workshops and there are a few spots available in all her workshops.


Has 4 Spots left
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REASONS WHY YOU SHOULD TAKE A WORKSHOP with JACQUELINE:
1) The information & techniques in all of Jacqueline's workshops can be used in all kinds of art mediums, Book artist, assemblage, collage, etc.....

2) Image transfers have been the most asked "how did you do that?" Question from artists who travel in the doors of The Artists' Nook.... Don't miss this opportunity to learn how in Jacqueline's "Totally Transfers" Workshop

3) Her Class instruction booklet is top notch! Coil bound with color picture and step by step instruction. The best instruction booklet I have ever seen!

4) Because, we all need to do something for ourselves. Fill your Creative Soul and join us!


READ MORE ABOUT JACQUELINE'S WORKSHOPS BELOW........

Layers Upon Layers w/ Jacqueline Sullivan
Friday March 20th 10a-5p
Cost $110 plus $15 supply fee payable to the instructor the day of the workshop *Lunch will be provided

This class is all about acrylic media and the textures that you can make using the various acrylic mediums!

Students will first prepare a canvas with an all-over texture. Then students will make several small panels with various textures and images.

These panels will then be painted and embellished and "floated" over the background texture to form a 3-dimensional collage.

Incorporated images can be vintage images as shown, or family images for an interesting "scrapbook on the wall".

INSTRUCTOR WILL PROVIDE:
Paints and Mediums and other textural “stuff”
Panels for build up
Foam core for build up
Handouts in a coil bound book

Register for Layers Upon Layers online
Stenciled, Textured Journal w/ Jacqueline Sullivan

Saturday March 21st, 2009 10 am –1 pm

Cost $60 plus $15 supply fee payable to the instructor the day of the workshop

In this class, students will make a unique journal, using the long stitch technique.

The journal has blank pages with a leather spine.

The cover is stenciled and textured, then painted.

Each person’s book will be unique!

Students can embellish the leather spine and stitches with beads and fibers, to make it an even more unique book!

Inside pages may be decorated as time allows.

Instructor will provide:
All paints and mediums
Book Covers
Inside book pages
Handouts
Some beads and fibers

Register online for Stenciled, Textured Journal


Totally Transfers w/ Jacqueline Sullivan

Saturday March 21st 2:30p-5:30p

Cost $60 plus $15 supply fee payable to the instructor the day of the workshop

Instructions for various types of transfers are everywhere - but have you been successful with your transfers?
This class is primarily a process class, to learn various transfer techniques under the guidance of the instructor.
Transfers will be done using transparencies and various types of papers to transfer from.
We'll transfer to paper, canvas board, tissue and metal!
If time allows we will build a small collage using acrylic paint and our transfers.


Instructor will provide:
Metals
Transparencies
Some images
All paints and mediums
Register online for Totally Transfers

Transparent Paper Collage
Sunday March 22nd, 2009 10 am – 5 pm Cost $110
$15 Supply Fee Payable to the instructor the day of the workshop
*Lunch will be provided
Collages in this class will start with plain white tissue.
Students will then paint and texturize the tissue in various ways, creating their own unique transparent collage papers.
Fibers, strings and various inclusions will help make these papers unique! Students will then layer their hand-decorated papers with other transparent and decorative papers to create a unique collage!
The layers of transparency give the collages a visual depth that cannot be duplicated by using store bought papers!


INSTRUCTOR WILL PROVIDE:
All paints and mediums
Craft Tissue (1 pkg. per student)
Textural materials
Ephemera
Handouts in a coil bound book
Take Care,
Christine Ann Webb
The Artists' Nook

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Wednesday, February 18, 2009

Keith Lo Bue Workshops Registratio Now OPEN!

Keith Lo Bue
Jeweler, Sculptor turning Found objects into art!
Keith Lo Bue is a jeweler, sculptor and teacher who has work in many major collections, including the Smithsonian Institution in Washington, DC and the Museum of Arts & Design in New York.

His work has been exhibited all around the US and in Germany, Australia, New Zealand, France, Ireland and England. Books featuring Lo Bue's work include One of a Kind: American Art Jewelry Today (Abrams), 1000 Rings (Lark), The Art & Craft of Collage (US/UK), Found Object Art (Schiffer), and Metalsmith, American Craft and Ornament magazines, plus the Virtual Gallery of Contemporary Jewellery CD-ROM (UK).


His workshops have been presented to enthusiastic reviews at Haystack, Penland and scores of other art and craft institutions across North America, Australia and New Zealand.
Lo Bue lives and works in Sydney, Australia.
Tools of the Trade- Expanded Version
w/ Keith Lo Bue
Monday April 13th & Tuesday April 14th
TOOLS OF THE TRADE

The EXPANDED Version 2-day workshop

Monday April 13th & Tuesday April 14th, 2009

10 am - 5 pm

Cost $275 by 3/31 or $300 after 3/31

*Lunch will be provided

REGISTER ONLINE

Artists can often be left confused and intimidated as they struggle to determine the correct tool to use to get a desired result. This is with good reason; many tools come with inadequate instructions for use (not to mention safety!). Add to the mix the fact that many artists like to work with widely varied materials, and the stage is set for this class...

In this new expanded 2-day workshop with found-object artist Keith Lo Bue, a myriad of tools and their uses will be covered in layman-ready and safety-first detail, with ample time for students to explore each of the techniques demonstrated.

Tools surveyed will include the Dremel tool, various hand drills, flex-shaft tool, jeweler's saw, and many others. In two information-packed days, students will be drilling, shaping, texturing and polishing metal, glass, stone, wood, ceramic, shell, plastic and more!

Artist Michael deMeng was quoted after teaching a collaborative workshop with Keith Lo Bue as saying "Keith is extremely knowledgeable in tools and how to use them. A great instructor!"

Working with Wire 2 Days
w/ Keith Lo Bue
Wednesday April 15th & Thursday April 16th

WORKING WITH WIRE

The EXPANDED Version 2-day workshop

Wednesday April 15th & Thursday April 16th, 2009

10 am - 5 pm

Cost $275 by 3/31 or $300 after 3/31

*Lunch will be Provided

REGISTER ONLINE

Spend two days with Keith learning to manipulate wire and bend it to your will. Useful in assemblage and jewelry making, you'll learn how to create your own clasps, chains, fasteners and rivets.

Once you learn how useful wire can be, you'll leave the glue in the drawer!

Shrines & Icons 3 days
w/ Keith Lo Bue
Friday April 17th thru Sunday April 19th



SHRINES & ICONS

3-day workshop

Friday April 17th - Sunday April 19th, 2009

10 am - 5 pm

Cost $425 by 3/31 or $450 after 3/31

*Lunch will be Provided

REGISTER ONLINE

Students will use personal imagery and collected objects to create small reliquaries; suggestive and intimate spaces housing objects and symbols of meaning, be they spiritual or secular.

Lots of group interaction as we discuss
the "why" as well as the "how". This special workshop will cover in detail many methods of assembly as we put unusual and unlike materials together.

Bring those things that you've been
saving for something special and make a shrine worthy of them.
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Sunday, February 15, 2009

Art Boutique, Workshops & Inspiration!

A Note From Christine
"And Then Some" Inspiration.....

I have finally got the workshop information from all my guest artists through the end of June!
I will be working on updating the website with Keith Lo Bue, Richard Salley, Jane Wynn & Thomas Ashman's workshop descriptions, pricing and registration details this weekend.
An email will go out when that is all posted!
Plus, I will get all the Art Challenges for the year posted as well!
I had an awesome suggestion for an Art Challenge on "Change" since this is the year of Change, for me personally and for our country with a new leader! Yeah!

Get your ideas flowing..... The Art Challenges' Themes for this Year will be:
1) Change
2) Book Arts
3) Recycled Art
4) Altered Bras for Breast Cancer Awareness Month For Inspiration...



My new Post on my "Life's Passion" Blog is
"And Then Some"

NOTE: this blog has a new address, bookmark this: http://www.christineannwebb.com/

"And then some" is about giving more than what is expected. This has been the core of my business and life.
I want to reach out to people whenever I can.
I love people and they make me who I am!
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The Artists' Nook Store Front will be OPEN this Saturday Feb 14th 10a-5p... Stop by!
Next Weekend, we will be OPEN
Friday-Sunday Feb 20-22nd, 10a-5p.


We will be hosting Michael deMeng's Workshops, he will have art out to inspire!
There is still room in his workshops if you are a last minute type person... Come Join Us!
Bellvue Store's Fine Art & Antique Boutique
Friday Feb 13th- Sunday Feb 15th

Join us this weekend for The Bellvue Store's Monthly Fine Art and Antique Boutique.
Friday Feb 13th 5p-8p for the Artist's Reception (this means there is snacks and beverages)
Saturday & Sunday Feb 14-15th 10a-5p

Each month a different group of artists and artisans set up the art boutique (the east side of the building) with all their handmade creations!
The group of artists for this weekend are:

Pam Furumo, Bev Perina Amelia Caruso, Dale Hartman, Monica Riffe, Erik Bennett, Karen Canino, On Belay Bags, Sheila Millard, Threse Torpy, Kelly Jones, Suzanne with Warm Hugs Mixes, Maggie Kunzie, Mona Pennypacker, Kathy Hartmeister, Sue Carroll with Bones Du Jour, Jackie’s Java, Todd Pettit with Africa Bags, Plus many local authors and A&J Antiques

Bev & Rosie are hosting local artist Melinda Barta's workshop:
Contact: Rosie Wendel 970-222-1475 To register or for more info

Make Resin and Etched-Glass Custom Jewelry Components

Learn two different ways to make unique pendants and charms! We’ll spend the morning creating found-object and paper collages and seal them inside bezels and charms using resin. In the afternoon, learn how to alter the surface of glass pendants using glass-etching cream—no sandblasting required!

You'll be sure to leave class with a handful of finished projects! The techniques and skills learned here can be easily replicated at home without the purchase of high-end equipment.

When and where: Saturday February 28th, 9 to 4 at the Bellvue Store

Cost: $105 (includes kit)

What to bring: Paper, postcards, photographs, stamps, small beads and charms—anything you want to collage


Artist SPOTLIGHT....
Jacqueline Sullivan

Jacqueline Sullivan is The Artists' Nook's guest artist instructor for March.

Jacqueline will be at The Artists' Nook teaching 4 different workshops March 20-22nd!
























Layers Upon Layers w/ Jacqueline Sullivan (3/20)


















Stenciled, Textured Journal w/ Jacqueline Sullivan (3/21)

























Totally Transfers w/ Jacqueline Sullivan (3/21)

















Transparent Paper Collage w/ Jacqueline Sullivan (3/22)
Register by end of day March 1st and SAVE $$$$!

I have taken workshops with Jacqueline in Phoenix a few years ago. Her workshops are "top notch"!
She really shows the "And then Some" attitude.
Sharing with you many techniques while creating a project.
And her hand out booklet is sooo complete with color pictures!
She is a nuturing soul, who you will learn so much from her and be inspired!

Jacqueline's Bio:
Jacqueline has a degree in graphic design and worked for many years as an advertising and publication designer. She also has studied Calligraphy and Lettering Arts.
In her classes, Jacqueline emphasizes experimentation. Jacqueline loves teaching and inspiring creativity in others. She has taught many classes at Art Centers and Colleges in her home state of Michigan and teaches workshops for Art and Calligraphy Guilds and the top Art Retreats throughout the U.S. and Canada.

In her mission to provide her students with lasting information, Jacqueline provides them with extensive documentation in the form of well-designed hand outs.
Many of these handouts are coil bound into a book with either color photos or tipped in samples. (See I told you!)

That is all for now!
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Sunday, January 25, 2009

A New Year to Create!

January 1st has come and gone....

The President's Inauguration has come and gone...

Now our focus needs to be on our New Year!

A NEW YEAR TO CREATE......

We have many great things planned for 2009.....

First,
Many of us have made New Year's Resolutions and Resolutions are about changing something in our lives....

My Life's Passion Blog addresses this topic in the most recent post... "Fear or Fear Not Change"



NOTE:

Christine's Life Passion Blog has a NEW address:
So if you have bookmarked the old one, go to the new one and bookmark that!
I am still working on the look that I want and trying to figure out the formatting of posts but at least it is my name as the address! It gives me a sense of freedom!

Second,

Our workshops for 2009 will focus on our traveling, Nationally known Guest Artists Workshops.
Plus, some workshops that I will teach as well but later in the year as I am working on my own personal healing right now.

Our 2009 Guest Artists Line up can be found on our website.

My Resolutions for me and The Artists Nook in 2009 are:

1) Put all the store front supplies and goodies on the Online Shop
2) Offer Tutorials to inspire
3) Teach Online Classes
4) (this should really be number 1 but), Create more Art!

This is just a start, and sometime just starting is what it is all about isn't it?
Artist Spotlight
Michael deMeng -
Assemblage Artist from Montana

The Artists' Nook welcomes back our favorite artist,

Michael deMeng.

Michael's style of assemblage work is edgy, pushing the limits and amazing!

What Michael says about his work:

"My work is about transformations. It is about the transformation of the common into the sacred. Discarded materials find new and unexpected uses in my work; they are reassembled and conjoined with unlikely components, a form of rebirth from the ashes into new life and new meaning."

Here is what students love about his workshops:

1) teaches how to use paint in layers to get the look you want
2)teaches to balance the objects, line and design into your art
3) Pushing the limits on using objects where their intended purpose was not to be hung, cut, or transformed into art!
4) Friendly Critque of the class' day's creations
5) Humor, of course....
6) Tunes (deMeng music picks)
7) And techniques, techniques, techniques

Michael will be at The Artists Nook FEB 20-22nd, Teaching 1- one day workshop and 1-two day workshop.

Side note: This is a secret but it is Michael's Birthday weekend!

Join us!





Register today for Early Registration discount pricing
Prices will go up after Feb 7th
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NEXT ARTIST SPOTLIGHT....

We are adding more workshops for Apr, May & June!
Art Challenges for 2009

This year we will have several art challenges!
I am working on the details.

Here is what we have in mind:

May- Recycled Art Show
July- Book Arts Show
October- Altered Bras for Breast Cancer Awareness Month

I will get the details out soon. YOU start thinking, creating and if you have other suggestions of show ideas email me at: artistsnook@comcast.net
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Other Art Happenings in the Community....
Jesse Reno in Albuquerque

Please join guest artist Jesse Reno for an incredible workshop at Off Center in downtown Albuquerque, NM.

This is an amazing opportunity to learn from Jesse & I feel so honored that he has agreed to come & do this for us!
If you've never seen his work, go here!... http://www.jessereno.com/
The Dates-March 21, 22, 23
The Place- Off Center
The Cost-$150 for a 1 day class or $250 for 2 days

How To sign up- Contact Leighanna at :

lklight@copper.net or 505-345-3614

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SECOND ANNUAL DREAM ART SHOW at
The Poudre River Arts Center Fort Collins Colorado
April 29- May 18th.
DEADLINE for entries April 24th
For more information contact:
Kat Peters Midland at: dreammosaics@comcast.net

Take Care,
Christine Ann Webb

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