Being a blogging virgin, this may never be a cool site, but being a techno-phobe, this is one big step for me!
I have been fortunate enough to have attended some wonderful workshops in the past few years, and will eventually get some of the wonderful things I learned there, to my blog.
This year I attended a 2-day workshop in Sydney with Michael de Meng - I am a huge fan, and learned many things to do with Liquid Nails, and deconstructed books. Michael is such a great teacher, and it was a joy to learn from him - even "The Good, The Bad, and The Ugly" session, was much less daunting than I had imagined! Michael has a wonderful ability to make you believe that you are truly an artist.
In May I was in Melbourne for the Artistic Journey Retreat and had classes with Misty Mawn (I still can't paint faces!), Nina Bagley and Traci Bautista - such a wonderful weekend, and my thanks to Jacky and Jo from Artistic Journey, for their courage in putting themselves "on the line" first, and bringing teachers of such quality, to Australia.
I am looking forward to my next workshop - also in Melbourne - early in November, when the amazing Judy Wilkenfeld will be teaching a two day class - Book of Memories.
Judy's work stuns me. I have been fortunate enough to see her "Esh" work, in the flesh, to handle it and examine each detail - while Judy explained each part of the work. It is such a powerful piece.
Well so much for my first post! Now I am going to try to add some photos of my work, in case I can never find my own little blog again!!
