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Save The Date!
On March 24th @ 8pm EST daMuse hosts the first ever Streamline group call. With a price of $20, this 90-minute webinar is the most affordable Streamline option to date - and the next best thing to working one-on-one with daMuse.
Register today for the call and on March 24th learn about many of the resources I use with clients. Culled from my Master Resource List specifically for this webinar, the resources include easy-to-use and affordable options for building a website, shopping cart or blog. I will also answer technical questions about WordPress, Facebook, web host options and if time allows, I will evaluate one or two websites. Always wanted to know how I built this website? I’ll share information about that too!
While I work primarily with artists, the information included can be used for any type of website.
The call will be recorded for those who pay but cannot attend at the designated time. Everyone registered for the call will also receive a PDF handout with a list of resources.
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Artists convey the stories of their vision through their hands and their hands tell a story of their own.
Click here to see 14 images of the DC artist’s hands. Poetry in motion.
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“I deconstruct to construct. I tear stuff down to pieces. I mess things up, just to put them back in order again. Often in a new kind of order. It is like a never-ending flow, and that is what is keeping me running.” Rut-Malin Barklund
Necklace, paper, silver, leather
Her artist statement is direct and to the point. I like it. Almost as much as I like her jewelry. Sweden’s Rut-Malin Barklund’s MDF (medium density fiber board) and paper (mostly black cardboard) necklaces and brooches offer clean lines and interesting shapes with a hint of industrial grunge.
Brooches, MDF, silver
Necklace, MDF, silver
Necklace, cardboard, nylon thread, carbon fiber
Necklace, MDF, silver, iron
Read an article about the artist here.
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Erika Takacs started using papier maché as a substitute for clay. Trained in ceramics at George Brown College and the Gardiner Museum in Toronto, when she moved out of the city she turned to papier maché thinking she would use it until she found an adequate clay facility, but she fell in love with the medium along the way.
Fledgling, papier maché, 14″x9″x5″
Built on a wire armature, the figures are graceful, mysterious, other-worldly.
Harvest, papier maché, 13″x4″x5″
Morta
Man With Balls
Krysta
“I appeal primarily to the viewer’s emotional response, but many of my sculptures also engage/invite thoughts on our origins, our present, and our future. Recently my attention has turned to exploring the more surreal and absurd aspects of our existence.” Erika Takacs
Takacs walks you through the construction of Fledgling on her blog – you can find the post here.
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For those of you who thought it was a hoot to see me on my knees wedging clay (and you know who you are!), here’s a quick peek at something else I’ve been doing at Ani Kasten’s studio.
daMuse builds the lid for her first ceramic slab construction vessel
Ani is teaching me slab construction – next I will carve and incise the clay to add decoration. So much to learn!
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