Lisa Schonberg is a printmaker whose multi-layered work is rich with natural imagery. She is both inspired by and uses organic elements to create her work, running flowers, buds, and branches through a large printing press to capture their textures. Like many artists, the pandemic forced her to change directions when her collaborative studio closed during the shutdown. She began experimenting with cyanotypes, a photographic process that uses sunlight, to capture the forms she had come to love.
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Focus: Fire
Alan lit the end of a curled up piece of newspaper and held it inside the stove for a moment. The flame wavered and then caught hold, and the thin layer of smoke swirled up the chimney. He set it down on the cast iron grate and carefully arranged a few scraps of wood around it and closed the door. We quietly watched in anticipation.
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Creative People: Hana Perinova
Hana Perinova can only be described as a beautiful soul. She is a thoughtful artisan who makes books from reclaimed wood. Her items are hand crafted in the most traditional sense of the word, hewn from a blend of love and mastery. You can’t hold one in your hands without feeling a sense of reverence. I bought one several years ago – it holds my wedding photos.
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Hindsight 2020
I did something nostalgic recently. I made grape juice. My mom’s recipe, straight from my childhood. It’s easy enough to make, if you’re into that sort of thing. Grapes, a pinch of sugar in a quart jar, then fill with boiling water and can.
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Creative People: Melissa Arnold
Melissa Arnold is a textile artist that goes by the name Textillian Nomad. She lives and creates in the beautiful Bitterroot Mountains of Montana. To say that she is connected with nature is an understatement. Not only does she use natural dyes in her work like walnut, avocado, and madder, she has a dye garden where she grows plants like indigo, coreopsis, raspberry, lavender, and geranium.
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Unwind
I decided to try something new this week. Skip the fretting about things beyond my control. Stop binge-reading the news. Cement myself fully in the real world – the analog one.
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