Molly Cliff Hilts

You will find a very nice slideshow of an encaustic painting demo. Very nice indeed! Lovely rich colors!

Bad day.....eh?!

If you think you're having a bad day, watch this. What a great stress reliever.

It's been a looooong winter.......

Check this out......these sculptures are soooooo cool! Summer's on the way!!

Origami papers to print

This is so cool. I have been buying origami paper for decades, and don't even use it for origami any more. When I started using it in collage I was delighted to find the little square packs of highly decorated printed papers, because the big book-artist sheets are awfully expensive, and I always want one of each and every design. But now the nice people at Canon have made it possible for me to print out these papers at home, and have provided explanations of the Japanese pattern names and symbolism too. My printer doesn't make the nice raised gold lines of the real expensive stuff, but you get the general idea.

Some of us have a thing about paper: making it, decorating it, collecting it, which makes some sense if you are a book artist or collage artist, although it can lead to teensy storage and filing problems when you accumulate more than you are using. Although we don't like to admit outright to hoarding. Okay, my name is Jae and I am a paper addict.

This papercraft site has some interesting projects on it too, calendars and cards and whatnot, although my preference is not to work from kits.

Belgian Calligraphy Association

You might not know that Belgium is a hotbed of modern calligraphic arts, but it is. Stonecutting central, calligraphy teachers and students of international stature, and major curriculum development. They have just opened an English-language portion of their website, which was already available in Dutch and French. Each language has parallel discussion forums, er, fora, so it's even possible to pick up some technical terms in French if that kind of thing interests you. As it does me. How about you, Chris?

Oh, yeah, Chris is still remodeling her house, which during a Milwaukee winter is a pretty major undertaking.

Performance Art

Click here. Very coolio indeed!

Somerset Studio Jan/Feb 2008

In this issue 2 of my pieces have been published! The first piece is on a stretched canvas, I used acrylic paint and a peacock feather from a friend's bird. The second is a mosaic type piece combining watercolor, acyrlic, metallic, glass, foil,

and a bit of nature-a gingko leaf.