Category Archives: Products

Stuff I have/want because it is useful to the art creation process.

What Can I Say, Except WOW!

Posted on August 30, 2010 by CarolWiebe

I have written about Maggie Grey in this blog a number of times. Her artistic output is legend, and every book she has published is replete with ideas, suggestions, techniques and illustrations to blow your eye sockets (and your mind). … Continue reading →

Posted in Books/DVDs, Carol's Art, Carol's Art Processes & Techniques, Carol's Writing, Handmade Books and Journals, Products | Tagged A Series of Paper Quilts Evolve Into an Art Book, Crochet, e-book, ebook, generous, Maggie Grey, Turn a Series of Small Quilts into an Art Book, Workshop on the Web, WOW | 10 Comments

Add Some Jing To Your Art Teaching (No, That Is Not A Typo)

Posted on January 25, 2010 by CarolWiebe

I took time out for a while from my frenetic pace of writing, so that I would have more time to simply create art, but also to think about how I wanted to approach writing. I knew I loved to … Continue reading →

Posted in Computer, Photoshop Elements, Products | Tagged Jing, Photoshop Elements | 1 Comment

ZINK May Be Revolutionizing the Way We Print

Posted on August 8, 2009 by CarolWiebe

Cast your eyes over this product on Amazon.com. ZINK is zero ink printing technology. Yes, you read that right: zero ink. I blinked and did a double take on that one as well. We purchase printers, the lower end printers, … Continue reading →

Posted in Paper arts, Products | Tagged Flickr, inventions, metacafe, Polaroid Pogo, revloutionary, Robayre, sea change, Tomy xiao, zero ink printing technology, ZINK | 9 Comments

Plaster Possibilities

Posted on April 29, 2009 by CarolWiebe

Plaster is not simply for fixing or applying a faux finish to walls. It can be used, to wonderful effect, in your art. The history of plaster is quite fascinating, and lest you think that using plaster is not really … Continue reading →

Posted in Art Processes & Techniques, Artists, Authors, Carol's Art, Photos, Products, Workshop info | Tagged Acrylic Modifier, amanobooks, book of trees, Bridgette Guerzon Mills, CafeTerra, Carol Wiebe, chance, contemplating the moon, Donna J Hall, Golden acrylic modifier for plaster, handmade journals, Judy Wise, Leighanna Light, Lori Austill, mixed media, plaster, randomness, resolve, self-sanitising plaster, supramolecular, Thingmaker | 1 Comment

Anne Bagby

Posted on March 7, 2009 by CarolWiebe

I just received the Anne Bagby DVD entitled COLLAGE: Paper, Patterns & Glazing from Creative Catalyst Productions. Oh, honey, my head is spinning with possibilities. I can hardly walk or think straight. Perhaps after I’ve made a few pieces inspired … Continue reading →

Posted in Artists, Books/DVDs, Inspiration, Products | Tagged Anne Bagby, carved stamps, collage papers, complicated papers, Creative Catalyst Productions, painting, patterns, signature style, the figure | 7 Comments

Kathyanne White and Sensual Surfaces

Posted on March 4, 2009 by CarolWiebe

Kathyanne White is another one of those daring digital dynamos who is leading the way for the rest of us. She is fearless about feeding different substrates through her printer, and if you combine that venturesome attitude with her very … Continue reading →

Posted in Artists, Books/DVDs, Inspiration, Products | Tagged Arizona Commission on the Arts, Art & Soul, Art FiberFest, Artist Project Grant, banquet, coating, digital, Expanding the Digital print to Uncommon Surfaces, Hudson River Valley Art Workshops, Kathyanne WHite, Off the Grid, Oliver Twist, possibilities that flow from within, printing, sensual surfaces, sharing, sharing techniques, substrates, Surface Design Association, The Mountain Artist Guild, unpredictable journeys, Youtube videos | 2 Comments

A Creative Universe

Posted on March 2, 2009 by CarolWiebe

If you are feeling negative about the world, and your recent experience in it, grab a computer, hop onto the Internet and start typing keywords about things that interest you. I guarantee that, if you bring a sense of expectation … Continue reading →

Posted in Artists, Books/DVDs, Inspiration, Products | Tagged amazing artists, Bonnie Lhotka, Christine Marie, Christine Marie O'Brien, commitment to art, creative universe, Digital Atelier, generosity, governor, Inkjet Transfer Techniques, innovative ideas, Internet, layers, Printing on Metal Inkjet Transfers, rejuvenated, self control, substrates, texture | Leave a comment

What will YUDU?

Posted on February 25, 2009 by CarolWiebe

I mentioned having thermofax envy a while back, and quite recently I have been getting comments about the YUDU. Trans-craft-inental is excited about it. alegnaavlis mentioned it on a Flickr Gocco discusssion group. Blue Roof Designs is asking if Yudu … Continue reading →

Posted in Art Processes & Techniques, Products | Tagged Blue Roof Designs, CHA Winter 2009 Convention, Craft & Hobby Association, Craftervidz, Cricut, Elissa R. Campbell, Everything Cricut, Flickr Gocco Discussions, Glenda, Josh Weston, Julie Green, Lish Dorset, Lori Shrout, Provo Craft, rashystreakers, Sarah Hodsdon, sarah-n-dipitous, Shayne, the gadget queen, Thermofax, Trans-craft-inental, Vimeo, Weddingbee, YUDU | 9 Comments

My Color Bookshelf 3

Posted on February 23, 2009 by CarolWiebe

Nita Leland, if her books are any indication, is both a gifted artist and teacher. I have mentioned her several times in previous posts, including Concentrating on Value. I had already thoroughly enjoyed, and learned many techniques from, Creative Collage … Continue reading →

Posted in Art Processes & Techniques, Books/DVDs, Products | Tagged clear, comprehensive, Confident Color, Exploring color, Hans Hoffman, motivational, mystic realm of color, Nita Leland, winning strategy | Leave a comment

A New DIY Product for Wrapped Canvases

Posted on November 14, 2008 by CarolWiebe

I received a news bulletin from Inkaid announcing a new product called Hahnemühle Gallerie Wrap. Here is what they have to say about it: Hahnemuhle USA has just unveiled a premium quality, canvas wrapping system called Gallerie Wrap. Gallerie Wrap … Continue reading →