I bought this print at Friday’s Art Downtown event. It’s called “Keep Heartside Beautiful” by Grand Rapids printmaker Sarah Scott. You can read the column I wrote about her in The Grand Rapids Press today. Sarah is donating a third of the money generated by sales of this print to Heartside Gallery and Studio where [...]

This print, titled “The long arm of Karma,” is a little preview of a column I’m working on about Grand Rapids artist Sarah Scott. Every time I interview a printmaker, it stirs up my obsession with one day becoming one myself. I start looking for used presses online and thinking about blocks I want to carve [...]

Hi folks. I’ve been spinning many, many plates lately and it’s really cut into my podcast production time. (Don’t worry, I have a plan to reverse this trend.) In the meantime, I want to give you a heads up about a few things: 1)  For all you locals, Lisa Price, owner of artgoodies and the [...]

This is my first Day of the Dead paper cut banner, or “papel picado.” I LOVE paper cut art, so I had a great time cutting this design out of tissue paper with a craft knife. First, I drew the skeleton wearing a hat on a regular 8 1/2″ by 11″ piece of white paper. [...]

It took me weeks, but I finally made it to The Sparrows, a lovely little “coffee, tea, newsstand” here in Grand Rapids, Mich. to see the latest Pinafore Print Collective show, “Feminine Products.” We were barely inside when Abby and Amelia found a stash of kid toys by the front door. I’m telling you, those [...]

A newspaper colleague of mine wrote a lovely profile of Alynn Guerra, a local printmaker I’ve featured in my craft column and CraftSanity episode 65. I love Alynn’s prints and find her commitment to living simply very inspiring. Check out the article here, and visit Alynn of over at Red Hydrant Press. If you’re local, [...]

I’m making progress on the embroidered CraftSanity logo that I had planned to sew into a pocket for this apron. But the more I stitch the less enthused I become about the thought of sewing a black pocket over these colorful prints. I’m afraid a pocket will ruin it. Any thoughts? I swapped buttons with [...]

When I met local printmaker, Alynn Guerra last summer, I got inspired to try my hand at the art form. I bought supplies right after I interviewed Alynn for CraftSanity episode 65, but kept the inks, blocks and blades packed neatly away for about year. I can’t really explain why I didn’t dive into this [...]