I do most of my reading online these days, but I still love the physical feel of a real book in my hands. (With book artists, that’s probably a given.) I really like bookmarks – the civilized answer to turning down pages. I’ve made them from silver sheet, carved bone, and antique ivory piano keys,…
Read More Bookmarks and other anachronismsA special welcome to John Tristan, a UK author who is becoming a rising star through his M/M novels from Loose Id and Carina Press. I first stumbled across his work when I read his Loose Id debut Forest of Glass, then A Stranger in Skoria and A Slave in Skoria. Next came The Adorned,…
Read More John Tristan interview (adult content advisory)I am fortunate to have a piece in this exhibition: Watershed Tapestry, seen below. I’m in the company of some of the most well-known book artists of our time, in a unique gallery devoted to book and text-based arts. The show runs November 15, 2013 to December 28, 2013 23 SANDY GALLERY • 623 NE…
Read More Now showing: EcoEditions at 23 Sandy GalleryUpdated 6-19-2017: Brass Stars has been revised and expanded, and A. G. Carpenter now has the dark and gory (and gorgeous) results here. Her new cover isn’t shabby, either. *** A fun debut today for my friend A. G. Carpenter, who is a far better (and more prolific) writer than I am. Remember the name,…
Read More ‘Brass Stars’ by A. G. CarpenterJohn Paul Miller 4-23-1918 to 3-1-2013 A belated but no less heartfelt obit for one of the heroes of modern goldsmithing. Followed by the reasons why I think luminaries like him – in any field – are incredibly important to artists just learning their craft. When I was a total neophyte fussing around with the…
Read More When a kick in the pants is good for you (adult language advisory)Filmmaker Dan Perez has some great comments about how damaging that one word can be to an artist’s career. I’ve included the LinkedIn discussion as well, because it continues the conversation. In short, if you are any kind of creative person trying to make a living at your art – even just enjoying it as…
Read More ‘Exposure’ comes in many flavorsOver on AbsoluteWrite.com, author Richard Garfinkle had some great things to say about worldbuilding – from a reader’s point of view. “One of the things I often say at writer’s workshops is that readers who get into the story will often push the edges of what is written. They’ll wonder about the lives of the…
Read More More about worldbuildingToday’s art-related Public Service Announcement is all about a company called Alien Skin, and a filter package called Snap Art. I’ve been lucky enough to use versions of this going all the way back to its introduction. I recently had the honor of helping beta-test Version 4. Wow. Okay, backtracking here. This will mean nothing…
Read More Art PSA: Alien Skin Snap Art 4I have no idea if gold prices will ever drop enough to let me actually make these (or if I’ll make ’em out of ruby CZ and copper and have them plated gold instead), but here is one digital sketch of the Iron Man earcuffs I described in a recent* fan fiction piece. Readers wrote…
Read More Iron Man earcuff and a cosplay rant (adult link)