“A whole new world of artistic expression opened up for me the moment I discovered the magazine collage work of Kelly Kilmer (kellykilmer.blogspot.com). Before seeing her work, I didn’t feel comfortable drawing anything in my journals, especially faces and figures. At the same time, I knew there was so much opportunity to express the true […]

“Stacia Lang’s studio, located in L.A.’s oldest artist colony, could fairly be described as one part atelier and one part jungle. The costume designer’s space is filled with dress forms, lush fabrics, vintage notions, a stuffed peacock, sketches of Prince (her former boss), an aviary, and billowy piles of her latest obsession: feathers. After a […]

“Freedom is a gift and something to be prized, cherished, and appreciated. So when I created and taught a course to make a handmade journal project called Love Life, I knew I needed to include a page about living in freedom. The page focuses on the cage and a bird sitting on top of the […]

“Many of my ideas start while cleaning my desk from a previous project. It’s a perpetual rhythm — like breathing: I inhale, concentrate, create, make my studio look a mess, forget to eat, forget appointments, and forget about the world around me. When my work is done, I exhale. Suddenly, I notice that there’s a […]

“Every year, Ranger Ink hosts a Designer Challenge as part of their display at the CHA show, and this year was no exception. Several designers were asked to create a canvas board using the wonderfully bold and colorful Dylusions Ink Sprays. But there was just one drawback — we were only allowed to use one […]