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NW Polymer Clay Guild

diana — Mon, 03 Oct 2011 17:03:58 +0000

Did you know? NW Polymer Clay Guild Polymer Clay Transfer Workshop When: Sunday, November 6, 2011. 10:00 am to 4:00 pm Where: ArtWorks, 201 -2nd Ave. S., Edmonds, WA 98020 Fee: Members $65 and Non-Members $90 To sign up: go to Northwest Polymer Clay Guild website You just finished reading NW Polymer Clay Guild! Consider [...]

Acrylic Glaze Painting

diana — Mon, 03 Oct 2011 02:53:45 +0000

Glaze Painting with Acrylics Painting with glazes was the preferred method of the renaissance period, and is still a widely used technique across paint mediums and genres. The reason for this popularity is the incredible color vibranciesand depth gained through layered transparent layers. Essentially, the light penetrates layers of paint and bounces around, lighting [...]

Mixed Medium Studio

diana — Mon, 03 Oct 2011 02:50:33 +0000

Over the years my studio has held a number of geographical locations, sometimes even occupying more than one location. I’d sooner live in the studio than not have one. The best possible situation for me is to have a home, separate from studio. It has about the same effect as separation of church and state, and [...]

Living Loving Kindness

diana — Tue, 27 Sep 2011 21:39:07 +0000

How do we know a person is ‘nice’? We know it when they DO the things ‘nice’ people do. Nice people do not seek destructive purposes or ends. Nice people aren’t always smiling and pleasant, but we tend to think of them that way. It’s hard to imagine someone who is scowling as being nice, [...]

Visual Languages

diana — Sun, 25 Sep 2011 17:45:40 +0000

Q. What is a visual language? Well, that depends on who you talk to. For techno geeks, it’s a mark up code. For visual artists, however, it’s a unique language made up of shapes, colors, symbols, glyphs, composition… literally every design element in the work. It’s the artists’ personal communication mode. Needless to say, some are [...]

Separation of Church and State

diana — Fri, 23 Sep 2011 17:13:40 +0000

What happens when you separate church and state? First, you don’t have to. The two are like oil and water. They don’t really go together. The state or governance operates independent of religion and morality. A great many people confuse morality with religion. As muxh as religion clammers for power relentlessly, you can see how church [...]

Welcome!

diana — Mon, 01 Aug 2011 16:36:16 +0000

Welcome! The old blog bit the dust. The new blog arises from the ashes. Sorry to have lost so much, but glad to have some sharp new digs. I will get the sidebar slider working, in due time, and have a nice display of images rolling. So, for those who may not have seen the [...]