| Don't
bypass the Suggested
Reading list for many of these and other great
books. |
Collage
Lab
Experiments, Investigations, and
Exploratory Projects
by Bee Shay
www.quarrybooks.com
Collage Lab offers artists and crafters a fun and experimental approach to making art.
And there's even some artwork by some guy named Fred
in there. Go figure.
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A new nature
printing book from some friends of the house.
Creating Art from Nature: How to Handprint
Botanicals
by John Doughty (NPS member) and Sonja Larsen
(NPS member), self-published © 2008, ISBN
978-0-615-18666-5.
Purchase this book through their website www.natureprintingbook.com
and mention this site in the referral code box.
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Heather
Fortner
NPS Member
Be sure and contact her about her DVD on fish
printing.
www.heatherfortner.com
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Watercolor: Painting Outside The Lines
by Linda Kemp
North Light Books
Love her style of working with negative space.
Very suggestive and ethereal.
www.lindakemp.com
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For you
paper afficionados out there, this is just a reminder
that acid-free is NOT the same as permanent:
www.permanencematters.com
(click pictures for larger view)
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Somerset Studio
Stampington & Company
www.stampington.com
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For additional ideas on
using my fish stamps with fabric, take a
look at Carolyn Dahl's fabric painting
and dyeing book, "Transforming
Fabric: 30 Creative Ways to Paint, Dye
and Pattern Cloth" (Krause
Publications).
For an autographed copy, e-mail her at Dahlstudio@aol.com
for details or go to www.CarolynDahlStudio.com
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The
Creative Zone
After 17 years, we must sadly bid Farewell to the
Creative Zone. Judy and Michael Jacobs are off
on new adventures. But you can still find
Michael's books on vendors like Powell's and Amazon.
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Diane
Maurer, Handmarbled Paper
Beautiful marbled papers in both eastern
and western manners.
www.dianemaurer.com
"Paper In Three
Dimensions"
And speaking of great books, Lady Diane
has done another wonderful job with her
latest release, "Collage Assemblage and Altered
Art" from Watson-Guptill. Click
on her cover to go for a visit to read
more about it. |
Alternative Arts Productions and all
things Teeshaesque
My friends Teesha and Tracey Moore and a
link up with the world of Zettiology
www.teeshamoore.com
The Divine Lynne Perrella
(A house favorite, to be sure!)
www.lkperrella.com
Hawaiian Fish Prints
Original art, digital reproductions and
T-shirts from Carrie Brady, NPS Member
www.hawaiianfishprints.com
rubber stamp
searches
Sources for links, rs email
lists, rs forums, vendor lists, and more...
www.youdesignit.com
www.rubberstampsearch.com
www.stampinet.com
Fox
News fans beware!
I found this
in my wallet. No kidding!! (Don't worry; it's
not dirty.) |
USArtQuest
www.usartquest.com
Ranger Ink
www.rangerink.com
Luminarte/Angelwings Inc.
Home of Radiant Pearls and those H2O
thingies.
www.luminarteinc.com
Santa Barbara Museum of Natural History
www.sbnature.org
RubberstampMadness
www.rsmadness.com
Vickie Schumaker
NPS Member
Nature prints, gyotaku (fish prints) and
more!
www.botanicals.bizland.com
The Sweet Potato
Queens
What a hoot! Ladies, this one's
for you!!
www.sweetpotatoqueens.com
Do you take your
religious inclinations semi-seriously?
www.spiritualhumanism.org
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Lori Hatch
NPS Member
Gyotaku (fish prints)
www.lorihatch.com
Graphic Chemical & Ink
"An awesome collection of printing
materials, ranging from Arches 88 paper
to masa, tableau to flash oil and oil of
cloves and the new Createx monoprint
inks."...
Sonja Larsen, NPS
www.graphicchemical.net
Herring Cove
Originals/Sharron
Huffman
NPS Member
Gyotaku (fish prints) and
nature prints
www.sharronhuffman.com
Here's a link to
folks that might have information about
personal seals or "chops":
www.goodcharacters.com
And another that is very
specifically on Chinese seal carving and
its history:
www.chinavista.com/experience/seal/seals.html
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And here's a whole bunch of stuff from my
friend Sonja Larsen at the Nature
Printing Society. She's a sweetheart and
a treasure trove of information! Thanks
my dear! |
HELPFUL
WEBSITES
for artists and nature printers
www.enasco.com
Those rubber molds of fish and stuff, in
case you're not into stamps. Follow this
sequence when you get to the home page: -->
Arts & Crafts Materials -->
Printmaking --> Gyotaku
www.embossingcandystore.com
TONS of powders to drool over!
www.danielsmith.com
(Need I say more?)
www.sciplus.com
(scientific and art materials surplus)
www.karonimo.com/resources
(info and links)
www.houserice.com
(Japanese store. Shikishi boards,
hangers, seal supplies)
www.goodcharacters.com
A WONDERFUL site for things cultural and
business-oriented from China!
www.brushpainting.com
(papers, seal supplies, brushes)
www.japanesepaperplace.com
(exactly what it says) |
www.graphicchemical.net
(inks, papers, tools, flash oil, clove
oil
www.nehoc.com/au/products
(Gocco supplies, info)
www.nettally.com/bethlee
(sources, small books, links)
www.silverdragonstudio.com
(sources for Asian art instruction)
mywebpages.comcast.net
from Beth Lee (inspiring small books)
www.rubberd.com
(rubber stamps, pens, tools)
www.negia.net/~unity/newbie.html
(carving consortium, & making rubber
stamps)
www.chopa.com
(things Asian....)
www.chinasprout.com
(This is another site, where you can
order customized seals for $25.95 to
$35.95 and accessories)
hwr.nici.kun.nl/unipen/kanji
(help with "English to
Kanji" translations)
www.blueprintables.com
(cyanotype, sun-sensitive
paper and fabric)
www.greenjadeorientalart.com
(supplies for Oriental
calligraphy, sumi-e, and watercolour.)
www.glorybox.com
(beads, PaintShopPro, crafty) |
http://members.dencity.com/papers (stamps)
www.ncoif.com/bogus/gyotaku
www.alisascollection.com
(gyotaku artist. pacific)
www.dogearedmagazine.com
(book arts)
www.hiromipaper.com
(Japanese paper, bookbinding and
papermaking supplies)
www.upenn.edu/museum/Games/cuneiform
www.omniglot.com/writing/index
www.omniglot.com/links/yournamein
www.upennmuseum.com/cuneiform
www.upennmuseum.com/hieroglyphsreal
www.calligraph.com/cyberscribes
www.calligraph.com/web/callig-graphic
(The above seven sites were forwarded as
interesting sources for inspiration.)
www.japanesepaperplace.com
(quality Japanese papers. Prices in
Canadian money)
http://members.vienna.at/difr/emain.html
(papermaking resources of all kinds and
flavors)
www.gyotakumaui.com
(Natural Impressions Gallery, Hawaii)
www.goodorient.com
(These folks will translate your name -
if it's relatively common one - for free
into oriental calligraphy...with a minor
catch.
www.gammaeditions.com/htm/faq1.htm
(Gamma Pro has GREAT information on
giclee printing.)
www.cedarseed.com/pearl/jappaper.html
A great article on the variety of the variety and
history of Oriental papers
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NPS
MEMBER WEBSITES:
www.natureprintingsociety.org
The NPS Official site
www.seagullstudios.com
(Nancy Gorr)
www.hawaiianfishprints.com
(Carrie Brady)
www.jeanraylaury.com
(Jean Ray Laury)
www.sharronhuffman.com
NPS Member
Gyotaku (fish prints) and
nature prints |
www.ichyprints.com
(Phil Groves)
www.biglobe.ne.jp/~gyotaku
(Mineo Yamamoto)
www.seaeaglebooks.com
(Don Hubbard)
www.catchofthedayoregon.com
(Kay and Don Jenson)
www.bettyauchard.com
(Betty Auchard) An inspiration for me in
several ways. |
www.botanicals.bizland.com
(Vickie Schumacher)
www.fishprints.co.uk
(may not be up yet)
www.fishprints.net/natureprints.html
(Lori Hatch)
www.finnydippin.com
(Leslie Van Ekeris)
www.renbrown.com/dewees
(Chris Dewees' prints on sale) |
