Category: 'Art and Inspiration'

Alyson Stanfield Made Me Do It, or Why I Collage’d My Successes

0 comments Thursday 23 May 2013 | Art and Inspiration, Business

Making Time for Art By Saying Whoa! to Everything Else

0 comments Tuesday 14 May 2013 | Art and Inspiration

Artists Who Are Great at Blogging Their Artistic Process (and how you can be too)

1 comment Tuesday 16 Apr 2013 | Art and Inspiration, Blogging

Spring?

0 comments Monday 15 Apr 2013 | Art and Inspiration

What Artists Look At

0 comments Monday 15 Apr 2013 | Art and Inspiration

Titling Your Artwork

2 comments Saturday 13 Apr 2013 | Art and Inspiration

“How Studio Night Saved My Marriage”/Making Time for Making Art

2 comments Thursday 11 Apr 2013 | Art and Inspiration

How to Focus in the Age of Distraction

0 comments Thursday 11 Apr 2013 | Art and Inspiration

See the Keynotes from Creative Chicago Expo on TV!

0 comments Friday 22 Mar 2013 | Art and Inspiration, Business

More Photos Through the Windshield

1 comment Tuesday 19 Mar 2013 | Art and Inspiration

Round Up of Good Reading and Resources on the Web this Week

0 comments Thursday 07 Mar 2013 | Art and Inspiration, Business

Inspirational Photo of the Week

0 comments Tuesday 05 Feb 2013 | Art and Inspiration

Artist Interview with Katie O’Hagan on Artists Network

0 comments Monday 04 Feb 2013 | Art and Inspiration

Best Kickstarter Ever

0 comments Monday 04 Feb 2013 | Art and Inspiration

Artists for Respect

0 comments Monday 04 Feb 2013 | Art and Inspiration, Blogging

Inspirational Quote of the Week

0 comments Tuesday 15 Jan 2013 | Art and Inspiration

Inspirational Photo of the Week

0 comments Monday 17 Dec 2012 | Art and Inspiration

Drooling over those residency descriptions? Here’s a solution

1 comment Tuesday 02 Oct 2012 | Art and Inspiration

Holly Gage’s annual Metal Clay Calendar now available, to become a book next year!

0 comments Sunday 09 Sep 2012 | Art and Inspiration, Calls for Entry & Contests

Feeling lazy? Quote of the week from armless archer, silver medalist

0 comments Saturday 08 Sep 2012 | Art and Inspiration

Celebrate National Honeybee Day

0 comments Tuesday 21 Aug 2012 | Art and Inspiration

Jail turns into artist studios

0 comments Thursday 16 Aug 2012 | Art and Inspiration

My new series: Through the Windshield

0 comments Sunday 05 Aug 2012 | Art and Inspiration, My Jewelry/My Studio

Inspiration from all over

0 comments Sunday 29 Jul 2012 | Art and Inspiration

Weekly Round up of Cool Reads and Art from around the Web

0 comments Wednesday 04 Jul 2012 | Art and Inspiration, Blogging

Debra Weld talks about Prismacolors, PMC

0 comments Tuesday 15 May 2012 | Art and Inspiration, Techniques

Patinas are all around us

0 comments Sunday 13 May 2012 | Art and Inspiration

“Humor in Craft” online exhibition and book excerpt are up

0 comments Thursday 26 Apr 2012 | Art and Inspiration, Reviews

Quote of the week from Flourish Studios

1 comment Monday 16 Apr 2012 | Art and Inspiration

The Doll Project/You Are Beautiful at Flourish Studios

5 comments Wednesday 11 Apr 2012 | Art and Inspiration, My Jewelry/My Studio

Things I learned from my online friends

1 comment Monday 02 Apr 2012 | Art and Inspiration, Blogging

What a great idea — Vickie Hallmark hosts weekend artist retreat

2 comments Sunday 04 Mar 2012 | Art and Inspiration

Shadows on a house

0 comments Saturday 18 Feb 2012 | Art and Inspiration

Best loved street art of 2011

1 comment Tuesday 14 Feb 2012 | Art and Inspiration

Strategies for Getting into Shows

0 comments Thursday 12 Jan 2012 | Art and Inspiration, Calls for Entry & Contests, Doing Craft Shows

Quote of the Week

0 comments Wednesday 11 Jan 2012 | Art and Inspiration

Year in Review from Catherine Witherell

0 comments Wednesday 11 Jan 2012 | Art and Inspiration

Happy New Year! A blog year in review!

8 comments Sunday 01 Jan 2012 | Art and Inspiration, Blogging

2012 Manifesto at CreatingClever.com

0 comments Sunday 01 Jan 2012 | Art and Inspiration

Another Craftsy Round up & Look Back at Ring a Week

0 comments Saturday 31 Dec 2011 | Art and Inspiration, Business

Crafty Round up

0 comments Tuesday 27 Dec 2011 | Art and Inspiration

I’m in the Petri Dish Show at Target Gallery in VA

0 comments Monday 19 Dec 2011 | Art and Inspiration, My Jewelry/My Studio

A Collecting Theme Emerges

1 comment Friday 25 Nov 2011 | Art and Inspiration, Reviews

Art exhibit: 24 hours of flickr uploads

0 comments Sunday 13 Nov 2011 | Art and Inspiration

Craft along with Project Accessory

0 comments Monday 07 Nov 2011 | Art and Inspiration

Artist Trading Cards

0 comments Monday 07 Nov 2011 | Art and Inspiration

Zombie, sewn-on look necklace

0 comments Friday 14 Oct 2011 | Art and Inspiration

“But There Is This Gap” – Ira Glass

7 comments Tuesday 20 Sep 2011 | Art and Inspiration

More street art robots!

0 comments Monday 12 Sep 2011 | Art and Inspiration

Book Announcement: The Calm, Collected Guide to a Better Artist Webstie

0 comments Monday 12 Sep 2011 | Art and Inspiration, Sources

2012 Art & Design of Metal Clay Calendar is out!

1 comment Monday 12 Sep 2011 | Art and Inspiration, Sources

Linda Kaye-Moses talks about her new book!

1 comment Friday 19 Aug 2011 | Art and Inspiration, Reviews, Sources

Weekly Round up

0 comments Sunday 07 Aug 2011 | Art and Inspiration, Photography

Vote on Metal Clay in Motion!

0 comments Sunday 07 Aug 2011 | Art and Inspiration

Take a peak at Ring-a-Week

0 comments Thursday 04 Aug 2011 | Art and Inspiration

Weekly Round up: Biz Tips, drill river stone & more

0 comments Saturday 23 Jul 2011 | Art and Inspiration, Business, Techniques

What artists can learn from Phineas & Ferb

1 comment Monday 18 Jul 2011 | Art and Inspiration, Business, Reviews

This week’s round up: good reads from all over the web

0 comments Thursday 14 Jul 2011 | Art and Inspiration, Calls for Entry & Contests

Playing with shapes at Polymer Clay Daily

0 comments Friday 01 Jul 2011 | Art and Inspiration, Polymer Clay

From Luann Udell: We are magical

0 comments Saturday 25 Jun 2011 | Art and Inspiration

on daydreaming…

0 comments Thursday 23 Jun 2011 | Art and Inspiration

Virtual Studio Tour Series: Stevie B.

0 comments Thursday 23 Jun 2011 | Art and Inspiration

Steal this art! Encouragement from Kate Harper

5 comments Thursday 09 Jun 2011 | Art and Inspiration

Quote of the Week

0 comments Wednesday 08 Jun 2011 | Art and Inspiration

Jewelry All Day: song by Rachel Pfeffer

0 comments Tuesday 07 Jun 2011 | Art and Inspiration

Love this bunny from Kirsten Skiles

2 comments Sunday 10 Apr 2011 | Art and Inspiration

More virtual studio tours

0 comments Saturday 09 Apr 2011 | Art and Inspiration

Sneak peak at some Ring-a-Weeks

0 comments Tuesday 05 Apr 2011 | Art and Inspiration, My Jewelry/My Studio

Support your local guild, it will support you

0 comments Sunday 03 Apr 2011 | Art and Inspiration

Vickie Hallmark writes on finding studio time

0 comments Sunday 03 Apr 2011 | Art and Inspiration

Kinetic rings!

0 comments Monday 28 Mar 2011 | Art and Inspiration

From the studio tour series: Lori Anderson at ABSB

0 comments Sunday 13 Mar 2011 | Art and Inspiration, Sources

Inspiration for doing Ring-a-Week (blog carnival)

0 comments Thursday 24 Feb 2011 | Art and Inspiration

Challenges for 2011 – how about a Ring a Week?

1 comment Saturday 01 Jan 2011 | Art and Inspiration, My Jewelry/My Studio

Need a little Artistic License? Buy one!

0 comments Saturday 01 Jan 2011 | Art and Inspiration

What to make?

0 comments Monday 27 Dec 2010 | Art and Inspiration

How Food Network Challenge can get you into more shows

0 comments Monday 20 Dec 2010 | Art and Inspiration, Doing Craft Shows

Martha Le Van on Naming your Jewelry

0 comments Thursday 16 Dec 2010 | Art and Inspiration

Photo of the week: frost

0 comments Wednesday 08 Dec 2010 | Art and Inspiration

It’s October

0 comments Saturday 23 Oct 2010 | Art and Inspiration

New blog: Metal Clay Challenges

0 comments Sunday 10 Oct 2010 | Art and Inspiration

Flickr Fun

2 comments Sunday 03 Oct 2010 | Art and Inspiration

Renewal: Art Bead Scene Blog

0 comments Thursday 23 Sep 2010 | Art and Inspiration

Outmoded technology

10 comments Thursday 09 Sep 2010 | Art and Inspiration

Renewal – ABS Blog Carnival

2 comments Wednesday 01 Sep 2010 | Art and Inspiration

Great post over at Noel’s Ganoksin blog

2 comments Monday 30 Aug 2010 | Art and Inspiration

Top Ten Reasons TO make jewelry today

5 comments Sunday 18 Jul 2010 | Art and Inspiration

Top Ten Reasons to Put off Making Jewelry

8 comments Sunday 11 Jul 2010 | Art and Inspiration

Art Bead Scene Blog Carnival

0 comments Wednesday 30 Jun 2010 | Art and Inspiration, My Jewelry/My Studio

Liz Hall’s Polymer and PMC jewelry

2 comments Tuesday 29 Jun 2010 | Art and Inspiration

Land art inspired jewerly

3 comments Saturday 26 Jun 2010 | Art and Inspiration

Virtual studio tour with Joyce Fritz

0 comments Tuesday 15 Jun 2010 | Art and Inspiration, Free Tutorials and Videos

Profile: Patricia Weikersheimer

6 comments Monday 07 Jun 2010 | Art and Inspiration

Robot Street Art in Chicago

1 comment Sunday 06 Jun 2010 | Art and Inspiration

Rings & Things Contest Winners Announced!

1 comment Wednesday 02 Jun 2010 | Art and Inspiration, Calls for Entry & Contests

Finding Your Style at Ask Harriete

2 comments Monday 24 May 2010 | Art and Inspiration, Business

Comparison Shopping for UV Resins

0 comments Saturday 15 May 2010 | Art and Inspiration, Sources, Techniques

Pac Man cuff links at Makers Market

0 comments Saturday 15 May 2010 | Art and Inspiration

The Un-studio tour

1 comment Sunday 02 May 2010 | Art and Inspiration

How to write a book, from 37 Days

0 comments Sunday 18 Apr 2010 | Art and Inspiration

Artist/Mother; Mother/Artist

3 comments Friday 09 Apr 2010 | Art and Inspiration

Quote of the Week from Beverly Cleary

1 comment Sunday 04 Apr 2010 | Art and Inspiration

Fab staircase railing that looks like a tree

0 comments Sunday 28 Mar 2010 | Art and Inspiration

Inspirational Photo of the Week

0 comments Sunday 21 Mar 2010 | Art and Inspiration

What I learned from quilting

6 comments Monday 15 Mar 2010 | Art and Inspiration

Jump start your creativity

3 comments Sunday 14 Mar 2010 | Art and Inspiration

Art and Fear

2 comments Tuesday 09 Mar 2010 | Art and Inspiration

This Week’s Good Stuff from all over the web

0 comments Sunday 07 Mar 2010 | Art and Inspiration, Blogging

Pam East goes to Campbell Folk School

0 comments Wednesday 03 Mar 2010 | Art and Inspiration

Gorgeous combination of metal clay and poly clay

1 comment Saturday 13 Feb 2010 | Art and Inspiration

Studio Tour with Ginger Meek Allen

3 comments Monday 01 Feb 2010 | Art and Inspiration

Ring-a-Day Challenge Flickr Group

0 comments Thursday 28 Jan 2010 | Art and Inspiration

Artist Profile Video: Beth Wicker

0 comments Tuesday 26 Jan 2010 | Art and Inspiration

Blog Carnival: what’s your most treasured jewelry, not your own work?

1 comment Friday 22 Jan 2010 | Art and Inspiration

Nurse makes fundraiser bracelets for MS

0 comments Wednesday 20 Jan 2010 | Art and Inspiration

2009 Blog Year in Review

2 comments Thursday 31 Dec 2009 | Art and Inspiration, Blogging

Book of Love Pendant

0 comments Saturday 19 Dec 2009 | Art and Inspiration

Bench tours – international version

2 comments Wednesday 16 Dec 2009 | Art and Inspiration

Metalsmith made glasses by Keith Lo Bue

0 comments Monday 07 Dec 2009 | Art and Inspiration

Photography blog: Abandoned Places

1 comment Monday 23 Nov 2009 | Art and Inspiration

Handmade Nation out on DVD!

0 comments Saturday 21 Nov 2009 | Art and Inspiration, Education, Sources

My Photo of the Week

0 comments Friday 13 Nov 2009 | Art and Inspiration, Photography

SOFA Chicago – this weekend

0 comments Thursday 05 Nov 2009 | Art and Inspiration

Check out the Staffordshire Hoard

0 comments Saturday 26 Sep 2009 | Art and Inspiration

Inspirational Photo of the Week

0 comments Wednesday 16 Sep 2009 | Art and Inspiration

Post on Memorial Jewelry at Jewelry by Rick

0 comments Wednesday 16 Sep 2009 | Art and Inspiration

Not inspired by nature

6 comments Friday 21 Aug 2009 | Art and Inspiration, My Jewelry/My Studio

New Work from Gail Lannum

1 comment Sunday 09 Aug 2009 | Art and Inspiration, Bronze & Copper Clay

Alan Revere wants you to give your jewelry away!

0 comments Thursday 16 Jul 2009 | Art and Inspiration

Awesome Design-o-matic tool from Tim McCreight!

0 comments Thursday 09 Jul 2009 | Art and Inspiration, Free Tutorials and Videos

New BronzClay work by Vickie Hallmark

2 comments Monday 29 Jun 2009 | Art and Inspiration, Bronze & Copper Clay

Blog Carnival: Historical Influence?

3 comments Friday 19 Jun 2009 | Art and Inspiration

What do you make when you can make anything?

1 comment Tuesday 16 Jun 2009 | Art and Inspiration

Do you look?

2 comments Sunday 31 May 2009 | Art and Inspiration

Most Influential Teacher – Blog Carnival

1 comment Friday 22 May 2009 | Art and Inspiration

What Now?

3 comments Saturday 16 May 2009 | Art and Inspiration, My Jewelry/My Studio

How being a monk is like making art

0 comments Sunday 10 May 2009 | Art and Inspiration

Inspirational Photo of the Week

2 comments Wednesday 29 Apr 2009 | Art and Inspiration

Shipwreck Beads over at National Geographic

0 comments Wednesday 15 Apr 2009 | Art and Inspiration

Atari Chip Ring in Gold, Crayon Rings

1 comment Tuesday 31 Mar 2009 | Art and Inspiration

Buddha Made Entirely of Scissors!

0 comments Sunday 08 Mar 2009 | Art and Inspiration

Quote of the Day

1 comment Thursday 26 Feb 2009 | Art and Inspiration

Valentine’s Heart Jewelry Sightings

0 comments Saturday 14 Feb 2009 | Art and Inspiration

Learn Art History online

0 comments Monday 09 Feb 2009 | Art and Inspiration

Blog Carnival: Favorite Publications

3 comments Saturday 17 Jan 2009 | Art and Inspiration

My Art History Squidoo Lenses

0 comments Sunday 11 Jan 2009 | Art and Inspiration

Wishcraft by Barbara Sher

6 comments Sunday 11 Jan 2009 | Art and Inspiration, Reviews

Jewelry Tourism: National Portrait Gallery

0 comments Sunday 11 Jan 2009 | Art and Inspiration, Jewelry Tourism

Jewelry Tourism: Special Exhibition at the Field Museum

0 comments Sunday 11 Jan 2009 | Art and Inspiration, Jewelry Tourism

Gorgeous Tool Chest

0 comments Sunday 07 Dec 2008 | Art and Inspiration

New Show Online: Metal Inclinations

1 comment Tuesday 25 Nov 2008 | Art and Inspiration

BronzClay Flickr Pool Round up

4 comments Monday 17 Nov 2008 | Art and Inspiration

Art and Liminal Times

4 comments Monday 06 Oct 2008 | Art and Inspiration, My Jewelry/My Studio

Jewelry Tourism: Asheville, N.C.

2 comments Sunday 05 Oct 2008 | Art and Inspiration, Jewelry Tourism

Inspirational Photo of the Week

0 comments Tuesday 16 Sep 2008 | Art and Inspiration

Luann Udell’s Cleaning Up

0 comments Tuesday 16 Sep 2008 | Art and Inspiration

Teach Yourself Art History

0 comments Sunday 14 Sep 2008 | Art and Inspiration, General

The Creative Accident over at Copyblogger

0 comments Monday 18 Aug 2008 | Art and Inspiration

What’s Your Olympics?

2 comments Monday 11 Aug 2008 | Art and Inspiration

Inspirational Photo of the Week

0 comments Sunday 10 Aug 2008 | Art and Inspiration

Cool Things to Make Impressions of: Fossil

0 comments Wednesday 16 Jul 2008 | Art and Inspiration

Inspirational Photo of the Week: Statues

0 comments Wednesday 16 Jul 2008 | Art and Inspiration

Which Picture Do You Like Better?

0 comments Sunday 13 Jul 2008 | Art and Inspiration

1920s Girl with Flag

0 comments Saturday 05 Jul 2008 | Art and Inspiration

Art and Inspiration: Huge Collection of Butterflies online

3 comments Friday 27 Jun 2008 | Art and Inspiration

Sugarcraft Show to Open in Chicago

0 comments Wednesday 25 Jun 2008 | Art and Inspiration

Knitsteel goes to Haystack

0 comments Sunday 22 Jun 2008 | Art and Inspiration

Chris Jordan: Portraits of American Mass Consumption

0 comments Sunday 01 Jun 2008 | Art and Inspiration

Art Cars in Chicago

2 comments Monday 19 May 2008 | Art and Inspiration

Cars on a Spike, gone!

0 comments Monday 05 May 2008 | Art and Inspiration, Jewelry Tourism

Now that’s Craftsmanship

2 comments Sunday 27 Apr 2008 | Art and Inspiration

Need a little Artistic License? Buy one!

1 comment Wednesday 23 Apr 2008 | Art and Inspiration

Gyotaku: fish printing

0 comments Friday 18 Apr 2008 | Art and Inspiration

But is it Art? A Visit to the Quilt Show

2 comments Sunday 13 Apr 2008 | Art and Inspiration

Dee Fontans turns Jewelry Making into Hip Hop Moves

1 comment Sunday 30 Mar 2008 | Art and Inspiration

Quote of the Week

0 comments Wednesday 19 Mar 2008 | Art and Inspiration

Sculpture Week at Reprographics 2: a photo comic

1 comment Wednesday 06 Feb 2008 | Art and Inspiration

In The Reader: How Joe Bought the Farm

0 comments Saturday 26 Jan 2008 | Art and Inspiration

Free! Artist’s Survival Kit

0 comments Monday 21 Jan 2008 | Art and Inspiration

Quote of the Week

1 comment Friday 18 Jan 2008 | Art and Inspiration

Jewelers I Admire

0 comments Tuesday 04 Dec 2007 | Art and Inspiration

Inpirational Photo of the Day

0 comments Sunday 25 Nov 2007 | Art and Inspiration

Inspirational Photo of the Day

0 comments Sunday 18 Nov 2007 | Art and Inspiration

Frida Kahlo Studio in Miniature

0 comments Wednesday 07 Nov 2007 | Art and Inspiration

Inspirational Photo of the Day

0 comments Monday 05 Nov 2007 | Art and Inspiration

Inspiration Boards

1 comment Saturday 03 Nov 2007 | Art and Inspiration

Inspirational Photo of the Day

0 comments Sunday 21 Oct 2007 | Art and Inspiration

Inspirational Photo of the Day

0 comments Sunday 14 Oct 2007 | Art and Inspiration

Giant Crochet Coral Reef

2 comments Sunday 14 Oct 2007 | Art and Inspiration

Packing Tape Art

0 comments Wednesday 10 Oct 2007 | Art and Inspiration

Inspirational Photo of the Day

0 comments Saturday 22 Sep 2007 | Art and Inspiration

More thoughts on creativity: link to video

0 comments Monday 04 Jun 2007 | Art and Inspiration

Thoughts on Creativity

0 comments Friday 01 Jun 2007 | Art and Inspiration, General